Creating art on the big canvas and the small ones too
Pen And Ink
Teka
Past and Future
A loaded log truck heading to town.
Canada Goose Gander in pen and ink.
The Fledgling
Coyote in mixed media. Done with pen and ink, and watercolor.
Redtails Coarsgold Serrano Sizzle JH, “Ruby”
Steam Donkey, inking is complete.
Large Mouth Bass Study 2
Roadrunner in Watercolor and, pen and ink.
“Betsy”
Blitz, a contented retriever.
Hooded Merganser in pen and ink.
Three otters resting on a log.
The cormorants moved like poetry in the surf.
Black birds feast.
Bliss
Circa 1940’s, loggers use a two man chainsaw to fell a large Douglas-fir.
Gopher Snake
Sandhill Crane
He looks a bit Hungry
California Valley Quail, Callipepla californica, in pen and ink. This is the male. The covey often has one bird acting as lookout. This one sits on a stone fence.
Skidding logs with a big wheels and a team.
California Ground Squirrel
Blitz follows her nose to the prize.
The red tail huntress with her prey
Black Tail Deer
Bliss in watercolor, and pen and ink.
The osprey have inspired art from yours truly.
Lloyd Livingston
A steam traction engine hauling lumber.
“A Forester and his Dog”‘ pen and ink.
The “Uncle Sam”, hauling logs in the Sierra Nevada.
The belted kingfisher
Bear Skull in pen and ink.
Sunfish 1
Marilyn Monroe in pen and ink.
Giving the look!
Otter in pen and ink.
The Fox
Plein air pen and ink of a lodgepole pine cone.
American Black Bear, (Ursus americanus), the biggest predator in our woods.
Canyon Live Oak acorns in pen and ink.
More art.
Most old sawmills had teepee burners.
His name is Ducky. I did this pen and ink portrait as auction prize for our retriever club a few years ago.
The Best Steam Traction Engine.
Spike Buck, Columbian Blacktail Deer in pen and ink.
Forester’s Boot, in pen and ink.
Many fawns are killed each spring by black bears. Brand new fawns know instinctively to lay perfectly still. They have no almost smell. If the fawn doesn’t move a muscle and the bear is up wind it my not see the little deer.
California Valley Quail on sentry duty.
Hunter
Make sure the lid is tight or your bait will get away.
Ponderosa pine cone in pen and ink.
Large Mouth Bass Study
A window to the woods.
Tasha in pen and ink. Golden retriever portrait.
“Gray Fox” in pen and ink.
A pair of Canada Geese in pen and ink.
Bo was our first Golden Retriever. He traveled with me for many years throughout the Sierra Nevada. He had visited more of the Sierras the most people will ever see.
Hello and thanks for dropping in to my blog. I always enjoy a fellow artist, you have some very fine art work and done with a passion for the great outdoors, I also like your photographs. Great collection of images. I hope you have plans to get your art work out there more than just blogging. Wildlife and animal images are always in demand. Good stuff well done.
Thanks John. I’ve got some projects out there for the art. I haven’t pursued the photography. Maybe sometime, however I really appreciate your comment.
And thank you as well. I see you work in the timber industry, I have had a long history of working with wood, on the making things side of it . Worked many years in carpentry and did my art on the side too. About 30 years ago I started just doing art and design work, so I understand the doing two things at once.
You have a great natural feel to your work, like one can feel the daylight and the moment. good stuff, thanks.
Your drawings in ink are wonderful Tim! Creating that much detail with ink needs great skill, as erasers don’t work on it. I did a few portrait sketches using a normal ballpoint pen many years ago, but now I’m not sure whether I can draw without my kneaded eraser at hand!
Thank you so much Mary. What can I say. I prefer pen and ink, and watercolor. I’m a risk taker! I don’t need any erasers, however I do go through a lot of paper when I mess up. Did I say I go through a “LOT” of paper. 😉
It is kind of twilight zoney, but no. Imagine you are looking straight down on a fishing bobber floating in the water, with a large fish under the water.
