In 1990, I drew the Exeter Woman’s Club. (Yes, that is the correct name—I just work here.) It was part of a set of notecards called Tulare County Landmarks. No one can find the original drawing. All I have is this scan of a notecard with a hole punched in the corner. The club asked […]
Layer by Layer
I spent a morning inside that open door, working on the unusual commissioned oil painting. Let’s do a series of progressive painting photos (the first two appeared on February 27). The studio sat empty beneath the flowering pear tree. Pippin waited for me patiently, until he found something more interesting to investigate.
Just Photos of Three Rivers in the First Half of March
The first half of March was beautiful. Truly beautiful. Then, it rained and it snowed kind of low (but not at my elevation). So, blossoms fell off trees and flowers got battered. But, it is still green.
Thinking About Water and Feeling Reckless
Because it is raining while I write this, I am thinking about water. A few years ago, we had a very wet winter after several dry ones, and I became obsessed with watching flowing water. Here are some of the results. I was quite pleased with the drawings and pretty proud of the titles too. […]
A Little Help From My Friend
It is important that we are kind and complimentary to one another in drawing lessons. It is equally important that we are honest. AH is my friend and also one of my drawing students. Since she owns dogs, she saw something a little wrong in my drawing on the dog with the black head. I […]
The Emerging Drawing Continues
While I was waiting to hear if JM approved the house, I began one of the dogs. Just like on the itty-bitty-face drawing, I am leaving a gap between the different subjects to fill in later. (This picture is overexposed on the left side of the house because my giant magnifying light is washing it […]
A Drawing Slowly Emerges
Many years ago, there was a fabulous little place in Lemon Cove called Foothill Fruit. The owner was a terrific baker and sandwich maker, and some mornings I woke up just ravenous for one of her scones and French Roast coffee. I worked there for a few brief months (it used to be necesary to […]
One Dubious Improvement and Two Beginnings
This painting seemed too bright. After studying it awhile, I decided to only tone down the brilliant green in the distance to push it farther away. (“Push it” visually, not warp the canvas.) This is after: Hmmm, that’s a pretty subtle difference, perhaps even dubious*. Might want to try that again later. In addition, the […]
Pacific Ocean VII, VIII, IX
These paintings only show on my blog because I can’t remember how to get more than a handful of paintings to appear on the store part of my website. You may call or email or text if you’d like to buy any of these. Use the contact button on my website, because if I type […]
Emerging Favorite Subject Matter
After spending a week doing plein air paintings at the beach in October, I could not wait to get home where I could paint waves and the ocean in my painting workshop, where the waves were frozen in motion on photographs. I love those blues and teals and greens and splashing whites, and I wanted […]