Day 1023 Raisin and her horses

May 10, 20173 Comments

Visiting my friend Raisin in Bristol TN where she lives on top of a mountain. She has two Freisians.

This is her daughter Kendal with her horse Bo and her tiny miniature Pomeranian when the ferrier was her yesterday.

Raisin and her horse Harley while he’s getting shod. Just the most beautiful horses.

Drawn on location with a Lamy Safari on arches cold press 280#

Colors used cerulean, yellow ochre, burnt sienna and umber, ultramarine blue, cad red light and Quin rose. Off to paint. Ttyl Margaret xoxo

Day 1022 Moh Fealing

May 9, 2017Leave a comment

Fealing dropped by for a visit after we all ate dinner with Cheap Joe and Megan his granddaughter at The Red Onion?!

These are all done by Fealing Lin. This is old guy is one of my very favorite people that she did.

Day 1021 Fealing Lin

May 9, 2017Leave a comment

Fealing Lin is the next teacher at Cheap Joes. She’s so adorable and such a terrific teacher. We would have been in her class except she was booked back to back with Charles Reid first.

Watching the demo on the big tv at Cheap Joes during class.

This morning there was a little knock on our door about 7:20 am. It was Fealing. She asked us to come by and see her so we did!! What a treat!!

She started her painting while we were there. This is the initial washes. She had already drawn the painting before class.

Her palette. Her two favorite colors are Cheap Joes American Journey Hot Mama and Andrews Turquoise.

Her paint brushes. I have the same paintbrush folder and have been trying to keep it clean. Scratching that off my list.

A few of her portraits.

Always liked this old guy.

A lot of great ladies.

This is from an old photo.

Love her great old men.

What a smile. Beautiful portrait.

Margaret off to dinner with Fealing Lin and Cheap Joes. Xoxoxo

Day 1020 Still in Boone

May 8, 2017Leave a comment

Julie in Charles Reid class.

Mike and I joked last night about buying a condo here and telling her husband that since he didn’t want to buy one we were buying one together because we love Boone!

Hope to post more but heading my beta. Meeting Fealin Lin. She dropped by at 7:15 am this morning. We were still in bed. Dinner with her tonite.

Margaret in Boone xoxoxo

Day 2019 Urban Sketching in Boone

May 7, 20172 Comments

Well if sketching in the Wild Craft Eatery counts. Painted my sketch last night. I should have eaten my leftovers. Our third visit there and I still have some of the most amazing ravioli with tomato Gouda sauce and shiitake mushrooms leftover plus some of their delicious garden salad with pickled green beans, pumpkin seeds and cilantro lime dressing in the minifridge.

But I decided to paint instead of eat. Been eating TOO MUCH even if the food in Boone is delicious.

Should have taken more photos but was tired from hiking all over Valle Crucis.

The original sketch. Off to Charlotte to the Raptor Center for a six year old birthday party for my niece Potter.

She’s six today. Should be fun!!! HAppy Birthday Potter.

Margaret off to shower. What it might be snowing?! Xoxoxo

Day 2018 Its Saturday

May 6, 2017Leave a comment

And we decided to spend another nite in Boone.

Did I say I bought this Charles Reid painting. Best thing that’s happened to me since I got Beatle tickets with the possible exception of my grandchildrens birth.

Charles Reid wearing his new “happiness and security hat” as Judy Reid called his new hat that she bought for him at the Mast General in Valley Crucis.

Mike Gant and I wearing our Charles Reid happiness and security hat at the Mast General in Valley Crucis.

The original the Mast General in Valley Crucis.

A good looking gentleman was sitting at one of these empty tables ar the Wild Craft Eatery today. I just had to draw him and he almost busted me. He also kept moving his hands so I messed those up.

Here’s a picture of where he was sitting and the sketch.

The sketch. Not the best. Took maybe five minutes. I was so afraid he would catch me. He was sitting less than six feet from me.

And a bit of its Saturday done by

My friend Drew Murphy back in Aiken. 2×3′ acrylic alla prima.

Day 2017 Painting like Crazy

May 5, 2017May 6, 2017Leave a comment

As the class dwindles down. All I can say is if you have a chance to sign up for a Charles Reid class RUN and do it NOW! We are already plotting our next class with him. Always well worth the expense.

Charles is a very funny guy in an understated quiet way.

And his handler Judy his wife of 60 plus years and a retired kindergarten teacher is just adorable and funny too. Here she is regaling us with stories of how they met and fell in love. We also learned about how Charles became the artist he is today.

His painting from yesterday.

And a few photos of the process

How The Charles Reid legend began according to Judy Reid with a few additions from Charles. They are a great comedy team.

Student problems according to Charles Watch out!

And a few other odd notes and sketches from the day.

These will be painted soon!

Ttyl off to start the last day 😓😓😓

Margaret in beautiful Boone where it’s rainy and cold 46 but I still love Boone!

Xoxoxo

Day 2016 How many flowers

May 4, 2017Leave a comment

Was thinking I would NEVER paint another flower when I did this one yesterday. I guess til you get it right. Painting like crazy!!! This one was wrong … well at least the flowers. Had no clue how to paint yellow flowers.

This is what I was looking at!

So I moved things around and tried again. Charles pronounced this one a great success. Thinking it needs some more splatters and where’s the chickens eye. Great paint brush apple tubes and teapot. I can nail that fruit. Why did I think I wanted to paint that yellow bouquet.

Enough for tonite. Worn out so BED time.

Ttyl Margaret having too much fun in Boone. Xoxox

Day 1015 More flowers with Charles Reid

May 3, 20174 Comments

Charles’ painting today. Don’t address him as Mr Reid. He prefers Charles!

Painting
More Charles listening to his wife Judy who keeps the class wheels running.

Judy Reid! They have been married since the early 1960s. Just newly weds!

His set up

20 minute sketching then time for a break to smoke his pipe .

His paints!!

And we are done after several breaks for his pipe!! Love everything about this painting!

Painting number 2. I did four half sheet paintings in two days. Getting to be a teapot expert. Four teapots down and no more flowers. Hmm think I need to pint MORE flowers. Practice required!!!!

Color me happy but exhausted. I think I finally figured it out well sorta kinda mostly.

Ttyl Margaret xoxoxo off to the land of nod

Day 2014 I am HERE!!

May 2, 20175 Comments

In Boone NC at Cheap Joes. Hanging out with Charles Reid and his adorable wife Judy. And Joe Miller aka Cheap Joe is here too. Such great people. And my friend Mike and her husband Alan.

In the class of 18 we have had the first of May class with at least the same 7 or 8 people now for three years so we are all getting to be friends. Several of them were in my class in Charlotte too – a small world of watercolor painters.

So what did we paint today?! FLOWERS AND more FLOWERS.

This is Charles’ painting from today. He takes a break every 20 minutes. It took him maybe two hours to paint this. Down by 11:30. Sigh. One day.

This is what he was painting. Judy said they had large decoy collections at their house in Nova Scotia. No surprise there. He always paints his decoys.

His paint box. This box costs about $500. He finally bought it because he was going thru $80 Holbein palettes like mine every two years. This one will last him forever.