I have not done much painting lately -- sometimes life intervenes and things happen that just have to be taken care of and you are prevented from painting. Other times you just don't have an inspiring moment, although maybe that's just me. I did encounter this pine tree on the campus of Saulk Valley Community College. The last couple years I have been invited along with about 25 other artists to paint something for the benefit of a gallery. Well, I do a lot of their shows and sometimes even sell something or win an award. During one of my classes (I'm the instructor) I have enough time to do a little drawing and decided to do this one. It's about 9" X 13" done on nice drawing paper with number 8B pencils. My concept is doing it with full values like I would if it was a painting, lots of sublety and close attention to handling the pencil, no extraneous lines. I like this, but having had three of my drawings in a recent show, none sold, so maybe I'm on the wrong track as far as marketing goes. This is my chosen path, or track, so I will stay on it.
