Every so often I need to see what has sold, or I begin to drift into thinking that I am irrelevant, semi-retired, on the edge of obsolescence, and possibly about to go under. Entirely realistic, as you can see. Not. You’ve seen several (many?) of these in progress, after they were finished and scanned or […]
Try to Remember. . .
“. . . the time of September. . .” OR “See you, in September. . .” Never mind. September is a little weird this year, because Labor Day is on the latest possible date, September 7. Have a look at the September pencil drawing in my 2026 calendar. This is a meadow near Crescent Meadow […]
Not Too Much
And that is the answer to “Hey Central California Artist, what are you working on these days?” Odd Job My friend G explained that he just needs an outline of what might pass for the tops of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, stretched across a single 12 foot panel. Jimmy delivered four for some unknown reason. […]
Art from Hume Lake
The first time I drew a Hume Lake cabin, it was for my friend’s parents. Her mom commissioned a pencil drawing. Wait, not true. The first time I drew a Hume Lake cabin, it was the boys staff cabin across the street from the girls staff cabin, in 1978. It was a present for my […]
Careful, Central California Artist
Lalalalala. . . that’s the fat lady singing. I photographed the Reimer’s drawing to send to the owner for his approval. Nope, that photo was not good enough, so I raised the blind on the window over the drawing table and tried again. I told Mr. Owner that this was the time to speak up […]
Very Large, Very Detailed Pencil Drawing
Yeppers, still working on and talking about Reimer’s Candies and Gifts. I was stuck due to a lack of visual information, considering resorting to some hoodwinkery and bamboozlement. Instead, I stopped by one morning, climbed up some rocks and took several photos, this one being the most useful. Alrighty, then, let’s git-‘er-dun! There was a […]
Needing a Master’s Degree…
…or perhaps a PhD. The topic? Trickinology. Visual trickinology. I’m drawing Reimers Candies and Gifts from a straight-on view, something that isn’t really possible to see in real life. Well, maybe it is, but it would take a wide-angle lens, and the resultant drawing would be an entirely unwieldy shape for reproducing as cards. Here […]
More Quarter-Inching
This might put you to sleep. It almost did me, in combination with getting up at 5:30 AM, 103°, and the droning hum of the barely adequate AC. Can you even tell the difference from the first photo to the second one? Prolly not because my T-square was over the unfinished lower rocks of the […]
Iconic Business Drawing, Quarter-Inching Along
An old friend used to stop by my studio at my first public location in Exeter, just to spend time together chatting, and to offer encouragement. He often said (in admiration, I think), “How do you do that??” I always answered, “One quarter inch at a time.” Oooo-weee, this is S L O W. But […]
Made the Deadline With Time to Spare
Moving left to right, top to bottom, identifying words whited out, dark photo taken with phone at the end of a day of drawing as the light was getting low. Still working top to bottom, left to right. Almost finished, except what should be done about the lower sections of nothingness? How about some lupine? […]