Drawing lessons are one of the best parts of my art business. See? Happy people having fun! Once a week, I spend an afternoon helping people draw at the Courthouse Gallery in Exeter. Some folks just need a regular place and time to draw, some need help with difficult projects, and some need instruction every […]
Weird Signs in Mineral King
Remember in the post about the Mineral King trail drawing that there was a short sign? Have a look at the signage, but first, this is Austin, so you have an idea of relative sign sizes. He’s the little person in the large hat, crossing on the plank. Now, here is short guy, short sign. Here is […]
California Artist’s 1st Mineral King Hike This Season
The Central California Artist, ahem, that would be me, finally had a bit of time in Mineral King and hiked to White Chief with Trail Guy and a new friend named Jessica. The artist is sore, and she isn’t happy about it. The artist is happy to have gone to White Chief, and happy to […]
Beach Business Trip
If I go to the beach and take photos from which to paint, that makes it a business trip. I have a friend with a nice gift shop in a beach town; she took several of these paintings on consignment. The only one that sold was to someone from Three Rivers who saw it and […]
More Beach
There is more to the beach than just the beach.
Oh Say. . .
. . .Can you see that we live in a fabulous country?
Let’s Go To The Beach
Up through the summer of my tenth year of life, my grandmother had a house at the beach. This house may explain my predisposition toward shingle siding. When I lived near the beach, I missed the mountains. Now that mountains are a regular part of my life, I miss the beach. So, let’s go to […]
Trail Guy’s Second Mineral King Hike of 2017
Once June is past, I hope that the Mineral King posts will be of my experiences instead of just hitchhiking on Trail Guy’s. The baby marmots are out, and as always, have moved underneath our cabin. Since there is nothing that we can do about it, we take photos. (They make noise and messes that […]
Random Thoughts
Today’s post is a list of random thoughts, unrelated to art, things that one of my tens of readers might be interested in. Crocs shrink if you leave them in the sun. Mine are too short to wear now. Isn’t that weird? Rubber shoes shrink in the sun! (maybe it is related to #2. . […]
Mineral King Trail Art
Being on a roll with pencil drawings of Mineral King makes me think very carefully about what I should draw next. This is a view I recently painted, and it sold right away. Allllrighty, then. Looks and sounds like a logical next pencil drawing. However, all the other drawings are vertical, so this scene will need […]