Grape Tootsie Pop No.1
A little background, as a kid growing up in Algonac, Michigan, we use to hop on our bikes and ride along M29 searching for pop and beer bottles people had thrown from their car windows. I guess there weren't littering laws back then, anyway, each bottle was worth two cents. We'd find as many as we could. Bring 'em home and wash 'em out with the garden hose. Then take the 10 or 12 we'd found up to the Pte. Tremble Market and cash 'em in! I would always buy a Tootsie Pop for a nickel and then pocket the rest of my cash — usually about twenty cents!
Thinking back on the simplicity of those days and the happiness I got from buying a nickel sucker with my own money, I just had to draw a Tootsie Pop. Since starting to draw again, I’ve now completed 5 Tootsie Pops. The grape being my 5th.
It's happened a few times now, that I've run out of my large rolls of drawing paper while I have the urge to draw. This was one of those times. I went through my flat files and found some Canson Paper I'd been gifted back in 1984 by the local Canson Paper rep in Los Angeles. Except for the heavy texture, I thought it would be great to try some drawings while I waited for my paper rolls to be delivered. This led to a series of 5 Canson Paper drawings, with two featured in the Pasadena Society of Artists’ 97th Annual Juried Exhibition in May of 2022.
A little background, as a kid growing up in Algonac, Michigan, we use to hop on our bikes and ride along M29 searching for pop and beer bottles people had thrown from their car windows. I guess there weren't littering laws back then, anyway, each bottle was worth two cents. We'd find as many as we could. Bring 'em home and wash 'em out with the garden hose. Then take the 10 or 12 we'd found up to the Pte. Tremble Market and cash 'em in! I would always buy a Tootsie Pop for a nickel and then pocket the rest of my cash — usually about twenty cents!
Thinking back on the simplicity of those days and the happiness I got from buying a nickel sucker with my own money, I just had to draw a Tootsie Pop. Since starting to draw again, I’ve now completed 5 Tootsie Pops. The grape being my 5th.
It's happened a few times now, that I've run out of my large rolls of drawing paper while I have the urge to draw. This was one of those times. I went through my flat files and found some Canson Paper I'd been gifted back in 1984 by the local Canson Paper rep in Los Angeles. Except for the heavy texture, I thought it would be great to try some drawings while I waited for my paper rolls to be delivered. This led to a series of 5 Canson Paper drawings, with two featured in the Pasadena Society of Artists’ 97th Annual Juried Exhibition in May of 2022.
A little background, as a kid growing up in Algonac, Michigan, we use to hop on our bikes and ride along M29 searching for pop and beer bottles people had thrown from their car windows. I guess there weren't littering laws back then, anyway, each bottle was worth two cents. We'd find as many as we could. Bring 'em home and wash 'em out with the garden hose. Then take the 10 or 12 we'd found up to the Pte. Tremble Market and cash 'em in! I would always buy a Tootsie Pop for a nickel and then pocket the rest of my cash — usually about twenty cents!
Thinking back on the simplicity of those days and the happiness I got from buying a nickel sucker with my own money, I just had to draw a Tootsie Pop. Since starting to draw again, I’ve now completed 5 Tootsie Pops. The grape being my 5th.
It's happened a few times now, that I've run out of my large rolls of drawing paper while I have the urge to draw. This was one of those times. I went through my flat files and found some Canson Paper I'd been gifted back in 1984 by the local Canson Paper rep in Los Angeles. Except for the heavy texture, I thought it would be great to try some drawings while I waited for my paper rolls to be delivered. This led to a series of 5 Canson Paper drawings, with two featured in the Pasadena Society of Artists’ 97th Annual Juried Exhibition in May of 2022.
Credits:
Title: “Grape Tootsie Pop No.1”
Artist: Mike Pitzer
Medium: Graphite, Colored Pencil on Canson Paper
Image Size: 26″ T x 20″ W
Signed & Dated: MPitzer 2022
Series: “Happy Art”
Style: Pop-Realism
Ships Framed:
Frame: Nielsen Profile 22
Frame Size: 31 1/2" T x 25 1/2” W
Frame Color: Matte Black (Anodized) with Crescent 4Ply RagMat Museum Matboard, Standard Acrylic 1/10 inch, and Acid-Free 3/16 Foam Board
