tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91577382166760663812024-03-14T01:15:28.452-07:00Dave's Drawingsdavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07637251295499362036noreply@blogger.comBlogger116125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9157738216676066381.post-89598995477758057202010-03-18T23:24:00.001-07:002010-03-18T23:39:42.948-07:00Hot Air<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4eFm3Qw7h4Q/S6McEuxBBrI/AAAAAAAAAiQ/5SZIBa1pNuA/s1600-h/hotair.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450230841647105714" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 256px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4eFm3Qw7h4Q/S6McEuxBBrI/AAAAAAAAAiQ/5SZIBa1pNuA/s320/hotair.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>I've never been for a ride but think it has to be neat.</div>davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07637251295499362036noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9157738216676066381.post-58190764654438766962010-03-16T21:42:00.001-07:002010-03-16T21:56:24.798-07:001928 Dodge Brothers<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4eFm3Qw7h4Q/S6Bg1ORcsfI/AAAAAAAAAiA/36k68ZjJ9ME/s1600-h/28victorysix.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449462016598913522" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4eFm3Qw7h4Q/S6Bg1ORcsfI/AAAAAAAAAiA/36k68ZjJ9ME/s320/28victorysix.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>28Vicotry Six (for any picky critics it's a one way street) :)</div>davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07637251295499362036noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9157738216676066381.post-65904131388340671002010-03-15T22:26:00.001-07:002010-03-15T22:36:04.246-07:00Still Nighttime<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4eFm3Qw7h4Q/S58YqPv4CzI/AAAAAAAAAho/4lRy2w24q90/s1600-h/nightclock.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449101188202498866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 288px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4eFm3Qw7h4Q/S58YqPv4CzI/AAAAAAAAAho/4lRy2w24q90/s320/nightclock.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>It's still nighttime here in my studio, ok I don't really have a studio, I mean the couch where I sit and watch television and draw everyday, otherwise known as the "family room".</div><br /><div>We do know what time it is in this one as it has a clock drawn in although I don't remember if I finished this before or after we set the clocks ahead, something I forgot all about this year.</div>davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07637251295499362036noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9157738216676066381.post-90716212358297908702010-03-08T19:14:00.000-08:002010-03-08T19:24:17.248-08:00Nighttime<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4eFm3Qw7h4Q/S5W_PoHL3wI/AAAAAAAAAhI/sdy6SLiN56w/s1600-h/nightbarn.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446469599560982274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 306px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4eFm3Qw7h4Q/S5W_PoHL3wI/AAAAAAAAAhI/sdy6SLiN56w/s320/nightbarn.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Not sure if the guy in the picture is up working late or up early, all pen and ink.</div>davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07637251295499362036noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9157738216676066381.post-10238742049490672172010-03-07T20:32:00.001-08:002010-03-07T20:45:30.477-08:00Ford<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4eFm3Qw7h4Q/S5SAzgKRHrI/AAAAAAAAAg4/HCdEp_ZJKcY/s1600-h/redford.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446119471692455602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 216px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4eFm3Qw7h4Q/S5SAzgKRHrI/AAAAAAAAAg4/HCdEp_ZJKcY/s320/redford.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>A more familiar car, this time a Ford. I should probably stick to the more obscure makes as I fear the expert out there who will shame me by saying the Ford didn't have this or did have that and I left it out. I meant to put up a sign that said " NO experts allowed" but never got around to it. </div>davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07637251295499362036noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9157738216676066381.post-53989093851548386232010-03-02T18:30:00.001-08:002010-03-02T18:40:21.448-08:00Jackson Auto<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4eFm3Qw7h4Q/S43K0xrPK6I/AAAAAAAAAgw/68Em4T9orEU/s1600-h/jackson.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444230532597492642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 230px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4eFm3Qw7h4Q/S43K0xrPK6I/AAAAAAAAAgw/68Em4T9orEU/s320/jackson.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Pen and Ink drawing of a Jackson Auto circa 1928, not a make I was familiar with but from a magazine ad they made a fine group of auto's ( finer then my talent represents) Probably going to add some color to it but done for now.