The Minnesota customer replied quickly and thoroughly to my inquiry about the two different versions of the cabin. I couldn’t tell if there were actually two gable ends, slightly different, or if some changes had been made. She said the cabin has been a work in progress and changes get made regularly. The three rows […]
Drawing a Cabin in Pencil
Which of the three sketches of a Minnesota cabin did the two sisters choose? They chose A! (The exclamation mark is because that was the one I was hoping for.) I cropped all the extraneous cold stuff. The sisters asked if I could show a bit more porch, and the best I could say was, […]
Cabinart = Art of a Cabin
Drawing cabins in pencil is the way I started my art business. Now I spend 90% of my artmaking time as an oil painter, so when I get asked to draw a cabin, I am really happy about it! Someone from Minnesota found me on the internet and asked if I could draw her parents’ […]
Some flowers, a painting, and a lost and found sketch
A couple of weeks ago, a friend and I decided to ride bikes in Lemon Cove, because there are flat roads down there. We parked at the Lemon Cove Woman’s Club (I think that is the odd way the name is spelled), and we were just slayed by the orange blossom scent and the incredible […]
SOLD (Took awhile. . .)
For several months, I had no work. Instead of worrying about it, I enjoyed guilt-free time at the cabin. Well, guilt-free except for the fact that the road was closed, and other people couldn’t enjoy Mineral King this past summer. Life is a series of good things and not-so-good things; we do our best with […]
Drawing Sequoia, Not Just Chit-Chatting
Yesterday I showed you some oil paintings of Sequoia, the non-Mineral King part of the park. Today here are some pencil drawings (I LOVE to draw—did you know that??) These don’t have sizes and prices. Some are sold, some might be framed, and most are probably just in a flat file in my studio. (If […]
Fast or Good?
My drawing students get to hear me say this regularly: “You can be fast or you can be good; I get to be both.” Now I am working on a drawing that is very very important to me, and I am choosing to be good, but S L O W. What’s with all the pressure? […]
Back to the Easels and the Drawing Table
After several months of no work (i.e. lovely free time at the cabin without deadlines or guilt), work is beginning to trickle back into my days. First, a pencil commission. (I still love to draw.) This was the little sketch for the customer to approve or amend. She made a couple of suggestions, and I […]