Aug 31 2011
I’ve dropped a hint or two about a lot of drawings coming up soon. Here is another little preview, but I’m not ready to disclose any details yet. This is for 2 reasons: 1. The details are a little squishy and 2. If I think about it too much, I will have to go lie [...]
Aug 30 2011
There are 4863 square miles in Tulare County. Really! I read it on the internet, so it must be correct, right? Although a great deal of it is un-roaded mountains, there are many roads to explore. And, there are roads to re-explore, because I forget stuff. This summer I’ve made 4 trips to Kings Canyon [...]
Aug 29 2011
This is what drawing student Gerald said to me when he finished his drawing. “Spray?”, you are asking, even as you read this. (Yes, I can hear you.) Spray fixative is one method of preventing the finished drawing from smearing. Framing is another; workable fixative is a third. I’ve been told it adds “tooth” (that [...]
Aug 26 2011
Lemons VII, oil on wrapped canvas, 8×10 If you are on my email list, about every week or 2 you receive an email from me. It mostly says hello and this is what is in my blog and here is the link. People ask me about these emails when they haven’t heard for awhile. Some [...]
Aug 25 2011
Grapes V, 6×6, oil on wrapped canvas, sold Nope. Look at the things I could/can/should/am/will do: draw paint blog update website photograph work sort through photos and refile those used/stacked/piled/contemplated plan for upcoming shows package notecards and reproduction prints sweep the dead scorpions and spider webs from the studio write another bio for the upcoming [...]
Aug 24 2011
Honeymoon Cabin, pencil, 11×14, unframed, $300 A few years ago I took 1/2 a semester of oil painting at a local junior college. I learned more about painting from only the primary colors, and I learned about layering (called “glazing” in Artspeak). I learned that I need more light to see than a 19 year [...]
Aug 23 2011
I teach people how to draw. The lessons are probably considered “semi-private” because each student receives one-on-one instruction, but in a small class. Just the facts: 4 people at one time, one hour each week, each working on her own piece at her own pace. Youngest – 6th grade. Oldest – too polite to ask! [...]
Aug 22 2011
Tulare County is a place of superlatives. Sadly, we rank highest in the nation in being fat, uneducated, diabetic, poor; we make more teenage moms, have terrible unemployment and the dirtiest air. Ready to run away screaming yet? I don’t know all the specific statistics, only that we are either the “best” at those terrible [...]
Aug 19 2011
Fat Cat Bum Thumb Hot Spot Fair Pair Sweet Treat Beat Feet Neat Feat fish wish bridge smidge knit wit
Aug 18 2011
K1 Green, 6×6″, oil on wrapped canvas, $50 I see only one movie in a theater a year. It has to do with the time, the distance, and my pickiness high level of discernment. This year’s movie was The Help. I would gladly see it again. It is the best movie I’ve seen in longer [...]