</div><div>My wife was reading the paper to me, something she insists on doing every day no matter if I listen or not. That's fine, anything that simple that makes her happy suits me. Anyway she was reading me the temperatures predicted for the next week and I think I heard something about high forties and maybe she said a fifty in there somewhere. About time I'm thinking.</div>davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07637251295499362036noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9157738216676066381.post-45570395420036473382010-02-28T20:02:00.000-08:002010-02-28T20:17:45.942-08:00Street Pen and Ink<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4eFm3Qw7h4Q/S4s_xOXgyWI/AAAAAAAAAgg/uhLl7BncaXE/s1600-h/streetdraw.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443514689510230370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 261px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4eFm3Qw7h4Q/S4s_xOXgyWI/AAAAAAAAAgg/uhLl7BncaXE/s320/streetdraw.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Just a "keep me busy" drawing, had nothing in mind when I started. I'd say I do it to keep out of trouble but the truth is that these days I don't need to draw to keep out of trouble. Any trouble I might get into is going to have to be something with a long statute of limitations. </div>davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07637251295499362036noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9157738216676066381.post-55175823453717084592010-02-19T18:49:00.000-08:002010-02-19T19:01:41.092-08:00Her Car<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4eFm3Qw7h4Q/S39QeI1w9II/AAAAAAAAAgE/QteI7C3xaKU/s1600-h/hers.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440155353586136194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 207px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4eFm3Qw7h4Q/S39QeI1w9II/AAAAAAAAAgE/QteI7C3xaKU/s320/hers.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Same as usual. inks and watercolor pencil.</div><br /><div>Took our two newest kittens in to have them neutered yesterday, $200 for the two or them.</div><br /><div>As most men might I felt a certain amount of quilt doing it but if you don't they spray and we have a pack of feral cats around the neighborhood as it is. In fact thats where these two came from as the lady next door kind of takes them in and cares for the litters as they pop up or out whichever term you prefer. She does get the females in to fix them when she can but catching a feral cat isn't such an easy thing. </div><br /><div>Anyway the kittens came home seeming not to have noticed they were missing anything they had left with, a bit wobbly at first ( as was I after paying $200) but a day later and they seem back to thier happy selves. </div>davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07637251295499362036noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9157738216676066381.post-58699823688619528962010-02-15T19:28:00.000-08:002010-02-15T19:45:58.969-08:00Cable Stop<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4eFm3Qw7h4Q/S3oU2flRLpI/AAAAAAAAAf8/CxEfGfBJlUc/s1600-h/cablestop.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438682426426601106" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 265px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4eFm3Qw7h4Q/S3oU2flRLpI/AAAAAAAAAf8/CxEfGfBJlUc/s320/cablestop.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Inks and Watercolor pencil</div>davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07637251295499362036noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9157738216676066381.post-84952659033344719352010-02-15T00:15:00.000-08:002010-02-15T00:35:42.809-08:00Stormy, Pen and Ink<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4eFm3Qw7h4Q/S3kHPm5-7zI/AAAAAAAAAf0/k5AR0QVAFck/s1600-h/storm.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438385989749763890" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 292px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4eFm3Qw7h4Q/S3kHPm5-7zI/AAAAAAAAAf0/k5AR0QVAFck/s320/storm.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div>davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07637251295499362036noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9157738216676066381.post-44234012289024787102010-02-08T23:08:00.000-08:002010-02-08T23:13:55.061-08:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4eFm3Qw7h4Q/S3ELIZ-3VDI/AAAAAAAAAfk/ojiBbc0zuaY/s1600-h/redcar.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436138464254317618" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4eFm3Qw7h4Q/S3ELIZ-3VDI/AAAAAAAAAfk/ojiBbc0zuaY/s320/redcar.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div>davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07637251295499362036noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9157738216676066381.post-6732506248598809832010-01-24T19:53:00.000-08:002010-01-24T20:07:30.682-08:00Wow, a Post<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4eFm3Qw7h4Q/S10YzCAZbYI/AAAAAAAAAe8/6cAmS1_eZb8/s1600-h/outwalk.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430523990669618562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 254px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4eFm3Qw7h4Q/S10YzCAZbYI/AAAAAAAAAe8/6cAmS1_eZb8/s320/outwalk.