Pencil drawing for The Cabins of Wilsonia Have you ever thought or said to an artist, “Gee, it must be great to have talent”? Or have you you ever said, “I wish I had talent like that”? It’s all smoke and mirrors. Actually, it’s not. It is practice, training, practice, rough criticism, more practice, a […]
Draw, draw, draw
My buddy Chris LoCurto had a guest post on his blog about choosing three words to guide you through the year. My first choice was DRAW DRAW DRAW. In that order. (Honestly the first 3 words that came to mind were “eat, pray, love”.) So, I am drawing. No matter how much I draw, it […]
Alta Street, done!
Or is it Alta Lane? Alta Drive? Alta Road? I’m talking about Wilsonia, specifically The Cabins of Wilsonia. In my interview with myself, I revealed the strategy for drawing all the cabins. Alphabetically, by street name, means that the first set of drawings is for Alta Street/Lane/Drive/Road. Nope, you don’t get to see the entire […]
More talking to myself
This is one of the pencil drawings for the upcoming book, The Cabins of Wilsonia How will the book be organized? Alphabetically, by street name What order are you doing the cabin drawings? Alphabetically, by street name. EXCEPT, when I began in the summer, I did quite a few of the Masonic tract and then […]
In Which the Artist Interviews Herself
The Cabins of Wilsonia, my huge project, has created a few questions. Here I will ask some of those questions, and then answer them for you. (Mr. Google, I am a California artist who will do over 200 pencil drawings of cabins.) What is Wilsonia? it is an area of about 100 acres of private […]
Big Fat Announcement
For a few months I’ve been dancing around the subject of a Very Large Project on the horizon. Today is the day to tell you all what it is. It isn’t a very well kept secret, just a non-published-on-this-blog secret. If you know me, you know I love to draw in pencil and that I […]