Pencils4tea live from Milan Italy

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Miss Marcia 3 min.
Always a lovely look to a watercolor of her.

14 live Sketches in an hour! 😳 @pencils4tea Thanks Ilairia and Kirsty and all of our models. Live on instagram from Italia aka Italy!! Always fun and challenging.

@Drawingisfree on instagram starts up again. More face drawing fun live from Paris for 1 hr at noon EST. Zoom Link in her bio on instagram. Pencils 4 tea will not meet next week. 😭😭😭 I really think these events have improved my sketching and loosened up my watercolors.

Highly recommend trying it. U dont have to share them and they will get better the more times you do it.

Our hostess Ilairia in Milan Italy 6 min.

Used 1 paint brush a 3/8” Princeton dagger brush. My cheap general HB charcoal pencil drawing w watercolors over it instead of pencil.

Ruth in Chattanooga 2 min
my frequent partner in art adventures for the last 12 years.

Wc Colors used DS quin burnt orange and quin rose, Cheap joes(cj) andrews Turquoise, cj yellow ochre, cj burnt umber, cj cerulean, cj cobalt , cj alizarin, and cj hookers green, Lukas Cad Yellow, m graham cobalt and ultramarine watercolors, 5×8” superaquabee sketchbook

Meg McCurtain 2:36 min.
Such a lovely long neck. In my next life I am asking for one!

Rone Prinz 3:45 min
Lovely puffy curly white hair and daisies my fav flower

Raphael 4:39 min
Really should have turned the book sideways to get his hand in. Oh well.

Molly 3:14 min
I finished her up afterwards because i knew three min was not enough to paint her lovely scarf.

Sarah Brunell 1 plus min.
Not enough tine of course. I took a deep breath and drew her. Then painted when we were done.

The weather here is beautiful after Idalia blew by. Sky is as clear as a bell. Cooled off from the brutal 100 degree days to 64 lows and highs of 85. Fabulous weather.

Margaret xoxoxoxo as usual ready to put her feet up!

Day 112! So i cant count 🥴

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Day 112! The Mermaid. A conundrum painting someone under water. A big experiment!!

The reference photo

How do you paint light skin tones covered w green water. Hmmm. Had to think abt it for a while. Like a week or more. Lol.

For skin tones Quin rose and quin burnt sienna lightly covered with andrews turquoise which is an opaque color if you get too heavy handed.

Hair – My chinese brush splatted flat and the dagger brush loaded very light yellow ochre with shadows of burnt sienna and quin burnt orange and cerulean and cobalt probably ultramarine and burnt umber aka anything that seemed to work.

Background aka the water cerulean w a dab of burnt sienna. Multiple washes of Cheap Joes Andrews turquoise w raw sienna or yellow Ochre. I even used a very light lilac. Hmm. Lost some of the light bubbles but oh well.

I think its largely successful. One day i will take my time and run a smooth wash but evidently not today. 🥴

9×12” superaquabee sketchbook.

Thanks, Judith @jyportraitchallenge and @glimpsesofyellowroad2

Day 113 Raul

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First washes. Ivory black not watered down into the wet background to soften the hair.

Rarely ever do the lips first but the hair was so wet couldn’t go near it for quite a while. Cobalt ultramarine and quin rose for lips.

A relatively easy paint. Burnt sienna in the shadows w dabs of ultramarine. Burnt umber eyes.

Beard and mustache spalled on with my chinese paint brush splayed to make hairs.

For skin tones Quin rose, a lot of raw sienna, some burnt sienna and quin burnt orange plus ultramarine shadows.

Used my cheap joes scroogys loose goose brush on his hair for the curls.

Background cerulean w a dab of burnt sienna.

9×12” superaquabee sketchbook.

Thanks, Judith @jyportraitchallenge and Raul @raulmouracampos.

Stairway to heaven aka our front steps in the sunlight.

Margaret getting over her cold finally. Xoxoxo

pencils4tea today

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Just 13 live Sketches in an hour! Positively relaxing. 😳 @pencils4tea Thanks Jane and Kirsty and all of our models. Live on instagram from the Uk!! Always fun and challenging.

My cheap general HB charcoal pencil drawing w watercolors over it instead of pencil. 9×6” Superaquabee sketchbook

Can’t decide if i like the quin gold roughly brushed on before painting or not.

Jane our leader today. Oops too heavy w the quin rose.

Marsha. Always like the way hers turn out too.

Susan. That hair. Should have been wispier.

Anna of the piercing blue eyes and a nimbus of white har which i never quite get right.

Beautiful Ilaria. wish i had do e a better job

Jude. It was good to know we made it to 2:45. 😂

Michaela another one i didnt do justice to her beauty.

