Greetings, the Year 2000 has brought a new Room to Williams Studio Gallery
THE DRAWING ROOM
and the drawings by William Crain
observations and studies in real time on a flat surface
The paper size is 7 3/4" x10 1/2" on acid free paper.
Landscapes $120 all others $75
VISA & Master Card Welcome
New drawings starting with
Senator Russ Feingold UCLA 2005
collection Stephanie Miller
DRAWINGS ARE $
75.00 each
Landscapes with people $120.00The Works in this section are dedicated to the men an women who have had the patience to let me PROCESS in graphite on this slick white flat surface the paramount exercise of DRAWING
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This following set of drawings are done in the haunts and sundry places
ensconced in some neutral corner ...a voyeur in the process:)
What a great place to draw .....The
Biltmore at Montesito eventually served for a large soft pastel |
| "LEMONS" At
the Broadway Bar & Grill ...3rd Street Promenade Santa Monica, Drawing for a
Soft Pastel now in the
Pastel Room.
Drawing along the Promenade had
its moments; i would never go there without my drawing book :)
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This Drawing turned out to be a charcoal 28"x 32"
 another in the Four Seasons series. "Easter Buffet Four Seasons" "Easter Buffet" can be seen in the Pastel Room as a charcoal |
| Besides the Oil Pastels one has many "warm ups" to do before getting to the Oil, this is a warm up at Life Drawing
Marathon
El Camino College Torrance, CA ...Drawing Marathons: 1st Sunday every month but history now thanks to the power debacle in CA. However i have built my own studio and the model comes to my studio ... oh this is sooo good.
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 "Woman Seated
at Virgin Mega " |
"Woman at Manhatten's" |
Woman seated at Insomnia's
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 "Anne at El Camino" |
 "Bizzy woman at LuLu's" |
 "A Lulu Doll" |
 "Cocktails
at the Peninsula" 9.15.92 |
 "Ms Kelly at the Peninsula" |
 "Pat Kelly atthe Peninsula" |
 "Gene
Kelly the Dancer at the Peninsula" |
 "Men talking at
the Four Seasons" |
 "through a keyhole" (Lulu's) |
 "Woman writing at Lulu's" |
 "Jim at Lulu's" |
 "Woman in thought at Lulu's" |
"Woman at Prego's" |
 "a Lulu's parlor maiden" This was the drawing for
"Woman in the Red Chair" which can be seen in the Painting Room |
 "Man reading at
Insomnia's" |
 "tourist at Lulu's" is the Painting "Lulu Doll"
as seen in the
Painting Room. |
Thanks for Visiting please leave me a message in the Comment Room please include your E-mail address so i know who's talking:) the contraption does not automatically say who messages are from. |
 "Two Women at
Century City Plaza" Collection of: Molly Carpenter
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DRAWING IS PARAMOUNT
"Farmers Market Santa
Monica" 9.30.92
Wednesday at Arizona and 3rd streets Santa Monica; A really active place to draw, no
tables or chairs so you have to be "portable". This Drawing was used
in the painting "Persimmons & Grapes" 22" x 28"
collection of: my Mom
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"Farmers Market
Beverly Hills" 10.1.95
Every Sunday Morning on
Canon at Wilshire Blvd. This drawing was the source for "Market
Mavens" Oil 16"x20" in the Painting Room |
"Half Moon
Bay" 12.28.94
after a Holiday in San Francisco and a night in Cambria...scenes without a
person or man made
object are extremely rare in my work. Source for an oil painting in the collection of:
Bill Lynch Now showing in the Painting Room |
"Homeless
Shelter" 12.29.94
a beautiful place and touching scenes of homeless lining up for a meal, a mother with
several kids left me with a sad heart and powerless haunting. This image became an oil
painting "Shelter for the Homeless" 11"x14" $ 900.00.
Now showing in the Painting
Room |
"Four
Seasons Lobby" winter '91
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| "Disabled
American Veterans Office" 9.24.91 difficult days for me and the DAV came
to my aid.
This drawing was the source for the "Disabled Vet" oil 11" x 14". Collection of: the Artist :)Now showing in the Painting Room |
"Veterans
Cemetery Los
Angeles" Really, a place of Deep emotion for me. 11.12.94 |
"Playing for Tips"
6.5.93
 At Petersons Coffee shop ... in Culver |
"Grace at Kings Road" 7.15.93
The search for a good hangout to draw was constant; This restaurant was funky enough but no place to hide. an oil pastel 18"x22" Sold
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"A Sweet Scholar" 8.13.94
Collection of: Maria Chino |
"Man in a Turban"
10.18.94
 at the Coffee Bean in West Los Angeles. a very good place to draw. |
"Tavern Seductress"
8.90
 Prezzo's on Ventura Blvd.
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"Fox in the Coffee House"
 7.2.93
(Insomnia) collection of: Sandi Kirk |
"young woman at Insomnia"
9.1.94
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"an ardent pose" 7.12.93
Insomnia |
"a slow night drawing" 5.15.94 Collection
of: Peg Grady |
"Diana" 7.10.94 |
"Que Pasa?" 3.6.91
 This drawing was the resource for the 36"x 40" charcoal that can be seen in the Pastel Room $ 1300.00. Que Pasa was a Mexican restaurant on Ventura Blvd. they have a new name now ....so what's new:) |
"8 Ball Mavens" 4.17.95
 Pool halls are another great place to draw. |
"Coffee House Reader"
10.18.94
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"woman reading at the Coffee
Bean" 10.18.94
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"women at the Polo Lounge"
7.92
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"woman reading at Big an Tall"
4.26.93  |
2004 Ashley at Flintridge
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That's all for now
if you're interested in acquiring a work of art
all sales can be done over the phone; i have my own
merchant bank machine or by check.
These original drawings are unframed, signed and "fixed" mailed in secure package
and look great framed, or i can frame them usually $60.00
Call: William Crain 406.697.9156 or
E-Mail williamcrain@earthlink.net