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Well over a month since my last post, a new "worst" record. I try to avoid making excuses but I had a birthday since my last post, number 60 which I find particularly depressing. Fifty slipped by easy as it marked the official retirement age for my former occupation but sixty is nothing to look forward to, just a "getting old" milemark. Oh well, I don't feel much different, some days I feel like sixty and some days I feel older or younger, all evens out. I still find myself wondering what I'm going to do when I grow up though and wondering if it's just me or if my dad or grandpa felt like that ( they always seemed grown up to me but then maybe I seem that way to my son and grandson and other "kids". It's been warming the last week anyway here in Chicagoland, 30's and maybe a low 40 a day or two, rained all last night, lot better then snow. We celebrated my step sons birthday today, not to be stuck on the age thing. He's forty one and still seems a lot like a kid to me so that must be the answear to my quandry, all depends on what spot your looking at it from.</div><br /><div>The drawing is pen and ink, the gent in front from a cabinet card I bought and the rest just made up. I have been drawing this whole time but not finishing much, also a reason for not posting. That will happen, either uninspired or just frustrated at getting it down on paper. I'll try to make it more frequent, have to see what happens. Hope anyone reading had a good Christmas and the rest of the days as well.</div>davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07637251295499362036noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9157738216676066381.post-33672889065356042842009-12-06T18:05:00.001-08:002009-12-06T18:15:42.433-08:00One more time for Gramps<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4eFm3Qw7h4Q/SxxlJ_HSqAI/AAAAAAAAAes/xjMS096bGKo/s1600-h/grampstrim.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412312074427738114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 244px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4eFm3Qw7h4Q/SxxlJ_HSqAI/AAAAAAAAAes/xjMS096bGKo/s320/grampstrim.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>I put up another version of this scene last week and one way back when I first started the blog. What can I say, I like the idea and haven't got it down to where I'm satisfied. If I try it again it will be a painting instead of a drawing but this was good enough to show .</div><br /><div>We just got two new kittens in our household which if your a cat person you know can be interesting. We had talked about it for awhile but my wifes dog was hazardous to kittens or other small animals. Unfortunately he had to be put down a few weeks ago, getting some kind of cancer that took him down pretty quickly at least. We loved him but he had bitten one person and the animal thing so it was kind of bittersweet seeing him go. The wifes family comes here Christmas eve, kids run around wild and I always worried he would nip someone. This year I will have to only worry about the kittens welfare. </div>davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07637251295499362036noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9157738216676066381.post-83511658540147832392009-11-29T23:07:00.000-08:002009-11-29T23:30:05.446-08:00Tree<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4eFm3Qw7h4Q/SxN0ZGGofRI/AAAAAAAAAek/4M05O2_EDrY/s1600/tre.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409795551886081298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 258px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4eFm3Qw7h4Q/SxN0ZGGofRI/AAAAAAAAAek/4M05O2_EDrY/s320/tre.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Just a tree, no reference for this.something from the imagination. Hope all had a good Thangsgiving day. I stayed home and enjoyed peace and quiet while the wife went off to be with her family. No turkey on Thursday but did get myself a nice steak to enjoy with my solitude and the wife bought a turkey which we had today so was good all around.</div><br /><div></div>davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07637251295499362036noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9157738216676066381.post-64756626442058616472009-11-22T19:24:00.000-08:002009-11-22T19:38:20.752-08:00Young Lady, head and shoulders<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4eFm3Qw7h4Q/SwoDjfew6EI/AAAAAAAAAec/kXyz6hmcCB8/s1600/girlhns.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407138210892539970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 310px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4eFm3Qw7h4Q/SwoDjfew6EI/AAAAAAAAAec/kXyz6hmcCB8/s320/girlhns.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>This girl is inspired from a photo I have on my hard drive, an auction I bid on but didn't win, someone wanted it more then I. I kept the image though, not that you can tell from my drawing ( I have changed her a lot) as the girl in the photo has a haunting beauty about her.</div><br /><div>The drawing is Neocolor II, pen and ink and some watercolor pencil, not everything in my toolbox but spreading it around a little.</div><br /><div>For anyone that checks the photo blog I haven't posted there for a good while and do intend to start up again but maybe focused more on the ads then photos, mix of both at least. I always feel like the photos don't mean much to most people as I lack information for many of them. Usually I buy them because I just like the image and the info was never there or sometimes I have carelessly lost it. Anyway if you like the old magazine ads check there in the next week or so and I will have something new up.