Beautiful Daniella. Always has something of interest to paint.

Sweet Ursula. A challenge to draw in a few min. I did cheat and paint a bit after

Margaret ready for a nap xoxoxo

Day 107! The Red Feather

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Don’t ask. Obviously i cant count. 🥴😵

Don’t forget tomorrow. Free every Thursday on zoom thru @pencils4tea on ig. Link on her bio. Just show up 1 pm est.

Day 107! The Red Feather. The fifth of the 7 I speed drew Friday and painted four of them including this one.

Quin rose, quin burnt sienna, ultramarine all the usual skin colors. Quin rose. Cerulean and andrews turquoise for that five o’clock shadows.

Ultramarine and ivory black for hair and hat. Yellow ochre and cerulean background. Cerulean, andrews turquoise, burnt sienna and ivory black for shirt. Lt cad red feather.

9×12” superaquabee sketchbook.

Thanks, Judith @jyportraitchallenge and @marzemog

Margaret ready to go to sleep. Zzzzzz.

Day 103! Carla the Cat Lady!

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Day 103! Carla the Cat Lady! 1 of the 7 I speed drew Friday and painted four of them including this one.

Quin rose, quin burnt sienna, ultramarine all the usual skin colors. Quin rose. Cobalt shadows

Hair yellow ochre and cerulean w burnt sienna to make shadows.

Her cat is ivory black, burnt umber, and ultramarine paunted w my big Charles Reid da vinci 10 kolinsky sable round from Cityart.

Andrews turquoise and yellow ochre background. Seems to be my fav background lately.

9×12” superaquabee sketchbook.

Almost done. Decided to add more contrast to the background.

Thanks, Judith @jyportraitchallenge and carla @carla_s_kunst

Margaret xoxoxo

Day 102 & 105- Pete and Thea

August 13, 2023August 13, 2023Leave a comment

Day 102! Pete
The name is Peter Bond. In my head that was funny. Maybe not.

There are 4 more portraits done and all of the sketches for the other three.

Quin rose, quin burnt sienna, ultramarine all the usual skin colors. Quin rose. Cobalt shadows

Hair cerulean and andrews turquoise w burnt sienna to make greys.

Shirt cerulean and cobalt. Striped done w a splayed chinese brush.

Ultramarine and yellow ochre background with dabs of burnt sienna.

9×12” superaquabee sketchbook.
Thanks, Judith @jyportraitchallenge and Pete @peterlockhart

Thea Day 105! Thea. 1 of the 7 I speed drew Friday and painted four of them.

Quin rose, quin burnt sienna, ultramarine all the usual skin colors. Quin rose. Cobalt shadows

Hair cerulean and andrews turquoise w burnt sienna to make greys.

Her awesome top is ivory black, burnt umber, raw sienna, and ultramarine splatted on w an 8 kolinsky sable round.

Andrews turquoise and yellow ochre background with dabs of burnt sienna. Seems to be my fav background lately.

9×12” superaquabee sketchbook.

Thanks, Judith @jyportraitchallenge and Thea @theadebruin

Day 93! Zoey

August 11, 2023Leave a comment

Day 93! Zoey A sweet selfie! Ready for a party!

Quin rose, quin burnt sienna, ultramarine all the usual skin colors. Quin rose. Cobalt shadows

Andrews turquoise and yellow ochre left background. Other side is cerulean and burnt sienna.

Burnt sienna and ultramarine for the dress. Makes a more vibrant brown than just burnt umber. Ivory black hair, cobalt shadows.

9×12” superaquabee sketchbook.

Thanks, Judith @jyportraitchallenge and Zoey @zoeykriegmont

Margaret tared again after painting four portraits today. #Knockingthemout! xoxoxo

Thursday is @pencils4tea day

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Link @pencils4tea in her bio On ig. Every TH at 1 pm EST in the US.

@pencils4tea Thanks Kirsty and all of our models. Live on instagram from Dundee Scotland!! Always fun and challenging.

Anna w a hale brush . Her hair is white.

Michelle from California w a handful of butterflies

My cheap general HB charcoal pencil drawing w watercolors over it instead of pencil. Superaquabee sketchbook

Flesh Daniel Smith quin burnt sienna and MGraham quin rose. Blue shadows mostly cerulean and some cobalt and Andrew’s turquoise. Brown burnt umber and ultramarine to make black. Greys whatever blue brown mud i had sometimes adding ivory black.

Gorgeous Alexandra 2:46 a failure she so lovely. Does not do her justice

I confess i spent another hour titivating these aka tweaking them. Added all the backgrounds and painted some of the people later always spending at most five min on them per person.