Designing coloring books involves drawing, my favorite thing. Coloring the pages is for other people to do. But, I got curious. So, I gave it a try in the ag coloring book, Heart of Agriculture: Celebrating Tulare County Farm Bureau’s First 100 years. This is as far as I got on the title page. I filled […]
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 […]
Want to Title a Pencil Drawing of Water?
“Life Source” is the title of my latest pencil drawing of water. (It is spoken for, but thank you for your interest.) I borrowed the name from a company that sells water treatment machines. Since water is the source of life, (okay, I know God is the source, but you get my drift here, yes?) […]
Little Victories
Life is hard, full of obstacles, difficulties, problems to solve, and hassles. But, sometimes there are victories along the way that lighten our loads and lift our spirits. Last week I experienced a few of those little victories in my business of art. The scanner now works with the new laptop!! The pencil drawing that […]
Trading Water for Walnuts
This week I’ve set aside my current obsession of drawing water and begun a commissioned piece of a walnut grove. This has involved several sketches, beginning with the page of the walnut grove as it appears in the coloring book, Heart of Ag for the Tulare County Farm Bureau (NOW AVAILABLE – WILL POST TO FOR […]
More Water in Pencil
It keeps raining, and I keep drawing water in pencil.
Water in Pencil
This is my latest pencil drawing of water. It isn’t titled, because the name of the falls is highly unpleasant. The drawing is unframed and it is on 11×14″ paper. When I look at this drawing, I think about Millard Fillmore. Who? A president of the United States, maybe the 12th one. I’ve been listening […]