My business and website is called Cabin Art or Cabinart. This is because when I began, I lived in a cabin and I drew cabins. I still live in a cabin (part time) and still draw them. Here is the latest commissioned pencil drawing of a Mineral King cabin: After seeing the Hume Lake cabin drawing from 1995 […]
Proof That I Draw Better Now
It just occurred to me that perhaps you might disagree with my evaluation of what “drawing better” actually looks like. Bummer. Having a blog often means taking a risk, so here goes. This is the little Hume Lake cabin as I drew it from the customer’s photos in 1995. (I didn’t draw the bug spot, […]
I Draw Better Now
In 1995, I drew a Hume Lake cabin from the customer’s photos. Last week I had the pleasure of staying in that cabin and seeing it for the first time. The customer’s daughter and I grew up together and have recently reconnected. She brought the drawing to Hume Lake, and I was dismayed to see […]
Drawing in Mineral King
Back in the olden days when I could see without cheater magnifier glasses or a giant magnifying light, I used to draw at the cabin. I even had a drafting table upstairs underneath a north-west facing window for light. It has been quite a few years since that was an adequate arrangement. I sold the […]
Drawing Lessons, Tracing
Is it cheating to trace? Nope. Tracing is a tool, and if you can’t draw, tracing won’t solve the problem. Yesterday, I said that we often trace the main shapes first, and then draw by looking at the tracing. If you look at the photo, there are many distracting details. If you get the skeleton […]
More Drawing Lessons Fun
In drawing lessons, each student works at her own pace on the drawing of her choice. (Men are allowed too, but this class happens to be completely feminine.)Below: Jane, on the left, sat outside a house and did a very nice sketch of it. She decided she’d like to do it in the highly accurate […]
Drawing Lessons Are Fun
Drawing lessons are one of the best parts of my art business. See? Happy people having fun! Once a week, I spend an afternoon helping people draw at the Courthouse Gallery in Exeter. Some folks just need a regular place and time to draw, some need help with difficult projects, and some need instruction every […]
Let’s Go To The Beach
Up through the summer of my tenth year of life, my grandmother had a house at the beach. This house may explain my predisposition toward shingle siding. When I lived near the beach, I missed the mountains. Now that mountains are a regular part of my life, I miss the beach. So, let’s go to […]
Mineral King Trail Art
Being on a roll with pencil drawings of Mineral King makes me think very carefully about what I should draw next. This is a view I recently painted, and it sold right away. Allllrighty, then. Looks and sounds like a logical next pencil drawing. However, all the other drawings are vertical, so this scene will need […]
A Better Sawtooth
Sawtooth is that very visible and distinctive peak in Mineral King that shows up in Visalia on a clear day. Here is a pencil drawing of Sawtooth from 2003. It isn’t bad. Here is a pencil drawing of Sawtooth from last week. It is a different view, and I think it is better. Here: […]