New Left Handed Drawings

 Still working with my left hand to make drawings. Some time in the future I wil have my right arm working again.

Left Hand Drawing

My left hand gets better at doing this each time I try. And doing it is a difficult thing to do. The focus and doing my best to steady my hand while getting the feel of the subject matter onto the paper is not easy. Anyone who has tried doing this will attest.

Finding various subjects is also a consideration. I don’t want to mess up someone’s likeness and for the ones that aren’t portraits, I want to convey enough of the contours that make up the subject.

Hopefully, when my right arm is healed that I will still be working on left handed drawings. The difference then will be that I can rely on either hand to do artwork. 
That’s the plan.

Utility Boxes

 Back in January, when I was several weeks into being sick from the flu that wouldn’t leave, I saw a call for entries posting about creating art for Utility Boxes in Renton. I saw this as a challenge and decided to do something for an entry. Even though the deadline was in two days.

There were four Utility Boxes and each artist was to create one or two pieces of art for each box. I decided, since I had two days, I should finish two Illustrations.

First I came up with two concepts in pencil to illustrate how the city of Renton relates to the waterways that come through the city. Lake Washington, Cedar River, and Green River.

The first concept drawing focused on the rivers, in particular the Cedar River which includes Belmondo Reach that is indicated by the land slope on the left side of the drawing. The second drawing focused on Lake Washington, especially the view from the north end of Coulon Park looking south, with Mount Rainier in the distance.

I worked 10 to 12 hours each day and was able to finish both in time to submit in the last few hours of the deadline. I cut a lot of corners while working on the final color art and wished I could have spent more time on the over all design of the elements in the art.

When I submitted the art I was told that they would decide some time in early February.

Well, this morning when I opened my email I was in for a surprise. They loved the art I did for the Utility Boxes and have decided to go forward with the art I created and would send over a contract soon.

That really did make my day. Looking forward to seeing my art on those boxes.

New Year, New Sketchbook!

 Working in color for this sketchbook.

NEW BOOKS!

 Chase away the winter blues with my fun books!

Happy New Year 2026

 

Happy Holidays