Showing posts with label EAA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label EAA. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 23, 2013

July 23 - I drew this!

This is a pen-and-ink drawing I completed in 1984, of a radial engine on a
homebuilt aircraft. I took the photo of the engine at the annual Experimental
Aircraft Association convention in Oshkosh, WI. It's been years since I've
been to a convention; I used to never miss it. 

Friday, November 30, 2012

November 30 - On the wall

I not only flew airplanes, I also drew them. Detail of a pen-and-ink
illustration I did more than 30 years ago, using a technique called pointillism.
This radial engine and chrome propeller caught my eye at the annual EAA
Fly-In and Convention in Oshkosh, WI. I snapped a photo and then spent the
 next couple of years completing the drawing. Most of the aircraft illustrations
I did back then were commissions. This and one other were for me, and are
hanging on the wall in my TV room. (India ink on illustration board.)

Day Last

 Mike finished his chemo yesterday. The cumulative effects of four rounds beginning in early July are making him pretty uncomfortable, and t...