Pencil Reminiscing, Part One
Pencil Reminiscing, Part Two
Because I already had 2 of these scenes drawn and the first set of Tulare County Landmarks notecards sold well, the natural second choice was Mineral King. (Big surprise, eh?) This was the first time I drew my favorite bridge, and it is from a viewpoint that is now overgrown and no longer so clear. […]
Recently Completed
See? I have been working, despite the all the travelogue posts. (It takes more days to show and tell about a trip than the trip actually lasted).
Proud
When my students finish a drawing, I take it home to scan and convert into a file that can be used for printing as cards or prints to share or sell; sometimes it is just so they can have a clean record of work completed. Sometimes it takes a few hours of computer work, but […]
Finally
After finishing the pencil drawing of the irresistible subject, I didn’t want to stop drawing. I used this desire for drawing to get another pencil drawing finished. Why did I wait so long to work on this? I think it is a good drawing, and if one of my students did this, I would be […]
Irresistible Subject
One of my drawing students brought in a very faded snapshot from about 40 years ago and asked if I thought she’d be able to draw from it. I asked her to scan it and email it to me so I could improve it for her (using the baby version of Photoshop). I didn’t save […]
Finished Pencil Drawing Commission
It took me just as long to do the house itself as the entire background. Maybe longer. The drawing is 11×14″, which means the porch details are miniscule.
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 […]