EDM Challenge - Draw a Screw (eye bolt)

EDM# 166 - Draw a fish

EDM #170 + 132 - Draw a zipper, Draw a chain

EDM # 151 - Ford Model T (free choice day)

I'm just old enough to have heard some details from my grandmother about what it was like to drive an old Model T Ford. Grandma loved her new 1970 Ford. She explained that when she would drive the old Ford model T that she would constantly have to jockey the steering wheel back and forth to keep the car driving straight on the road...

Here's some other information about what it was like to drive a Model T. Apparently, there where many unusual challenges that required some expertise!

How to Drive a Model T

Wednesday night doodle

High Fructose Corn Syrup

EDM# 35 - Draw a bicycle or a part of one

Old Bulldozer

Iowa Windmills

One of the fond memories of my childhood (during the 60s and 70s) were the trips my brother and I made with my grandmother to fun destinations around Northeast Iowa. Along the way, we saw many of the old windmills still in working order. Grandma would give us each a nickel every time we spotted a windmill rising above the corn fields in rural Iowa .

Jason on the last day of the ride

Here's Jason on the beach on the Isle of Palms in South Carolina immediately after we finished our 275 mile bike ride.

Jason riding bike

The highway going Broad River Road was under construction in Columbia, SC in May 2009. It was so rough and dangerous riding it I decided I needed to get off the road as quickly and ride the sidewalk. Suddenly, I heard screeching brakes and then Jason laying on the pavement behind me. I had no idea he was there. Fortunately, he was more embarrassed than hurt and there were no cars behind us. We were very lucky he was not hurt.

Rusty

Doug the Biker

Doug was one of the riders and organizers of the bike ride across South Carolina that I participated in last week. We raised money for a medical mission trip to Panama.

South Carolina Barn

Here's an old barn I saw during my bike ride across the state of South Carolina in May 2009. The 280 mile bike ride (starting from the mountains of North Carolina and ending at Isle of Palms near Charleston, SC) was part of a fundraiser for medical missions in Panama.

In the Attic - 1980

(DETAIL)

This is a preliminary sketch I did as a high school student for an etching plate.
The drawing was done with a Bic pen.

JoRay VanVliet's Home in London

Viki's Nephew

My sister-in-law's nephew (who was born without arms)
passed away recently due to a tragic accident.

The Kelley's Home

202 Highbourne Drive Greenville, SC

Sirrine Drive Home - Greenville, SC

22 Sirrine Drive Greenville, SC

MAP

Light Impressions (Linocut) - October 1979

Here's a linocut piece I did in 1979 for a high school art class.

Sherwood Home - 1983 Sketch

Google Map:
226 Rocky Point Way Greenville, SC

16 Harvest Lane, Greenville SC - 1983

Google Map Link...

http://tinyurl.com/16harvestlane

Sears Catalog Mansion

Twenty six years ago when I drew this home, I was told that this yellow brick mansion was built from a kit by Sears Roebuck and Company. It seems strange that such a grand place could be ordered from a Sears catalog! Indeed, it looks very similar to "The Magnolia" (Model No. 2089); ($5,140 to $5,972) http://www.searsarchives.com/homes/1915-1920.htm

Map Link:
http://tinyurl.com/2872AugustaSt

281 McDaniel Avenue - 1983 drawing

Here it is on google map with a picture included... 26 years later.
http://tinyurl.com/281McDanielAve

Maria

Cecil B. DeMille

Cecil Blount DeMille (August 12, 1881 – January 21, 1959) was an Academy Award-winning American film director. He was renowned for the flamboyance and showmanship of his movies.