Day 95 Scott

July 31, 2023Leave a comment

Drawingisfree_org today. 12 noon est 6 pm Paris France time. Last one til September! I am ready! Are you?!

Thought he was done yesterday in my hurry to go swimming but NOPE.

Day 95 Scott @onelifemodel. I did a bit of titivating(tweaking) to Scott. A fine line when titivating becomes too much. Wasn’t pleased w the final painting. Think he’s final now.

What did I change? Not alot. The angle of the mouth. Darkened the left eye to knock it back. A bit of flesh on his forehead and pink on his cheek. Defined his nostrils a bit.

Alot of cerulean and cobalt shadows. Cerulean wash for beard then added black whole wet. Burnt umber Ultramarine and ivory black for hair. Loosing edges of hair painting the cerulean adding yellow ochre and quin burnt orange for background.

The photo
9×12” superaquabee sketchbook.

Thanks! Judith @jyportraitchallenge and Scott @onelifemodel

Margaret ready to draw! Xoxoxo

Day 91

July 29, 2023Leave a comment

Done. Oddly the face is the same painting in both pics. All I can say is go figure.

Day 91 Donella @darealsdonella really like painting animals and who could resist this kid?! An armload of adorable fuzziness. I want one, please!!!

Lighter background otherwise everything is the same.

Forgot process pics. Managed to use alot of quin burnt orange in the goat. Perfect for him plus burnt umber and cerulean for the fur. Doneallas hair barely used yellow ochre. My current fav skin quin burnt orange and quin pink. Cobalt and quin pink top. Cerulean and burnt quin orange for the background plus andrews turquoise.

9×12” superaquabee sketchbook.

Thanks! Judith @jyportraitchallenge and Donella @darealsdonella

Better color in this one. IPhone is reliably unreliable for accurate color.

Margaret ready for bed. Xoxoxox

Day 90 Frank

July 27, 2023Leave a comment

Day 90 Frank

But first. Don’t forget pencils4tea at 1 pm EST. One hour of wild drawing fun. See u there. Well i hope my husbands birthday so off to the grocery store for a few last minute goodies.

The photo
Have long meant to paint Frank but could never slow down long enough to do it. He wasnt in Judiths portrait rotation but just an if u want to paint here he is. I love painting craggy old men w beards.

First layers. Have to stop and remember to take pics. My fav skin tone paint. Daniel Smith Quin burnt orange and quin rose. Ultramarine in the shadows. Beard cerulean, ultramarine and andrews turquoise with bits of ivory black.

Forgot the pics. andrew turquoise in the ceiling. Burnt umber and ultramarine in the eyes w dabs of perlene maroon. Blacks are mixed from ultramarine and burnt umber or quin bunrt orange. Quin burnt orange and burnt umber paneling.

When u think hes done but there are edges to soften and shadows to add.

Then i added the big scary. Ultramarine in the shadows esp on his nose and the ceiling and paneling on the left. Then i declared him done.

I think Frank wanted to be painted. Relatively an easy straight forward paint. i do wish i had used more ultramarine in his shirt. Always looks good in a black shirt.

Drew this last night of my sweet husband w my caran dache neocolor ii.

And this yesterday am. H appy Birthday Dickie.

Have a super day. Margaret off to the races xoxoxoxo

Day 88!!

July 27, 2023July 27, 20235 Comments

Tomorrow at 1EST @Pencils4tea on ig. Free zoom drawing lots of people for an hour.

Our fearless substitute leader Fun zany poses and lots of music. The hour will zip by!

Day 88! #jyportraitchallenge Joyous Stella! Approaching 100 portraits. Never thought I would make it but the goal is in sight now.

My Chinese brush. So useful for stringy bits and plaids

Andrews turquoise and ultramarine for the plaid using my big fat chinese brush splayed so u get lots of small thin points. M Graham perlene marroon for the purples in her face.

Skin is quin burnt orange and quin rose. Andrews turquoise cerulean and ultramarine shadows w dabs perlene marroon. Hair yellow ochre w burnt sienna cerulean and burnt umber a little quin burnt orange.

9×12” superaquabee sketchbook.

Thanks! Judith @jyportraitchallenge and Stella @ mrs_booksart

The geese out back enjoying some breakie this am. Evidently watermelon is tasty.

Just for laughs. The unicorn float disappeared from our pool. A unicorn thief?? No our granddaughter who loves them took it home. This pic was sent by her dad with her unicorn collection floating in the float in her pool. Rofl. Who puts stuffed animals in the pool??!??🧐😳

Margaret tahred. Xoxoxo

Day 87 Andrea Eleana

July 25, 2023July 25, 2023Leave a comment

Day 87! #jyportraitchallenge Andrea Eleana @ humana_lince was not wild abt the photo but rather like the painting alot. Thinking Eve in the Garden of Eden.

Almost forgot to take pics added some masking fluid.

Skin is quin burnt orange and quin rose. Andrews turquoise shadows. Hair yellow ochre w burnt sienna cerulean and burnt umber. Leaves sap green, cad yellow, cobalt, ultramarine, cobalt teal and peacock blue.

