Well here is another drawing finally. This comes from a special group of drawings of places our kids have lived. The notes on this pretty much speak for it. Luke was less than 6 months old that Christmas. The ink drawing of this is now hanging over Jeremiah and Heather's piano in Eldorado. Am I right in saying there were 2 places in Baldwin where they lived before this? We had a lot of good times here with those grandkids early on! I had actually forgotten there was a pencil of this house. 

Drawings to come will probably include ones from 

East of DeSoto, 

South of Lawrence, 

Baldwin City, 

and Quincy KS, 

as well as Bonanza Street. 

If you know anyone who might be interested in seeing some of these, 

tell 'em to come to harvinks.blogspot.com

The Ol' Garage

       


        This pencil was done on New Year's Day in 2003. The sun was low on the southern horizon.  I was able to grab a moment and do a drawing as the day's activities were winding down. The old garage- too small for most modern cars- and too inconvenient with its homemade doors and no opener- reminds me perfectly of the one we had as a kid at the parsonage in Trenton, NE. We are talking late 50's early 60's. Seems like Dad may have parked in it a few times but not often- I don't believe the '59 Fairlane would fit end to end.  The broom in this drawing gives something away.... this is a concrete floor- very little use for a broom in a dirt floor garage like the one I remember!

Up North

6/3/12 Well, here is a new title drawing up there now. Needed to do that for awhile. Don't ask me where it came from!
Now for a new post. I skipped a week; not only was there too much going on around here, but I wanted to sort out some of this stuff...
Off North 75
From memory a few years ago after a trip to I think the Circleville Quarry opperated by Hamm Cos. This may have been done from a thumbnail on an old scrap of paper, I have not come across the sketch but that is no supprise. Old barnyards from the backside are always fun! I remember a story related to this. I was doing some sketches on location for Beth Khaler of her parents place north of Topeka; actually also west of 75 highway but not as far north as this one. I was suposed to be keeping the project a secret – yea, that is likely to happen! Her dad was coming out of the house and wandering around, trying to not look too obvious, but was very currious as to what I was doing! (Some 'ol boys would just have gotten out the shotgun and chased me off the property!) Some of the better sketches that day came from the backside. Not ones that Beth's mother was very happy to be "on display".