A pencil show? Yes, an art show of only pencil drawings by 3 of my advanced drawing students and me! Some facts: Title: Gray Matter Dates: Friday, May 5 and Friday, June 2 Location: Brandon-Mitchell Gallery, 117 So. Locust in Downtown Visalia (between Main and Acequia, west side of the street) Time: 5-8 p.m. Participants: Kelvin Farris, Maggie Meling, Wendy […]
No Face Smaller Than an Egg
That’s what I tell my students, and perhaps I need to specify that I am NOT speaking of a hummingbird egg. But, sometimes my students test their skills while also testing mine. I warn, nag, deny, forbid, warn some more and finally capitulate, but with more warnings. When someone insists on doing a drawing that […]
Pencil Drawing Commission (Dr. Pencil to the Rescue)
This began with an email, then became endless emailed photos and discussions and phone calls. Oh, and can you have this by the 22nd? Wait, we need cards made, so can you do it in time to give the print shop enough time? No problem. Art Emergencies are one of my specialties. The subject matter […]
It Is Finished.
(Seems like an appropriate title with Easter coming, no disrespect intended.) This was a long pencil drawing commission – lots of emails, photos, sketches, decisions, waiting, and oh my, lots and lots of leaves to draw. Here is a look, start to finish (minus all the photos, emails, changes, decisions, et cetera) You can see that […]
Flowers in Pencil
I may have mentioned a time or two that I love to draw in pencil. It came to my attention that the group behind the First Saturday Three Rivers events appreciates pencil drawings of their subject matter, because they are useful for an ad in an old-fashioned newspaper that doesn’t print in color. I had provided […]
Turbulent Times
Sometimes I tell you about the good parts of living in Three Rivers (running into people at the Post Office or on a walk, having a mailbox at the bottom of my driveway to drop off things). Sometimes I tell you the bad parts, which are mostly attributable to Tulare County in general rather than […]
Pencil Drawing Commission
Do you remember reading that I was doing a pencil drawing of a walnut grove, a commission, and was waiting for more information? I received what I needed, finished it, and now I am waiting to hear if the commissioning parties are happy. So, I’ll show you another pencil drawing commission that I finished. The […]
Finishing Drawings For Other People
Every week I teach people how to draw and have been doing this since 1994. Sometimes people stay for years, sometimes they discover it isn’t for them after a few lessons, and sometimes a year or two satisfies their itch to learn to draw. Sometimes people grow up, graduate, move away, retire, travel, or something […]
Rough & Tumble, Pencil Drawing of Water
I have 2 more titles and lots more photos to work from. Stay tuned. . .!
Life Source, Pencil Drawing of Water
“Life Source” is the title of this pencil drawing of water. It is the base of the waterfall at Hospital Rock in Sequoia National Park. A couple of weeks ago, I got an email from a friend that read, “Highest priority today should be looking at clouds. Any chance for a ride?” I responded, “Forget […]