They never seem to turn out how I imagine but the recipe book is filling up. Try these two. Easy ad delish. 
Snickerdoodles. Yum. Quite popular with my friends
My fav go to easy meal
Margaret going to watch Queens Gambit because I got sidetracked Fishermans Friends a feel good movie about some British fisherman who hit the top ten with their sea shanty recordings. A true story. Xoxoxo
Chased around after the kitties drawing them today. There’s always something that gets their interest. Sometimes it’s me. Hmm.
Ps fixed the spelling of kitties. But too lazy to take another picture. Now comfy on the sofa.
What is she doing?! I know that’s what they are thinking. Didn’t someone have fun with Hallie’s marking??
Yesterday I lifted tails of everyone but the tigers. One male the black two females the torties. Like calicoes torties are almost always female and bring good luck.
My torties are named for Halloween. Hallie and Weenie. Weenie and Tootsie are quite friendly. Thinking he might need a rename but what?? Hallie is coming around. Tigers as shy as ever.
Lots of baking going on today. Snickerdoodles and quiche or a frittata since I leave off the crust.
I drew the recipes in my recipe sketchbook but letting the ink dry over nite before i color them.
Ok lazy Tahred woman fixed it.
Margaret ready to watch Queens Gambit. Xoxoxo
Zoe and I have been a little under the weather. She had dental surgery and I had a shingles shot that made me feel just ill Achy fever fatigued. My arm still hurts three days later. The first two days I couldn’t raise my arm. Not ideal for lugging a sock puppy up down the stairs. She felt so rotten after surgery she wanted to throw up wandered around in a daze finally pooped in the upstairs shower. She was so apologetic for that. I told her no worries it was the perfect spot. Try it again next time she has a problem. That happens about once every other year.
Today she posed for me while I held a chunk of cracker for her to drool over. Something I used to do with my old Jacks when I wanted to draw them. Also works when you want to take a good pic of your dog.
Anyway we are down to the last two episodes of New Tricks so ta ra. Been a fun romp that reminds me of the curmudgeons on the Closer.
Margaret xoxoxo still wondering why she got that shot since she’s never had chicken pox though she’s been repeatedly exposed to it.
Hmm I more ways than one. My car battery died today too. Now jumped off and running fine. A Prius gets a dead battery so easily. And yes I thought I had checked to see if all the lights were off Miss Rebecca. Evidently NOT. Sigh. Thank goodness for USAA roadside assistance. They have me on speed dial for dead batteries. Groan.
Been working on this hideous painting. Not at all what I imagined. So where did I go wrong.
I didn’t used my value sketch but the photo to paint from. A bad idea according to Vlad Yesilesev and I should no better by now but NOPE. Did it anyway.
After much discussion with Ms Ruth today she suggested I put the focal point back where it belonged and take attention away from the middle building.
With nothing to loose it was time to WIPE it out. So I taped it up and had at it.
Now I actually like it better. An amazing improvement with nothing down but wiping off paint.
Stay tuned to see if I wiped off the finish w the paint. I hope not but if I did I drew another one this afternoon thinking this one was hopeless.
Stay tuned. 
Pot kitties posing in the autumn sun.
Stay tuned.
Margaret xoxox
Emily Acrylic 2’x3′ definitely shouldn’t be used as a gate to keep the kitties in the kitchen. They just knocked her over Andy way.
Tonites sunset. You can tell it’s fall on the river when the sun has shifted south enough for us to start getting sunsets.
Margaret whose had a busy day. Xoxoxo
Flew off to Assisi Italy today with Vlad Yesileyev on his paint along. So far. Leaning toward this is DONE but might change my mind in the am.
The photo
The value sketch by Vlad Yesilev. I am bad. I don’t look at the shades. Rather look at the painting.
First wash.
I use a muffin Pan to mix the first wash-yellow ochre cobalt and alizarin – in so I can save it for the next painting instead of tossing. I do have to stir it up before use because the color settles. 
