FAMILY MEMORIES SKETCHBOOK

BUZZ DREAM

Here is what happened on May 7th. I wrote :

I'm so jacked up this morning. I had a vivid dream so real and weird and wonderful I had to get it down. I'm in the woods with Danny Gregory and we are calling in Tommy Kane. Turns out Kane lives in a tree. Danny knocks on the door at the base of this huge tree and Tommy's wife answers. I'm feeling sheepish and embarrassed because I don't know these people at all and it is kind of early to be knocking on doors.. Tommy's wife disappears without a word and then Kane appears in a tee shirt, underwear and hat. He looks like he just woke up. Kind of sleepy and scratchy. I figure he must be pissed off because here we are early and unannounced. Kane reaches up and gets a remote control, points it outside and says "Check this out"...he clicks...Danny turns around smiling and I see a barrage of colors fly out and turn into a giant peacock! Then I wake up and rush to my desk to draw this. Sketchbook Skool...Worth every penny!

 It was a lot of fun and we all had a day full of laughter.  The weird thing for me about this dream is that I didn't know Danny Gregory and Tommy Kane were working together at Danny's place in LA.  I pay attention to my dreams.  I keep a notebook by our bed and when I wake up from a dream I jot down single words or phrases in my sleepy state and go back to sleep.  In the morning when I get up I look at these "prompt" words and the details of the dream come back.  Sometimes I start at the end of the dream and work back.  The important thing is to write it all out.  I do this in a special Dream Journal.  Then I set about drawing a scene which tells the story.  This one came fast.  I got up at about 2:00am and finished it by 6:00pm,  color and all. When they come out fast it's great.  It's as if I just hold the pen or brush and the characters draw themselves.  I really love the Sketchbook School.  All the teachers were great, I've learned so much and most of all my fellow Klassmates are wonderful.  I love them all.

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MONMOUTH OREGON HOUSE

Out and about on a sunny day on the other side of town.  Uniball pen and watercolor in Moleskine sketchbook.

ART MAKING STUMPS

My father-in-law Art was a timber faller for 60 years.  He made a lot of stumps in that time.  Hard, dirty dangerous work.  He was injured a lot and probably used up all of his nine lives and then some.  He is very knowledgeable about the outdoors and the conservation of the forest.  At 82 he is still pretty active.  He no longer works in the woods but he still will cut out limbs and trees for people on their property.  He is expert and getting the felled trees to land right where he wants them.  And he is an all around good guy.
Watercolor and pen in Moleskine sketchbook.

CHURCH IN INDEPENDENCE

This church in on Main street in Independence Oregon .  It was a quick study made on a rainy windy day that I posted in Sketchskool.  I sat in my truck to draw it and left out a statue which stands out front.  I'll get back on a day with nicer weather and do a more complete rendering.  Watercolor and pen in Moleskine sketchbook.

HOUSES IN MONMOUTH

Now that the weather has improved I've been sketching the houses in Monmouth and Independence.  Uniball pen and watercolor 8 1/4" x 11" Moleskine sketchbook.

ONCE MORE WITH TARA

I painted this one of Tara in 1994.  18" x 24" oil on canvass.  She has come a long way since then.  The last time I visited her in the Netherlands she took me to the Kroller-Muller museum in Otterlo and we had a wonderful day.  Thank you for that time Tara.  We love you and are so proud of you.