Oh! With the water rippling out?! I had my eyes on the bobber as being the centre of the circle and not a bobber. (and you know already I thought your fish was a feather) 🙂 Thanks for clearing that up 🙂
Thank you so much. What a nice comment. Love your blog by the way. I was reading up on Korea. It is all very interesting, I never knew a lot about the Korean war. I have an uncle who served in it.
If your uncle has any stories, feel free to include them here – the more the merrier. I want everybody heard and all the men remembered. Your uncle’s name?
Thank you Gaynor. I find your work beautiful. I will have to come back and look at your earlier posts. It is a wonderful thing that you are sharing you talent with student artists. That is a ministry all in it’s self.
Thank you so much Chris. I like the high contrast of the pen and ink. It is a fun and unforgiving media like Watercolors. By the way, you Watercolors are gorgeous! I really enjoy them.
Thanks for visiting my blog and liking my most recent post. It gave me a chance to check out your work. Your pen and ink drawings are great, I appreciate your love of nature.
You might be interested in seeing some of my husband’s work (Kim Deitch) – there’s a pencil on the Nov 11 blog post I did or you can see some on his FB page – although you might enjoy that just for looking at all the early illustration we post there. Kim is always posting turn of the century illustration. Thanks for liking the post and happy drawing!
You have a fantastic skill with ink, it’s wonderful! 🙂
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Thank you so much!
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These drawings are fantastic!
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Wow Deb, thank you so much!
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Beautiful drawings!
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Thank you so much Silvia.
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Really wonderful drawings, Tim. I love the dogs first (dogs always come first), and then the skidding logs piece is superb.
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Thanks Maddie, I hear you, gotta love those dogs!
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Some very interesting photography. Delicate ink work. Way to go and thanks for visiting my blog. Rlte
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Thank you so much. I don’t know how I missed you comment for April, wow! I’ve been slacking!
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Hello and thanks for dropping in to my blog. I always enjoy a fellow artist, you have some very fine art work and done with a passion for the great outdoors, I also like your photographs. Great collection of images. I hope you have plans to get your art work out there more than just blogging. Wildlife and animal images are always in demand. Good stuff well done.
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Thanks John. I’ve got some projects out there for the art. I haven’t pursued the photography. Maybe sometime, however I really appreciate your comment.
By the way, I love your illustrations!
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And thank you as well. I see you work in the timber industry, I have had a long history of working with wood, on the making things side of it . Worked many years in carpentry and did my art on the side too. About 30 years ago I started just doing art and design work, so I understand the doing two things at once.
You have a great natural feel to your work, like one can feel the daylight and the moment. good stuff, thanks.
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Tim would love to see more of your ink work… have you had the chance to do any lately… Your perfection with the lines deserves more…
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Awesome….:-)
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Thank you
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I love your beautifully detailed drawings.
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Thank you so much.
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Your drawings in ink are wonderful Tim! Creating that much detail with ink needs great skill, as erasers don’t work on it. I did a few portrait sketches using a normal ballpoint pen many years ago, but now I’m not sure whether I can draw without my kneaded eraser at hand!
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Thank you so much Mary. What can I say. I prefer pen and ink, and watercolor. I’m a risk taker! I don’t need any erasers, however I do go through a lot of paper when I mess up. Did I say I go through a “LOT” of paper. 😉
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Love these. Is that a feather floating into oblivion?
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It is kind of twilight zoney, but no. Imagine you are looking straight down on a fishing bobber floating in the water, with a large fish under the water.
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Oh! With the water rippling out?! I had my eyes on the bobber as being the centre of the circle and not a bobber. (and you know already I thought your fish was a feather) 🙂 Thanks for clearing that up 🙂
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so beautiful! the dogs are my favorite as well!
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Thank you so much. You have a beautiful blog.
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Tim, I enjoy sauntering through your blog, as if through a forest. You show lots of talent and adventures.
