Month: April 2020

Day 36 entertainment never

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Stops around here. Took another paintalong with Vlad Yesileyev. Maybe I will like this better tomorrow.

Vlads. Better pic on Fb tomorrow.

For some reason I seem determined to cross every t and dot every eye though I have known from freshman art that’s a no no.

My value study.

Loved his explanations that surround it.

    Use the biggest brush you can.
    Heads are on the horizon line.
    Start drawing and painting in the middle.
    We are not cameras. We don’t see everything. We focus on what we think is important.
    Give an accident a chance.
    Use your eraser too much you are an illustrator.
  • First sketch. I had to eliminate quite a few things.
  • First wash now that it’s been thinned out.
  • Coming along. is Vlads.
  • Margaret who need a nap now or to go to bed.

  • Day 35 Breakout

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    Well just a ride to Walmart and back for a drive by pickup. People all over the place. Old people with NO masks buying “essentials” like ferns and palm trees(the houseplant kind!!)😵😵😂

    Another sketch of my corner. No idea how I twisted the table like that but oh well. And the red chair is a bit off but the red in the drawing is fun. Maybe a bother go round tomorrow.

    Another day of messy pens. Found my twisbee in the pen drawer. I thought hmm not used that in awhile. It leaked everywhere necessitating a ledger patch. It seemed to travel around the page. Sigh.

    I “fixed this sketch. Used an old ledger from dads business years ago to cover up the smeared ink.

    Margaret who needs to call her mom so ttyl. Xoxoxo

    Day 33 Lemonade

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    Is what you get when you paint over a nonpermanent ink pen. I forgot I went over the letters with a pilot varsity pen which is NOT apermanent. 😫😫😫

    I do have plans to fix this so stay tuned. Sometimes they don’t get done in one day.

    Zoe actually held her pose for me because she was giving me the jrt stare which means she wants something. And I wasn’t giving it to her aka outside Now. She really wanted to go out and bark at her nemesis two very tall Pointers the neighbor dogs.

    I thought coloring the background red was a good idea. It was too pale so I had to keep coloring it and then I added orange which helped.

    But these do look better colored. ESP like the jrt head colored orange too.

    Margaret ready to watch some comedy on tv to be happy. Xoxoxo

    Day 33 Never

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    Eat a large chocolate bar. It will keep you up most of the night. But oh was it good.

    I took another photo of The Farm using my Ott light to light it up. Much more accurate photo. Can’t wait til Saturday for the next class.

    Drawing with Koosje. A corner of the living room really my den.

    Lamy Stillman and Birn Alpha.

    We drew masks with Danny at noon. Now we have to pick one out and make a paper bag mask.

    I had to write down what I thought they were saying. That was fun. Can you find the Covid monster?! Lamy Safari Stillman and Birn Alpha. Only five spreads left but I got a new one from Amazon. Hurrah.

    Sweet Ilaina. Missing my painting peeps.

    Digging around for my 140 # rough press Fabriano I found this. Always liked it. Still have the photo to finish it. Full sheet on Waterman cold press I think.

    Got some decent pics of the Downy that hit the window this am. So pretty.

    Not sure what he is but cute. A sparrow?! Where’s the bird book?!

    Loves this female cardinal on the thistle feeder. Adoreable.

    Distancing in SC

    Margaret ready for bed despite my excellent afternoon nap while watching Mary Berry at Highclere Castle on YouTube. Zzzz

    Xoxoxox😘

    Margaret xoxoxo

    Day 32 An online class

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    15×22″ rough press 300 lb Fabriano

    Painted this today in an online class with Vlad Yesilesev. Vlad is Russian from Moscow and has the most fabulous accent. The man is so knowledgeable with an MFA in art. Paints as fast as lightning. He taught everything from how to do a value sketch then draw it to the actual painting of it. Can’t wait for Saturday.

    Will take another on Saturday. A lot of fun once the people in class figured out how to work zoom. Quite reasonable at $19. I was going to take his class at Olmsted Pleine Air in Atlanta next week but that’s not happening. This is far cheaper. Course no individual attention because he can’t see us painting but heck who cares.

    We did a value sketch and painted from it not the photo.

    The photo

    First wash. I think mine was a little dark.

    Trees coming along. ALOT of dry brushing.

    Grass added. And the shadow in the road.

