This is the first drawing titled “Rock and Roll”, one that appeared in my 2018 calendar, sold, and now has been requested by a new customer as a do-over.
On a rainy weekend in Mineral King, I worked on the new drawing for another few hours.
This time I remembered to bring my Tombow pencils and also the original photos. I try to work from photos so that I am not simply interpreting a previous interpretation. Flowing water isn’t an exact subject, but I want to keep close to the original view because the customer recognized this section of river. If I stray too far, she might say it doesn’t look right.
I wrote a few reminder notes on the facing sheet, and then because of the overcast and rain, it got too dark to see the details, up there in the Land of No Electricity, Internet, or Cell Service.
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So . . . are you going to tell us where this spot in which river this is, or keep us in never-ending suspense?
Sharon, it is along the Middle Fork, upstream from the candy store, downstream from the White Horse. I took the original photos when a different friend who lives along that stretch requested a pencil drawing of “her” river. It was back in the days of a film camera, and I didn’t keep records of my work.
Ah, OK. I’ve driven CA-198 many times but never stopped to inspect the river at that location. It sort of looked like the river behind the Lazy J which I hiked to when I stayed there for . . . I forgot what. Obviously it wasn’t the summer or I would be heading up the hill!
Sharon, I was surprised that people could correctly identify different parts of the river, but I suppose if you stare at it long enough, it becomes familiar. Most stretches of the river are behind homes, and if visible from the road, there is no turnout. It’s best to watch the road rather than the river, so a passer-by wouldn’t get familiar with those various rapids.
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