Beans on toast


This certainly puts the flat into… erm… well, you know what beans can do.

Charlie over at Doodlewash has invited everyone over for a #DoodlewashDinner, only we have to provide something delicious to eat or drink in the form of a watercolour painting. I thought I’d go for something easy… and therein was my problem. I thought.

Beans on toast is one of the delicacies I can cook. Painting it, however, is a different challenge. This is my second actual watercolour on actual paper. I think I’m happy with it, even though it isn’t as three-dimensional as I’d hoped. Still, with a bit of precision-angled mobile phone photography, I made the far end of the rustic slab (it’s too thick to be a plate) appear to be slightly out of focus, so the painting appears to have depth, if not height. I must admit that I quite like the bean that’s over at one o’clock though.

I don’t think it’s too bad for an hour’s doodling. The actual beans on toast would have been devoured within five minutes, so this has lasted longer anyway!

Visit Doodlewash for Charlie’s and others takes on the theme.

19 responses to “Beans on toast”

  1. Charlie O'Shields (doodlewash) avatar

    Awesome!!! So glad you played along and brought a doodlewash to dinner! This is wonderful, Tom… your beans fabulous (something I never thought I’d say actually…hehe). Really nice work! 😃

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    1. Tom Merriman avatar

      I’m rather fond of my beans as well, Charlie! Well, some of them!
      I’m sure I’ll be bringing something else to the party – there’s a few days left yet! 😀

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  2. Gastradamus avatar

    Beans are and occuriedtaste, but at Gastradamus, we love toast. Please when you get the chance comment on my latest two stories, “why women without makeup are more enjoyable to snuggle with” and the new post, ” The Bald and the Brestless”.

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  3. Visionkeeper avatar

    What a great idea by Charlie to get people painting! Kind of reminds me of our feasts we do online for holidays TL…Like the parties at the mansion for New years Eve etc…’Cool beans’ TL. I wonder who started that saying and why? VK

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    1. Tom Merriman avatar

      It was a good idea, VK! And he got me actually painting, rather than just virtually / digitally doing it. Cool beans indeed – I don’t know either. There may be some research coming on!

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      1. Visionkeeper avatar

        lol !!! Now why would I think otherwise TL? Of course research is on the way! Cool beans to you my friend 🙂 VK

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        1. Tom Merriman avatar

          … it may be ‘my’ type of research, however… shhh… 😉 😉

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  4. colonialist avatar

    A pretty picture of a dish
    Which will create compulsion,
    When afterwards to move you wish,
    To go by jet propulsion.

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    1. Tom Merriman avatar

      But just how far
      To go you wish
      Depends on strength
      Of wind direction

      Erm… maybe not.

      Thanks, Col! 😀

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  5. anotherday2paradise avatar

    A great doodle, but I would prefer pizza. 🙂

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    1. Tom Merriman avatar

      OK. Thanks, Sylvia. Let me get baking. (You do bake pizza, don’t you? Doubting myself now…)

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      1. anotherday2paradise avatar

        No, I buy it ready baked at the pizza parlour. I don’t yet have a kitchen, remember? 😀

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        1. Tom Merriman avatar

          Ah! Ulp! Sorry!
          Buying pizza is a lot easier anyway! 😀

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  6. Elaine - I used to be indecisive avatar

    Ooooh, beans on toast – yum!

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    1. Tom Merriman avatar

      One simply must agree, Elaine! 😀

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  7. Diane Henders avatar

    You’re a wonderful watercolourist, Tom! If I attempted to paint a watercolour of any food item, it definitely wouldn’t be appetizing (or even identifiable). 😉

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    1. Tom Merriman avatar

      I’m sure it would, Diane… and thank you! 🙂

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  8. The Pizza – Beyond the Sphere avatar

    […] I get time for a third entry, or will it just be pizza and beans on toast from me? Time will […]

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