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 […]
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 […]
The Cabins of Wilsonia Book and Blog
This week on my other blog, www.thecabinsofwilsonia.com, I will explain what these sketches are, along with some other sketches, and also explain that the special pre-order price of the upcoming book The Cabins of Wilsonia has expired. Join me over there?
Odd Job #10, Part Two
Our Bride-To-Be of the rustic wedding selected the typestyle and chose the solid version, so I began burning numbers on wooden discs. At first I tried to trace and transfer the numbers. That didn’t work on the wood. After thinking it over, I realized that every table will be separate, so no table numbers will […]
Odd Job #10
When you need an artist in a rural place such as Tulare County, chances are you don’t know too many. When you need an artist for a specific job, chances are you will simply ask the only artist you know. The question usually sounds like this: “Do you know anyone who can do this obscure, […]
Happy Customer
Customer? Client? How about a long time friend who commissioned me to paint for her? Commissioner? Never mind. I delivered “Spring In Three Rivers” to my friend and hung it on the wall where she had planned for it to go. We looked at the pictures around it and knew it wasn’t the best combination. […]
Spring in Three Rivers is a Beautiful Memory
Is that a funny title for a post during the hot time of year? I love spring. It isn’t hot. This painting in progress reminds me of the beautiful season. I’m juicing up (exaggerating) the colors a bit and it is fun. I love dabbing on little specks of different shades of pink. These redbud […]
Spring in Three Rivers Oil Painting Commission
Spring in Three Rivers just might be an appropriate title, although there is little evidence of any river, much less three of them in this picture. But, we are in a canyon that follows the North Fork of the Kaweah, and the presence of sycamore trees indicates a source of water near by. (Can you […]
Another Oil Painting Commission
If you’ve known me for awhile, you may have heard me say that it is all my friends and relatives who buy my work because they feel sorry for me. Another friend used to tell me this: “If your friends and family won’t do business with you, who will?” A long time friend asked me […]
The Cabin Painting Grows
On Wednesday, I left you with this cliff hanger of a picture: This is the next view: And this is how it looked when it was getting a little too dark to see out in the painting workshop. Now it is time to show the customer before I do any more detail work. That large […]