As evening comes along the banks of the Ohio River, you will see scenes of boats docked. The river is quiet and smooth. Reflections of trees are in the water, along with the boats put to bed for the night.
You will see atmospheric perspective in this painting. The closest boat is painted larger than the one further away. The colors of the trees go from warm greens to pale blue.
When I paint, I find myself squinting. I am trying to minimalise what I see and I’m going into almost a trance to feel the emotion or magic of each scene.
When I was about five years old I started copying faces from the Beetle Bailey cartoon strip in the Sunday funnies. That got me started. From then until now I’ve enjoyed drawing faces, especially of bearded men and women who wear hats.
Our grandson, Brayden, had been over to our house for a visit. Before he left, I asked if he’d like me to draw his portrait. It took about ten minutes. This photo shows his reaction to it.You need to know that while I drew it, the view of his face was slighly higher than the photo of him here. The drawing shows his jawline, nose, and mouth at a little different angle than the photo of him,so I was looking up at his face when I drew it.
My daughter married a guy named Will. His parents call him William. We call our daughter Jennifer. He calls her Jen. Anyway, he’s a very cool guy. Everybody loves him. He is so much fun. When a big game comes up, we go with him to Buffalo Wild Wings to watch it on a large screen t.v. and eat wings. We’ve gone to lots of concerts with him and have traveled together in Europe and all over the country.
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