Saw/Saw, a mini mural of Sawtooth Peak on a round saw blade, was almost finished. I fixed the camera setting, stood on the ladder to photograph it, and then realized that the trees on the bottom were crooked. Of course I only noticed this after putting the photo in an email to the customers, but […]
Saw/Saw 2
Welcome back! I knew you would be interested to know how Saw/Saw turned out. Not sure if this qualifies as a real mural or not; I think it might just be an Odd Job. Finally, I figured out what was wonky with my camera. I had been experimenting with the settings, still not quite understanding […]
Saw/Saw
What is “Saw/Saw”? Glad you asked! I have been commissioned to paint Sawtooth on a saw blade. Hence, saw/saw. The blade is about 4′ in diameter and is heavy metal. I lifted it onto my round table and then couldn’t figure out whether or not I should lean on the teeth to get the balance […]
Odd Job With a Goose
This is Tony’s wooden goose with a coat of primer on it. He didn’t give me any instructions other than to paint the goose. I found several helpful photos of Canada geese to work from, with visible head, neck, wing tops, wing bottoms, tail and the back.(What did people do before The Google came along to […]
Odd Job Completed
The odd job of painting a mailbox took about 4 hours. Maybe 5, but that extra hour was probably due to my own inexperience and lack of confidence. Oh, and another hour working on the colored pencil design. Will the customer be happy? As a friend, will she tell me the truth if she isn’t happy? […]
Odd Job
Because I am an artist who has lived in the same area for over 30 years, making art the entire time, when people need something art related, no matter how odd, I often get asked. People ask me to do things that I am supremely unqualified to do, lacking skill and experience. Sometimes, no, often, […]
Odd Job
As an artist in business since 1987 in Tulare County (full time since 1993), I occasionally get asked to do odd jobs. It is challenging and usually fun. If an artist is established and available, it is one of the many parts of the business of art. A giclee is a reproduction on canvas done […]
Odd Job, Chapter Four
Finally, I got to the actual painting stage of my odd job. The Blue Moon Nursery got a 4’x8′ piece of very thick plywood, built a frame around it and painted it with multiple coats of white paint. This was a result of walking out to the road and measuring the existing signs. A medium […]
Odd Job, Chapter Three
My odd job of painting a sign for the Blue Moon Nursery in Three Rivers progressed through the decision making progress. This combination of type was our first choice. The style of Blue Moon is a little hippy-dippy, loosey-goosey, whimsical (sorry, can’t think of a rhyme for that word). “Nursery” looks solid, professional, steadfast, here […]
Odd Job, Chapter Two
It is a bit odd for a pencil artist/drawing teacher/oil painter/muralist to be asked to paint a sign. The owner of Blue Moon Nursery in Three Rivers knew we would work well together, so she decided to overlook my lack of experience and hire me for the odd job. (Odd job to me, but sign […]