And that is the answer to “Hey Central California Artist, what are you working on these days?” Odd Job My friend G explained that he just needs an outline of what might pass for the tops of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, stretched across a single 12 foot panel. Jimmy delivered four for some unknown reason. […]
Careful, Central California Artist
Lalalalala. . . that’s the fat lady singing. I photographed the Reimer’s drawing to send to the owner for his approval. Nope, that photo was not good enough, so I raised the blind on the window over the drawing table and tried again. I told Mr. Owner that this was the time to speak up […]
Needing a Master’s Degree…
…or perhaps a PhD. The topic? Trickinology. Visual trickinology. I’m drawing Reimers Candies and Gifts from a straight-on view, something that isn’t really possible to see in real life. Well, maybe it is, but it would take a wide-angle lens, and the resultant drawing would be an entirely unwieldy shape for reproducing as cards. Here […]
More Quarter-Inching
This might put you to sleep. It almost did me, in combination with getting up at 5:30 AM, 103°, and the droning hum of the barely adequate AC. Can you even tell the difference from the first photo to the second one? Prolly not because my T-square was over the unfinished lower rocks of the […]
Iconic Business Drawing, Quarter-Inching Along
An old friend used to stop by my studio at my first public location in Exeter, just to spend time together chatting, and to offer encouragement. He often said (in admiration, I think), “How do you do that??” I always answered, “One quarter inch at a time.” Oooo-weee, this is S L O W. But […]
Made the Deadline With Time to Spare
Moving left to right, top to bottom, identifying words whited out, dark photo taken with phone at the end of a day of drawing as the light was getting low. Still working top to bottom, left to right. Almost finished, except what should be done about the lower sections of nothingness? How about some lupine? […]
Fast or Good?
My drawing students are used to me telling them, “You can be fast or you can be good; I get to be both.” The braggadocio recently got tested. Someone had an art emergency, and gave me about 5 drawing days to complete a commissioned pencil drawing. There were more calendar days than just five, but […]
Iconic Three Rivers Business Drawing Inching forward
No time for jibber-jabber. There’s a big drawing that needs a ton of time! So much measuring.* Oooh, those tiny letters. See you tomorrow. *OF COURSE I MEASURE! If it took tools to build it, it takes tools to draw it.
Drawing an Iconic Business in Three Rivers
Reimer’s Candies and Ice Cream is a destination and a landmark in Three Rivers, California. It is now on its fourth owner in my lifetime, and it is just as busy as ever, just as popular, just as magnetic. I drew it for the second owners, people with the name of Reimer, who bought it […]
Beach Birds or Shore Birds?
I got to know someone from New Jersey when I attended college in San Diego. Most of us said “beach”, but our New Jersey suite mate said “shore”. Actually I think she said “sho-ah”. The owners of my pier drawing asked me to draw some “shore birds”, but I think they are both native Californians. […]