If you have ever walked to Timber Gap, you know experientially that it is far more than four steps. I don’t remember the specific mileage, but it seems to be about 2 miles. This post is actually about painting Timber Gap, and it took more than four steps. However, I only took four photographs. (I […]
New and Improved!
Do you remember when advertisers used to try to get our attention with that little descriptive phrase? Did it work? It created some cynicism in me, even as a kid who wasn’t paying much attention. HOWEVER, I think I have improved the walnut orchard painting. Never mind. You probably can’t even see what I did. […]
Trying to Paint
I had a morning available to paint but it took awhile to get to it. First, I had to admire Pippin in the window. Next I varnished three paintings, and then had to figure out where to put them. So I went into the studio to see if there were any available hooks. While contemplating […]
Fast or Good?
My drawing students are used to hearing me tell them, “You can be fast or you can be good; I get to be both.” Everyone still laughs, in spite of the obnoxiousness of the second part. This is an indisputable truth, when it comes to the highly detailed, accurate type of drawing that I teach. […]
The Other Day. . .
. . .I walked into the painting workshop, looked at all the paintings in their various stages, and just wanted to walk back out. Why? Because it was so beautiful outside and because I couldn’t figure out where to start. The simplest solution was to start where I stopped the day before. So, I did. […]
Seven Skies and Two Paintings in Progress
This will need to dry before I add in the blossoms.
Almost Finished, Finished and Begun
I mentioned a few days ago that there were just a few details remaining to finish three oil paintings of Tulare County’s prettiest places. The painting factory at my address is up and running at a steady speed.
Eight New Things Learned in March
For some reasons, I couldn’t scrape up appropriate photos for this month’s Learned List. So, let’s enjoy a few photos that Trail Guy took on a recent walk. Goodbye, March! You are the Most Beautiful Month, and we will miss your weather and your colors.
Resurrection Sunday/Easter
A Day of Many Moving Parts
One day I had a bunch of things to juggle, beginning with a “telehealth” appointment. I stared at the landline off and on for 2 hours before giving up.* Rural clinics run by large corporations are bastions of bureaucratic inefficiency and incompetence. I called a friend who knows people and how to get stuff done. […]