Drawing of a Farm in Sainte Genevieve County, Missouri

A nice lady from St. Louis asked me to do a drawing of the farm she grew up on.  All that remains at the farm is the house and the rock building and a portion of the rock walls.  Both barns are gone.  Based on a number of conversations with her and some sketches from her brother this was the result.

Etching

I took an etching class at Evil Prints in St. Louis.

The picture below is the plate that was etched.

2010 Missouri 50 Fine Art Exhibition

Last month my drawing "Fish Fry on the 11-Point" was selected for inclusion into the 21st Annual Missouri 50 Fine Art Exhibition. On August 11, 2010 it was selected as one of the winners of the contest.

Latest Drawing

Here is what I'm working on now.

Exhibitions

Two of my drawings have been accepted into exhibitions this year.


"Old Super C" was accepted in the "2009 Missouri 50 Fine Art Exhibition". The Missouri 50 Fine Art Exhibition takes in 50 of the best works of all types submitted to the Missouri State Fair.






"Sunset on Corinth School" was accepted in the Harlin Museums "Vanishing Ozarks 2009-Country Stores and Schoolhouses" show. I received a Merit Award.



You can find larger images of both drawings in early posts.

Finished Self Portrait

Here is my finished self portrait. Below I put a frame around it.

Self Portrait

I know everyone has been demanding a self portrait. Anyway, I tried to do one Wall Street Journal style. The stipple technique with pen and ink. I'm not quite finished. I need to finish the shirt.

Finished School House

Here is the school house, I think I'm finished. Sunset on Corinth School

Update on the School House

Here is the school house I've been working on. I don't have much left to finish.

Stinking Pond-11 Point River

Here is a quick drawing I did of Stinking Pond on the Eleven Point River. Its only 5 X 7 inches in size and took a couple hours.

Scrapped the watercolor for now

I have a drawing of the school house building on a type of paper that is too weak for watercolor. So I decided to go head and finish it with pencil. I'm about 4 hours in.

Watercolor first try

I've been working toward doing a watercolor of the school house. Yesterday I drew an outline of the school house. Its a little hard to see.

I decided to do a watercolor test on another sheet of paper so as not to ruin the sketch above. It appears that it was a good move. I think I'm going to have to practice a little bit.

International 674

Here is the finished tractor.

International

Here is a drawing of my Dads tractor that I'm working on.

Planting Wheat Drawing

I have finished up the picture of my brother planting wheat with a four wheeler. I drew the picture and shaded it with straight lines. A good T-square makes it much easier. Anyway, here it is.

Four Wheeler-Spreading Seed

I've been working on a new drawing. Its different from anything else I've done in the past. Instead of shading in a normal manner I have drawn straight lines to indicate shading. I've been thinking about doing something on scratchboard. So I decided to do a test with pencil and paper before I went right to scratchboard.

The picture is of Brian Holden working to improve the environment. He is spreading his seed deep in the Ozark Mountains. Come November the deer won't stand a chance.

Latest Drawing-Gibson Guitar

This a drawing for someone who works in my office. She is going to be using it as a gift for her husband. It's his favorite guitar. Apparently the music in the background are the notes to a song used in their wedding. Its on 11x14 inch paper with H to 2B pencils.

Better Photos of MacArthur and the Farmall

Like I said I've been practicing taking pictures of my drawings. I also found a photo editor on the internet that has helped a lot.

The Farmall

Practice taking photos of Drawings

I have been practicing taking pictures of my drawings. I think I have improved a little. When I was practicing I found an old sketch pad with some drawings. Most of these were drawn for a high school art class. Here they are.

1984 Honda 110. Line drawing completed in high school 1994.

Drawing of a plant for high school 1994.

30:06 finished in 1995.

My 1995 Ranger. Finished in 1996 complete with license plate.

Farmall

Here is another drawing that I recently completed. Its an old Farmall tractor located next to a barn. One of these days I will get a program that allows me to better crop my pictures.