    Oh my buildings painted. He just whizzes along. Next time doing a quarter sheet- that’s 10×15″.

    His painting. Sooo much better than mine.

    Getting done. Has too much fun painting the tree with my Vlad saber brush. Way too much. Should have stopped earlier.

    Then I blurred it out and thought why not add some spring green leaves popping out. U do it with one of the Escoda perlas held sideways. There was a lot of dry brushing in this painting. Most of it. Lol.

    Next time I will have the drawing down a head of time and I will find my 140 # rough Fabriano. Hmm maybe order some 90# rough which is what Vlad uses for these demos.

    And I drew Zoe earlier during sbsdrawingparty with Danny on YouTube at noon. It was draw something from nature after a chat with Tommy Kane- a fascinating man. Zoe’s neck is too long because she got annoyed, turned her back on me, and went to sleep.

    Lamy Safari Stillman and Birn Alpha.

    I need to paint the background but Vlad wore me out. Three hours of painting as fast as I could.

    Oh and I cooked dinner. Japanese’s sweet potato sushi salad with sticky rice and nori.

    Margaret ready for bed. Xoxoxoxo

    Day hmm 32

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    Left one is prismacolor pencils. Did him because I really didn’t like the Lamy Safari version on right. Same guy!!🤔🤔🤔😵

    Here he is. An Aussie mug shot.

    So I played with the one on right some more. Now I actually him better and think he looks more like the original. Maybe I will work on Mr Leftie some more.

    Last nite was crazy. 60 mph winds whipping for hours. 40 tornadoes reported in Ga and more on SC. None hit here as far as I know hit that wind kept me up howling all nite. About five I could hear the big oak near my bedroom CREAK!! I have never heard it do that in the 20 yr I have lived here. Scared me so I went downstairs and slept on the sofa at the other end of the house. Woke up about nine. NO power. So Zoe and I sat in the back porch enjoying the gorgeous morning. I have finally gotten rid of most of the pollen.

    Power back so it was time to draw with Danny.

    Since I couldn’t draw with Koosje I did it later today. Some old half dead flowers that I need to pitch.

    Glad this crazy day is done. A beautiful soft sunset.

    I am up early in the morning for the grocery store. Margaret who is tired.

    Day 31

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    Something fun for Easter. Hope yours was Hoppy. I do enjoy doing these little tiny snapshots.

    Did u find Zoe and the Easter candy?! Lamy Ef Noodlers eelskin Ink.

    This am.

    Finally got pics of the Downy on the suet. Was afraid he would fly away if dived for my camera so I used my iPhone.

    Margaret who cooked all afternoon again. Not sure why. Pork chops oven brown rice cauliflower and coconut cream pie. Yummm Xoxoxox

    Day 30 Recipes

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    These are always fun to do but the squares got really wonky on me today. I decided I would only draw things I could see on the coffee table. Yes it’s quite the mess. But I do like these little snap shots.

    Started writing down recipes. Still have two more to do but got sidetracked talking to mom for TWO hours. She said her arm got tired. Both arms. Well she is 94!! 🤔🤔

    Did I post this yesterday?! It’s time people it’s time. Hmm oh wait it’s always time right now isn’t it?!

    Margaret Xoxoxox

    Day 29 Self Portrait

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    Danny – Self portraits 😫😫😫😫🥴My friends all say it doesn’t look like me. I don’t care. It was just fun to do. All those wild colors. I was going for a red green limited palette like we did in ALS class but darn that purple pencil called my name and I answered. Who doesn’t love Purple?! The orange is a member of the red family right?!

    Prismcolor pencils

    Finally found Koosje on YouTube despite looking for her on Instagram at 8 am. Draw bathroom supplies. Been wondering why I had all these tubes of hand lotion. I was saving up for all our hand washing needs slathering it on has begun to make my hands itch.

    And the great british bake-off. Been watching too much Mary Berry but this bread is delicious. Made with regular King Arthur though I used this recipe.

    I used my kitchen aide dough hook to knead it. Let it rise in the oven over a pan of hot water. Then turned it into a loaf.

    Let it rise again over hot water in the oven. Baked at 375 for 35 min. Next time it’s getting 30. A little too brown. Has a wonderful thick crust.

    This bread is as good as a cookie.

    Yummy

    Margaret off to bed. I lost my sketchbook for a while or I would have illustrated this recipe. Manana people. Stay safe. Xoxoxo