Heres the pack with clear coat on them to make them shine. Of course I put Zoe on the tallest salt shaker since she’s the smallest both in clay and in life.

Finally done with a clear coat of Golden’s soft gel medium cut half with water. Gives a nice shine to them.

L-r Wesley Susie Camie Zoe Chip Charlie Lucy Dog Livia and Grant. Honeys peeking out from the back row.

Made with fimo clay and a bit of sculpy. Aloe of kneeling, squeezing, and rolling with the rolling pin to get the clay soft. I had to add vegetable oil to some of the clay because it was too stiff.

Did I say I have a new appreciation for warm dishwater on hands that ache from all that kneeding?! Back to my baking.

Candy cane earrings that may or may not get finished before Christmas. Made by combining ropes of white and red clay and twisting and rolling flat.

After staying up late baking cheese straws and painting dogs I think I need a nap but guess that will have to wait til Saturday.

Margaret hohohoho who needs to wrap these puppies up!!

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One of my goals is to practice doing quick sketches of children. This is one of my grandson Henry that looks a lot like him. He’s a true wiggle worm often twisting himself up like a pretzel so it’s difficult to get a likeness even when he’s watching tv.

Another goal is trying to draw an image with a few lines. I used to use what is called a searching line which is actually multiple lines. Now I try to use a few lines. Sometimes with success sometimes a mess.

L-R Chip, Honey and Wesley.

Three more dogs in need of paint. Two more to do then Santa is done.

A lot of baking too. Mincemeat tarts aka deliciousness.

Details: Lamy Safari Noodler Eelskin Ink Stillman and Birn Alpha

Colors pyrrole red and yellow ochre burnt umber burnt sienna cerulean ultramarine blue.

Margaret who is checking off her Christmas list. Time to bake. Hopefully I will not forget the eggs this time. OOPPS. Xoxoxo

With more cross hatching. Which do u like best?? #portrait #sketching #drawings #art #artist #ink #dailydrawing #stillmanandbirn #grandkids #henry #noodler #pawpatrol #instadogs #dogs #pittie #pitbull #watercolor #aquarelle #allaprima #lab #labrador

Beginning to sound like the 12 Days of Christmas. Have five more to make. Oops. Why are they multiplying days before Christmas??! 2 labs 2 pitties 1 golden and 1 cow dog aka black and white. Oops that’s SIX!!!!

Making my oh so adorable grandkids their brindle Lucy dog.

Lucy mostly lays around keeping watch but loves to play fetch. I need to paint this one. As soon as I decide what to do about messing up her name. Oops.

I have drawn the grandkids several times lately. This one is my favorite.

The more cross hatching version. Which do U like best?!

Drawn with the Noodler Ahab and Noodler eelskin Ink. Strathmore alpha book right now my fav sketchbook.

Colors used quin gold peacock blue ultramarine blue pyrrole red and quin gold for skin. Burnt sienna for Henry’s hair. A little cerulean and that’s it.

Time to shop. Margaret off for more fimo at Michaels. Xoxoxo oh and some mincemeat cross and Blackwell with brandy thank you very much.

So posting a picture of what she’s up too. Making fimo polymer clay dogs for Christmas presents. They will both be pit bulls after they are baked and will be a present for their mom. The one on the right is our old JRT Charley. Zoe said she wanted one too. 🤗🎅🏻 This is the brown one Livia. She still needs her muzzle darkened.

And her little brother Grant. The white one will get painted like him when it’s baked. Glad I gave him a big black nose. It was white. What was ms. Santa thinking?! 😱

Back to my chocolate chip cookie baking. Hohoho Margaret xoxoxo

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Emily. Thought she was a disaster but that changed.

18×24″ For Sale!! Email me If she needs to come stay at your house.

Saturday mornings when I am in town aka Augusta a bunch of us get together at USCAiken and draw a model. Today was sweet quieter Emily.

First break

I had new paper Blicks Bristol. It was NOT kind to the paint(or the painter!!😱) at first. It wicked up the watercolor. IMPOSSIBLE to soften an edge. Like the worst nightmare of using hot press paper which is notorious for making a mess of a your best attempts at a painting. I would put on some paint and it looked horrendous. Look at the painting at the first break. Eeekkk. Was all that I could think.

I thought about starting over AGAIN on some Canson Mi Teinte paper but after consulting with Miss Katie I started slathering on paint. Attacking with a 2″ flat – Cheap Joes Golden Fleece. The painting was looking up.

first sketch maybe 25 minutes.

I kept adding pure color with little water because it would not budge once you put it on. Sometimes I added a lot of water on the palette. Not how I usually paint.

Usually putting on a lot of paint and washing it out on the paper a la Charles Reid.

At the end I added smears is white gouache I borrowed from Tom and went over it again with my 6b lead.

Al said it was one of my best. I think he might be right.

Brushes used #10 Da Vinci sable #16 Joes Legend. 1 and 2″ 2″ flat – Cheap Joes Golden Fleece

Colors Used Quin Gold, quin Rust, quin Magenta, quin red, inanthrodone blue, Chrome green, veridian Green, cerulean and Sienna, Burnt Sienna

Chunk of 6B lead and a 6B pencil

Now for the rest. Not many today. <<
eet Katie Padgett's lovely charcoal. She has really grown as an artist this past year knocking out some killer art!!

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ew Murphy's wonderful large acrylic 2'x3' she just glows

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s wonderful large nude. Oil 3×4'

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ed's large acrylic Mondrian. Even Fred couldn't make sweet Emily look too angry.

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ach Larry's charcoal. he was sitting on the floor below Emily.

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chel Millers lovely quiet nude

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m Needhams small quiet WIP. Abe's going to finish this so you will have to go to his website to see it finished. Www.thomas Needham.com

And that's it. Jeremy and Alex ran out the door along with Dawn and Molly and her husband. Wonder if I am missing a party somewhere?! A parade maybe?!

That's a wrap for this Saturday xoxoxo

Margaret who has to get busy playing Santa but might take a nap first.

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Finally got painted. Henry my grandson LOVED this. He promptly dragged out another for me to draw.

Colors used: Pyrrole red, quin gold cerulean, burnt sienna. Some white gel pen highlights.

The original sketch done with my Lamy Ef, Noodler Eelskin ink, stillman and birn sketchbook.

Thanks for looking. New tires and a few very late Christmas cards today. Maybe I can draw the mechanics at Costco while I get my tires?! Margaret xoxoxo

Henry’s Japanese monsters. #sketching #decatur #ink #atlanta #georgia #stillmanandbirn #lamyef #sketchbookskool #crosshatching #line #inkdrawing #japan #monsters

Finally a kid that holds still. Clara my niece doesn’t move a muscle in front of a favorite tv show and why should she relaxing on the oh so comfy Lazyboy at the cabin.

Piles of teabags drying.

Better get busy painting on this stack. All shapes and sizes. Helps to put something heavy on them after they are dry to flatten them.

Colors used: washed background is either quin gold or yellow ochre, cad yellow w a dab of pyrrole red for letters. Pyrrole red letter outline. Pyrrole red and yellow ochre for skin. Hair sienna and burnt umber. Sofa green apatite and quin gold w ultramarine shadows. Clothing marine blue and ultramarine blue. And that’s it folks.

Off to a Christmas luncheon so I better get dressed. Wanted to lie in my comfy bed all day. I have missed it when I was in Atlanta

Margaret xoxoxo