There are still a few of the 2016 calendars, “The Cabins of Tulare County” for sale. This calendar is a collection of pencil drawings of cabins in Tulare County. (Captain Obvious speaks again.) It is heavy on Wilsonia, followed by Mineral King, and there is one token Camp Nelson. These drawings are gathered from the […]
Cats!
For someone who does not consider herself a kitty-puppy artist, I seem to be over-run by pencil drawing commissions of cats and dogs. That’s okay. I love to draw in pencil. First, the sketch. The customer chose C. Second, begin the real drawing. Third, keep drawing. When I told a friend about this drawing, I […]
Dogs!
I have no intention of becoming a kitty–puppy artist. However, when I receive commissions to draw cats or dogs, if the photos are decent and I have the time, I usually say yes to those jobs. This one began with sketches, as most commissioned pencil drawings do. Not quite it. More sketches requested. Mr. Customer […]
Cat Commission Collage
A customer has asked me to draw 2 cats, each one as a kitten and as an adult cat. Have I ever mentioned that I might maybe perhaps just may have a teensy bit of a Cat Disorder? Ahem. Probably not. But still. . . The customer sent me the photographs of his cats, and […]
Cabin Commission Continued
Thank you, Veterans. You probably didn’t want to go, probably didn’t like being there, maybe questioned why, but you did it so we didn’t have to. Thank you! (including, especially, Cousin Bruce) I would have said “Wilsonia Cabin Commission”, but I liked 3 Cs in a row in the title. When you compare this to […]
Pencil Commission of Wilsonia Cabin
For over a year, a pencil commission of a Wilsonia cabin has been waiting for decisions to be made by the cabin owners. I too have been waiting. And waiting and waiting and waiting. We finally got together in person and discussed some details. They chose a view, chose a size, and paid a deposit. I […]
Drawing a Cabin
My business is called “Cabinart” because when I began, I lived in a cabin and I drew people’s cabins. I still live in a cabin part time and I still draw cabins. When someone pays me to draw a specific cabin, that is a commission. A friend asked me to draw a cabin that he […]
Sketchy Decisions
So many pencil drawing commissions are awaiting decisions. I’ve sent sketches and more sketches. Can’t start drawing until I know what the customer/commissioner wants! Sketches, called “thumbnails” or “thumbnail sketches” were required in most of the assignments in art classes, both in high school and college (I went to 4 different colleges – a full-fledged […]
Working Through a Challenging Pencil Commission
There I was, faced with the necessity to draw the north end of a mule headed south, and no reference material! What’s a Central California artist to do? Call in Cowboy Bert, of course. That would be Cowboy Bert, Equine Photographer, who graciously set up one of his mules and positioned him for numerous photos. […]
A Challenging Pencil Commission
A regular customer wants to republish a book. The original drawing from the cover is missing, and it doesn’t look very good when scanned from a printed book. They asked me to redraw it, and to add color so it has the look of an old hand-tinted black and white photo. All I have to […]