</div><br /><div>I wish all that read this a happy and safe Thangsgiving.</div>davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07637251295499362036noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9157738216676066381.post-38534826649631845432009-11-18T17:55:00.000-08:002009-11-18T18:14:46.002-08:00barn<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4eFm3Qw7h4Q/SwSp81ZFffI/AAAAAAAAAeU/fTTX6hubumc/s1600/barn.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405632315340979698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 254px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4eFm3Qw7h4Q/SwSp81ZFffI/AAAAAAAAAeU/fTTX6hubumc/s320/barn.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div>davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07637251295499362036noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9157738216676066381.post-78083950527729194342009-11-16T18:09:00.000-08:002009-11-16T18:29:25.304-08:00House<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4eFm3Qw7h4Q/SwIKb3QO7bI/AAAAAAAAAeM/keBtvpz3d_c/s1600/house.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404893976602799538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 258px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4eFm3Qw7h4Q/SwIKb3QO7bI/AAAAAAAAAeM/keBtvpz3d_c/s320/house.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Posting has become more infrequent I know, not that I have abandoned it but just haven't had anything much I wanted to share lately. I scanned a few drawings today that I have done lately and will likely post them in the next few days. This one is like so many, loosely based on a vintage picture of a house that I liked.</div>davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07637251295499362036noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9157738216676066381.post-40699132490594774012009-11-03T17:29:00.000-08:002009-11-03T17:50:11.385-08:00Farm<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4eFm3Qw7h4Q/SvDdvBoDdWI/AAAAAAAAAeE/SGcvoEPjnPY/s1600-h/inkfarm.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400059753177249122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 257px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4eFm3Qw7h4Q/SvDdvBoDdWI/AAAAAAAAAeE/SGcvoEPjnPY/s320/inkfarm.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>This started out to be an ink sketch I was going to add watercolor to but I got carried away with the ink so not sure now if I will try to add color. When you do too much inking it makes it harder to add color I suppose because the ink soaks in and fills the paper fiber and leaves little room for the pigment of the paint.. I have a couple other sketches in the wings that I didn't take too far and have some new watercolor I want to try out so will likely post them soon.</div>davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07637251295499362036noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9157738216676066381.post-21331054285466396292009-10-14T18:33:00.000-07:002009-10-14T18:46:57.015-07:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4eFm3Qw7h4Q/StZ-9Va3hsI/AAAAAAAAAd8/vZHbJw4AUoA/s1600-h/night.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392637196009703106" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 242px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4eFm3Qw7h4Q/StZ-9Va3hsI/AAAAAAAAAd8/vZHbJw4AUoA/s320/night.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div>davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07637251295499362036noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9157738216676066381.post-35308422434219341032009-10-12T17:57:00.001-07:002009-10-12T18:17:11.581-07:00Ink<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4eFm3Qw7h4Q/StPU5SQtqfI/AAAAAAAAAds/TSbyCSQIfbg/s1600-h/ink.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391887259512187378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 257px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4eFm3Qw7h4Q/StPU5SQtqfI/AAAAAAAAAds/TSbyCSQIfbg/s320/ink.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>No doubt it would be easier to use ink with a brush but other then that to cover large areas the faber-castell big brush pens are nice. I think they only make them in the gray scale though.</div>davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07637251295499362036noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9157738216676066381.post-32322714336648741312009-10-11T19:05:00.000-07:002009-10-11T19:15:35.410-07:00Vintage Auto<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4eFm3Qw7h4Q/StKRCcPe1pI/AAAAAAAAAdk/SK3TQjjow8E/s1600-h/pack.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391531175042799250" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4eFm3Qw7h4Q/StKRCcPe1pI/AAAAAAAAAdk/SK3TQjjow8E/s320/pack.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>The usual suspects as far as medium, pen and ink with watercolor pencil and some Neocolor.