A drive-by shooting of the Rocky Hill label mural on the east wall of Rocky Hill Antiques, east of Exeter. This is how the mural looks in the morning light. It faces east, so I was only able to work on it when the shade was 2 feet wide, around 2 in the afternoon. […]
Finishing the Rocky Hill Antiques Mural, Part Four
On Thursday, I left you with a cliff-hanger of a green orange. (Reminds me of the time my mom wanted to show orange trees to her 4 year old Kansas granddaughter. “Look Ashley, those are orange trees.” “No they aren’t, Grandma – they are green!”) White paint is opaque. Put down white paint, and then […]
Seeking Inspiration in Mineral King
As a studio painter, I rely on my camera and memory. I’m continually seeking the best light, the most advantageous angle, the brightest colors, the most details and anything else that can be recorded. What is inspiration? Something that motivates me to take photos, to paint, to draw. It was another beautiful day in Mineral […]
Finishing the Rocky Hill Antiques Mural, Part Three
We are waiting for the heat to end so I can finish the Rocky Hill Antiques mural. September passes. October arrives. The heat continues. FINALLY, last week, it mellowed from the 90s to the 80s. Practically sweater weather around here! Wow, the mural is dusty and has some spider webs. No worries, I’m a country […]
Finishing the Rocky Hill Antiques Mural, Part Two
I showed my favorite view of the potential revision/addition of the Rocky Hill Antiques mural to the owner. He still wanted the word “ANTIQUES” included. I tried to convince him that the word would change a mural into a sign, and there is plenty of signage at the business with no doubts at all as […]
Finishing the Rocky Hill Antiques Mural, Part One
Remember the mural on the side of Rocky Hill Antiques? I painted it last June. Here are the links to the posts about it: Projecting A New Mural, Chapters two, three, four, five, six, seven, and eight The mural looked like this at the end. We simplified it from the original label, which was full of […]
Fancy Drawing of a Not Fancy Cabin
This is the final drawing of the commissioned pencil drawing of a Wilsonia cabin. The customer chose “A”, asked that the sign size be reduced and that plenty of scraggly branches be added to that large tree in front that she affectionately referred to as “the old man”. It was fun! Drawing cabins is one […]
Looking For Red Leaves in Mineral King
No red leaves at the Honeymoon Cabin. No red leaves here either. Let’s go hiking and see if there are any red leaves further up the valley. Yellow tunnel ahead – no red leaves there. Entering the yellow tunnel – maybe there will be red leaves on the other side. Yeppers, just above Soda Springs! […]
Complicated Drawing of a Simple Cabin
A nice lady wrote to me to ask if I would draw her Wilsonia cabin for her. She said it is plain, or perhaps she said “it’s not fancy”, but it means a lot to her family. I knew which cabin it was. It wasn’t one that I planned to show in the upcoming book The […]
A Well-Organized Show in Visalia
The organizers provided pop-up tent-tops, lunch and handled all the filthy lucre. I began the day with high expectations and much optimism. The pop-up tent was 10’x10′ in theory. In reality, it tapered inward, so instead of fitting all 6 of my display screens, only 5 would fit. So, quite a few paintings didn’t make […]