Moving along flowers started.
Same colors as first wash and burnt umber dioxzine and Andrew’s turquoise.
Well underway almost done. I forgot to take photos. Oops. We added indigo mixed w cobalt to our colors. Should have had two windows but I messed up. So I have three up top. Another oops.
I decided I needed to fix the top of the left door. It was NOT aim perspective.
So now I am done. 
Pot kitties fed. Chicken pot pie in the oven. Time to put my feet up and snuggle Zoe for a while.
Margaret xoxoxox
Kitties cleanup after breakfast this am. I was quite daring and left four of them inside last night. Nobody knocked on the bedroom door to wake us up this morning. However they were excited to go outside and eat breakfast. Tootsie Weenie and Hallie will let me pet them a little while they eat.
They seem to like “inside” and especially the tiled laundry room. So far no poo anywhere.
Namiki Fude so much fun to draw with but that Noodlers Eelskin ink which is suppose to be permanent smears even after its dry. 😩😩😩
Stillman and Birn alpha Caran d’ache Neocolor ii
Margaret ready to eat some dinner. Homemade butternut soup. Hope it’s tasty. Xoxox
Or should I say Duo?! 
Think it’s done. 
The way I left it Sunday after The paint along with Vlad Yesileyev. I was not happy with it and thought about trashing it. Aka turn it over and paint on the back.
I actually used a large 1″ bristle brush to wash this off after I taped it up. It lightened up a lot. Thank goodness. Hate to waste half sheet of Kilimanjaro. Down to about one sheet of it. Eeek. 
So I slowly stated adding color to it. Adding a lot of black and grey. Actually used ivory black. As well as mixed greys and blacks.
I also Added A grey unifying wash on the brown building on the left and across the bottoms of some Of the others.
I also added some blues-cobalt ultramarine cerulean and Andrews turquoise. And Browns burnt umber and burnt sienna mixed with blues and that darn Dioxzine purple.
Then I decided it needed some more black and some vague details on the right walk way. Oops I had forgotten them. Joes turquoise and grey to the rescue.
Subtle Changes so I didn’t kill it again. 
And this is it now. Really like it a lot.
Scrubbing off color was so much fun I decided to scrub this one too. It too has gone to the dioxzine side. Duh.
Look how light it is now. This one won’t be so hard to fix. Not as much to do.
Margaret listening to the news. Xoxox. Stay safe and wear your masks people. Hugs!!!
so far. Half sheet Kilimanjaro 300 #. Really like that paper. Need to order more. One sheet left. Eeek.Paint along with Vladislav Yesileyev
Vlads photo
So complicated. A famous French cafe near Notre Dame and the Sorbonne. Just drawing the balconies was SHOOT me now please.
First washes. Wow that was mad. And a lot of mud colorful mud but mud.
And more and more things paintted. We flew through the cars.
And now. Still have to work on the people but I decided to make a quiche for dinner. 
Yummy.
And knit a bit. At the rate I am going an inch or two a night I won’t be done with this scarf til October. Christmas is coming, right?!!
Margaret xoxoxo
Got bogged down doing paperwork today but managed to draw the pot kitties on my back porch. Oddly once again two are missing. Last time that happened they turned up. So who knows. It’s a wait and see right?!
This morning they were busy playing inside and outside. Spent the afternoon snoozing. As I type they are waking up. Of course I Am done drawing them. Sigh
Anyway here they are. Used my Namiki Fude. Faber castell watercolor pencils. Was afraid to dampen the watercolor pencil because I knew the ink would run. Really need to order a bottle of platinum black. Never had these things problems with it.
Stillman and Birn alpha. 
Zoe’s ready for Halloween. She was very excited when I put on her Halloween scarf.
The knitting is growing. 16″ or so now.
Margaret thinking abt a nap. Xoxoxox
Margaret McCarthy Hunt Art 