</div><br /><div>Drawing cars for me is kind of a love hate thing, now and then it goes pretty easy and I have fun with it which is the whole idea but more often it ends up with me wasting a lot of paper and repeatedly asking myself why the hell I am doing this. I can't even narrow it down to one thing unless its loss of brain cells. There may be a natural limit talentwise but thats not what I mean, one time it will be forgetting little things like drawing the headlights in (which I did this week and on a drawing that turned out pretty good, better then this one in fact) or other times its forgetting which direction my perspective is from one end of the thing to the other. Most often its the #$#(( tires. Tires aren't perfectly round of course unless your looking at them dead on and they aren't grounded. More often they are seen from an angle. I have those circle templates but try not to use them. Never mind all this, just bitching while I'm waiting for the upload to finish.</div><br /><div>Anyway, the weather is discouraging, getting way too cool too early to suit me and somehow summer came and went and I didn't even notice</div><br />. Good the thing finished so I can stop complaining and post this, bye.davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07637251295499362036noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9157738216676066381.post-54176677700794687412009-10-05T18:40:00.000-07:002009-10-05T18:49:39.216-07:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4eFm3Qw7h4Q/SsqiIqKqOKI/AAAAAAAAAdU/7nmnRFetDmI/s1600-h/halo.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389298173743872162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 302px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4eFm3Qw7h4Q/SsqiIqKqOKI/AAAAAAAAAdU/7nmnRFetDmI/s320/halo.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div>davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07637251295499362036noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9157738216676066381.post-17566089531517491542009-09-29T17:37:00.000-07:002009-09-29T17:48:10.969-07:00It takes a Village<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4eFm3Qw7h4Q/SsKqryEop1I/AAAAAAAAAdE/VmdqDBmTk30/s1600-h/village.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387055773440845650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 250px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4eFm3Qw7h4Q/SsKqryEop1I/AAAAAAAAAdE/VmdqDBmTk30/s320/village.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>This is the kind of thing I draw when I'm bored and can't think what I want to draw or am failing at what I want to draw, kind of clears the mechanism or something. Just start with a structure or bit of landscape and keep going. Usually ends up in the wastebasket and maybe this one should have but it didn't. Usually I like to do a birds eye view. This one is fantasy based but sometimes something more real.</div>davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07637251295499362036noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9157738216676066381.post-17639443625384095072009-09-28T19:50:00.001-07:002009-09-28T20:01:03.644-07:00Grandpa by the shed<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4eFm3Qw7h4Q/SsF4XuYupXI/AAAAAAAAAc8/bLdpTOstGPA/s1600-h/grandpa.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386718978295899506" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 259px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4eFm3Qw7h4Q/SsF4XuYupXI/AAAAAAAAAc8/bLdpTOstGPA/s320/grandpa.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>This is a picture I have done a number of times. I think I posted a different version of it way back when I started the blog. It's inspired by a photo I have of my grandfather stiing near the shed on the farm he lived on the last years of his life. ( He and grandma weren't farmers but always lived on farms, this one belonging to her family who were farmers)</div><br /><div>I don't know that there will be more posted but this isn't the last I will do of it, keep at it until I get it right. Like a lot of things I see in my head, I know there is a great picture there but getting it on paper or canvas falls short.</div>davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07637251295499362036noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9157738216676066381.post-6076928029695496812009-09-27T17:38:00.001-07:002009-09-27T17:48:02.190-07:00Vintage Gas<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4eFm3Qw7h4Q/SsAHrvN1P6I/AAAAAAAAAcs/83-oEh5a9KI/s1600-h/redcargas.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386313602325364642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 254px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4eFm3Qw7h4Q/SsAHrvN1P6I/AAAAAAAAAcs/83-oEh5a9KI/s320/redcargas.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>This pretty much out of my head of course influenced by my collection of old photos etc.</div><br /><div>As usual mostly pen and ink and Neocolor II, my favorite stuff to try and make pictures with.</div><br /><div>Nice quiet day here today, a break from Dave and Kathy's taxi and babysitting service. The wife nagged me into mowing the front yard ( it did need mowing) but it's pretty much all I had to do today. The Bears even won alhtough it wasn't looking pretty at the start so mark this day up as a good one.</div>davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07637251295499362036noreply@blogger.com0