Been working on her.
Small changes. More darks around her face changing the eyes. Everything is slightly off.
Shadow under lip. Think the left eye is still to high. Sigh.
Here she is now. Better but… I also took about an inch or so off her right shoulder. Still too wide but better.
Margaret back to being enthralled with the corona virus news. 😳😳😳 Hang on tight and don’t go taking a plane trip. Xoxoxo
Our model once again was Azelia. 
The drawing
Second break?!
Once again I started with an allover layer of quin gold to give her a nice glow. Then I added burnt sienna alizarin Andrews turquoise mineral violet. You know the drill don’t you?!!
Laying in the hair and the yes with ultramarine and burnt umber. Eye shadows mineral violet and turquoise with a bit of burnt sienna. Lips alizarin mineral violet.
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Background still needs work. Eeek. And can’t decide quite what to do to her eyes. Maybe darker eyebrows might help. And then who knows.
Al Beyer oil
Al Beyer paints. Oil!!
Bill Daniels. Love his take on her. Maybe a candidate for the witch in wicked?!!
Fred doing his Mondigiliani thing. Acrylic on cardboard. He got a lot of ribbing for his cardboard. As if the driver of five different very nice cars including a Lexus and a fancy Cadillac 2 door can not afford some new Masonite.
Joya. Oil on canvas. Always interesting to see everyone’s take on the model. So different.
Last Drew Murphy.
Margaret staring at Alezia and making a fix list. Xoxoxo
The easy way. The bar behind her was lifted by tapping it off and lifting with a swipe of a Mr Clean. The blue grey background was perfect for leaving a steel colored bar.
Oh and I added a bit of ultramarine and burnt umber along the bottom edge of her foreword leg.
Tossing her in the done pile.
Before
Margaret wondering how fast the wind is blowing on this cold blustery day.
Edited with Waterlogue
Our model was late so Joya nimbly volunteered to model for our gesture sketch session. 
The one minute poses. We tried to get her to pole dance but she said NOPE!!
More 1 min poses. She really did some interesting poses.
Three minute poses. We all loved drawing someone with clothes on. Especially the folds and wrinkles in them.
Five minute. I gave my sheaf of drawings to our model Joya. She quipped if I had known you were going to do that I would have given you( aka me) real paper(aka not newsprint).
Charcoal pencil.
Another one dumped into Waterlogue. Such athleticism!! The best she could do in the pole dancing category. 🤗
Margaret giggling at Young Sheldon. Xoxoxo
Been reading this great book called Turners Apprentice by Tony Smibert who has studied Turner for years. 
Great book with lots of tips from this master watercolor painter.
A lot on how Turner achieved his stunning watercolor effects.
A wealth of Turners to drill over. 
And how to achieve some of these same effects.
The brushes NOPE Not your good sables. Said one brush is from the kitchen and it looks suspiciously like my basting brush. The round one at top right.
I do know Cheap Joes sells a similar one that is Jamie Wyeth favorite to wear out. Then Joe replaces it free under their warranty. Hmm or was that Skip Lawrence?! Joe has the returned one framed in their art gallery in the shop in Boone NC.
Combining colors. Smibert leaves no stone unturned.
The drawings and adding color to them. Those ethereal colors are to die for.
Color manipulations. I do love juicy transparent color.
A screen shot from his website. I am pretty sure I have been there. Haven’t you?!
Then I discovered his student Scott Swinson on YouTube. He shares a lot of the wet on wet techniques in his great videos. You can also follow Scott on Instagram.
Another Scott painting.
Crazy man uses 3m scotch tape to tape his paper down. Who knew. And releases it with a hair dryer when it’s trying to stick to the painting. Betting the tape is cheaper than masking tape.
Margaret whose missing her YouTube video. Xoxoxo
will keep us from gathering at USC Aiken to paint. The weather predicted today was terrible (tornadoes and torrential rain) but we soldiered on.
First break. An all over wash of quin gold some burnt sienna alizarin a touch of mineral violet.
Coming along more of the same colors.
When I left Aiken
Now. I keep losing the edge across her arm and thigh where the drippy background meets the body but really liking the background. I can lift the burnt umber off the skin.
I also lifted her shoulder about 1/2″ to make her body more in proportion with her head which is a touch too big.
Added some more darks to her face especially around the eyes and the chin.
Really like the background which is a combo of all the colors used plus cobalt. Nice swirly look made mostly by splattering wet on wet.
Will post her again after I lift the spillover on her body. Have to let it dry first.
Highlights mostly lifted out now.
My favorite bit. Andrews turquoise and yellow ochre stripes. Or was it burnt sienna
Margaret watching the Super Tuesday returns. Xoxoxo
Margaret McCarthy Hunt Art 