Red onions are especially divine. I hold a slice up to the sunlight pouring in through the kitchen window, and it glows like a fine piece of antique glass. Cool watery-white with layers delicately edged with imperial purple...strong, humble, peaceful...with that fiery nub of spring green in the center..."
~Mary Hayes Grieco, 'The Kitchen Mystic'
In this class we were working on complementary colors. I loved the reddish purple onions against the green tissue paper.
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Did you know Red onions are also helpful in building your defenses against Springtime allergies?
They are high in quercetin, which is an antioxidant with antihistamine and an anti-inflammatory properties.
the onions are not doing anything for my allergies but your art is sure coming along fine! When the weather quits plunging into the zeros we must get together.
ReplyDeleteNice colors!
ReplyDeleteAnd I also must say that your sphere are looking particularly DEEVYN!