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.
A Beary Odd Job
From time to time, I get asked to do an odd job, something that requires a bit of paint, a bit of skill*, and the willingness to try. Remember this? A Welcome Bear Or this one? Little Bucky 1, Little Bucky 2 Here is the latest one in my collection of unusual jobs. This bear’s […]
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. […]
Eager to Draw
Last year some fine folks of impeccable taste bought this pencil drawing. A few months later, they saw this drawing on my blog and decided it would be a nice companion to the pier. It would, but whoever owns it would likely disagree. Fortunately for these fine folks of impeccable taste, I accept commissions; fortunately […]
Hey Jeff, Am I Finished With Your Garden Painting?
I don’t think Jeff reads my blog. Marketing and sales people would tell me that I don’t push it hard enough, that I should be linking posts to my Instagram, LinkedIn, and Facebook accounts. That would be difficult, since I don’t participate in any of those. This may be why I only have tens of […]
Drawing Jeff’s Garden With a Paintbrush
I thought this would be very difficult and take “forever”. Instead, I am thoroughly enjoying the process because now that the sizes and locations and base coat are down, I can simply begin drawing with my paintbrush. Step by Step by Step. . .or Way Leads on to Way Let’s just have a series of […]
Planting an Oil Garden
What’s an “oil garden”? Glad you asked! Remember this colored pencil sketch for a commissioned oil painting of someone’s garden? (Let’s call him Jeff, because that is his name.) Jeff approved of the design for his painting and chose 12×24” for the canvas size. Having realized the benefits of starting with a sketch on an […]
Oil Painting Commission to Stretch This Artist
CUSTOM ART | COLLAGES Custom art is an important piece of my art business. There are countless scenes and objects that I’d really enjoy painting or drawing, but in 33 years of earning a living with art, I have come to understand that people want what they want, not necessarily what I want. Therefore, I […]
Bridge Building (With Paint)
Incremental Improvements Painting #38 of Tulare County’s best bridge (according by your Central California artist) is inching forward into excellence. Can you see the incremental improvements? We can probably consider it all finished now, EXCEPT FOR THE BRIDGE ITSELF! Ahem. Excuse me for shouting. It just surprises me that after I put an enormous amount […]