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Thank you so much Paula. Please saunter through anytime.
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Beautiful work. Wow, love them.
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Thank you so much Evelyn. I was checking out your blog. I love your urban sketches, very nice! I think here I have to settle for rural scetching. 😉
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Magnificent, what a talent!
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Thank you so much. What a nice comment. Love your blog by the way. I was reading up on Korea. It is all very interesting, I never knew a lot about the Korean war. I have an uncle who served in it.
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If your uncle has any stories, feel free to include them here – the more the merrier. I want everybody heard and all the men remembered. Your uncle’s name?
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David Norcross
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Thank you ‘liking’ my blogs about pen& ink. I see that you are accomplished yourself. I like the logging pictures in particular. Gaynor
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Thank you Gaynor. I find your work beautiful. I will have to come back and look at your earlier posts. It is a wonderful thing that you are sharing you talent with student artists. That is a ministry all in it’s self.
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I love the high detail of your loggings pictures. Pen and ink is a medium I have always admired.
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Thank you so much Chris. I like the high contrast of the pen and ink. It is a fun and unforgiving media like Watercolors. By the way, you Watercolors are gorgeous! I really enjoy them.
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Thank you so much!
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some nice pen and ink work especially with the animals and the loggers. Thanks for your interest in my work. Graham McQuade
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Thank you Graham, I appreciate the comment.
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Excellent detail and values. Pen and inks are my favorite.
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Mine too, I’ve always been drawn to the high contrast. No pun intended!
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Inspiring talent! What comes across the most, for me, is your appreciation of nature. Wonderful!
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Thank M!
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Thanks for visiting my blog and liking my most recent post. It gave me a chance to check out your work. Your pen and ink drawings are great, I appreciate your love of nature.
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Thank you so much!
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Wow, I can see why you liked my post Wild Cats at Play! You do beautiful work.
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Thanks Pam. I always like seeing those old pen and inks like your wildcat post. There is always something to learn from them.
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You might be interested in seeing some of my husband’s work (Kim Deitch) – there’s a pencil on the Nov 11 blog post I did or you can see some on his FB page – although you might enjoy that just for looking at all the early illustration we post there. Kim is always posting turn of the century illustration. Thanks for liking the post and happy drawing!
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Very cool site. He’s posted some great stuff. I have seen his work before, also very cool.
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Thanks! We have fun with it – we’re a bit heavy on silent film posts at the moment. Glad to have you take a look!
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gorgeous black and white work! you’ve captured so much depth, just through tonality!
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Thank you so much Colleen!
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You are very talented.
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Thank you so much Carl!
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Great mastery of a very difficult medium!
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Thank you very much Claire!
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Love pen and ink. These are great.
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Thank you very much Dixie!
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I just love your work!! Beautifully done.
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Thank you so much Lindsay!
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Enjoying your work very much… the black and white, the color and the photography! Thanks for sharing it!
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Thank you so much Teresa! I really appreciate your kind words.
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Thank you for visiting my blog, Tim… Your own drawings are beautifully realised. The observation is incredible.
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Thank you so much Maisie!
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Love your beautiful drawings! Have enjoyed a peek in here. Cheers! 🙂
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Thank you very much!! I’m honored that you stop by.
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My pleasure! Your blog was worth the visit. Thanks for displaying those beautiful drawings. 🙂
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Awesome work…:-)
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Thank you so much Sriram!
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You have made real art. I love all of them.
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Thank you so much Sartenada!
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You’re work is absolutely stunning!
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You’re too kind Effie! Thank you.
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Love them all …especially the birds!
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Thank you so much Judy! I’m not sure how I missed you comment earlier and am sorry I didn’t respond in April.
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Love your animal pen and ink drawings
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Thank you so much Liz!
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How beautiful Tim, you are a wonderful artist!
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So beautiful.
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WOW! That is impressive !
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Thank you Suzanne!
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Awesome work Tim!
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Thank you Chris!
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