Opps she needs more quin pink. She is pink everywhere from her rosy cheeks to her shoulder.

Mary Whytes cats paw brush from cityart. 1 1/2” cheap joes golden taklon flat for the background & #4 cheap joes golden taklon and a 3/8” dagger striper from masters touch.

9×12” superaquabee sketchbook.

Thanks! Judith @jyportraitchallenge and Andrea Eleana @ humana_lince

Margaret who hopes to be watching Oppenheimer. Xoxoxo

Day 86

July 25, 2023Leave a comment

Drawingisfree_org today. 16 portraits in an hour. OH MY. not what someone who doesnt feel well should be doing but then I lade a video of them. U can see lore at my ig feed. @maggieinsc. Chloe our drawing mc did poses mostly lasting less than three minutes. Even the double was three minutes 40. Oh MY. They are usually closer to six. Quite the challenge today. And yes i would do it again!! Lol. Cant wait for next week. Sick woman here in more ways than one. Hahaha.

Day 86! #jyportraitchallenge @sylvester.lifedrawing!! Loved the picture. Couldnt wait to paint him. Did not turn out the way imagined. What happens when u paint when u don’t feel well. Oh well.

The sketch – 9×12” superaquabee sketchbook.

Lots of burnt umber and ultramarine. It will go quite dark. A bit of cobalt blue. Cerulean blue background. Ivory black for hair and bird w a dab of quin burnt orange.

Better. Had to add to the back of his head and his neck.

Thanks! Judith @jyportraitchallenge and @sylvester.lifedrawing!!

I dreamed of a Charles Reid style painting with burnt umber and ultramarine mingling to a lovely dark brown but nope was not to be. beyond me even when i feel well oh well onward and more coughing!!

Behind again. Sigh

July 24, 2023July 24, 2023Leave a comment

Get your pencils sharpened. Don’t forget tomorrow is @drawingisfree _org at noon EST. Click on the zoom link. Cant wait for the fast paced hour of drawing people . We usually draw at least 13 heads. Great practice!

Day 85! #jyportraitchallenge Jill@jilliam58!!Time To Jump back on with the portrait of back pack girl. An outdoorsy woman living her best life.

I thought she was done til i realized her chin was a smidge too long. Made her looks like Nixon or Jay Leno. Oops.

Adding the scary ultramarine shadow on the left. Always looks like a terrible screw up when you do it but add in skin tone, soften the edges and voila you have a great shadow .

Daniel Smith quin burnt orange and m graham quin rose for skin. m graham Burnt umber and ultramarine for hair and blacks. Cheap joes Alizarin bricks. m graham Mineral violet straps. 9×12” superaquabee sketchbook.

The photo. Thanks! Judith @jyportraitchallenge @JudithYaws and Jill@jilliam58

Been busy with family visiting. A river cruise this weekend. Everyone had too much fun. Trestle on Little River.

The Big Trestle on the Savannah. Osprey nest in the middle of it.

Margaret putting her feet up. #86 and 87 are done. Stand by dear readers. Xoxoxoxo

Before I run run run today

July 20, 20238 Comments

I thought i would check in with my dear readers. Dont forget today at 1 pm EST pencils4tea on instagram. Another fb hour of drawing people. Its go go go and the hour flies. Sadly i will be at Little Mermaid and miss the fun.

Yesterday to keep my hand in i drew my friends @MarkLipinski and @leslietuckerjenison as they yakked abt Marks fun take on the 60 days of index cards hes been drawing. Zany sketches of things like his crocs and black and white saddle shoes we all wore as kids.

Leslie. Doesn’t do her justice. Leslie has talks every Wednesday on ig. Fun time to just take a break and listen to them natter on. But it was fun drawing it. Used the usual quin burnt orange and quin pink for the skin. Cobalt and ultramarine burnt umber.

I also learned those Chinese were smart. I painted them all with this big Chinese brush. Great for faces and wispy hair. Only brush i have that can do it all.

My fav and last of the three. Michele Muska i think. One other thing i learned. I do not like my new pack of general charcoal pencils. Too soft. A 2b a 4 b and a 6 b. I love a 4b or 6 b pencil nut not the charcoal. It lifts and smears. Back to my General hb on Monday for Drawing is free.

Really love this portrait. 8×8 and for sale. used the exact same colors plus manganese and mineral violet. Those eyes! It was done quickly with big brushes. Mostly the big flat and the 3/8” saber brush w an assist in the hair from the Chinese brush.

Got tired of trying to draw the eyes the same size so i used the circle template, which I rarely use.

Eyes are manganese and a bit of the Quinn burn orange.

Before I added more lace to the bottom inch.

And finished. I like this one a lot her eyes are very magnetic and the hair is the perfect combination of lights and darks.

Margaret up off to the grandkid races, little mermaid and a trip to target for birthday presents. Xoxoxo

Drawing is free yesterday!

July 18, 20232 Comments

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@drawingisfree_org yesterday. 1hr of free wild drawing and music fun live on Zoom from Paris. Thanks Chloe and models!

Hope to see you all @pencils4tea at 1 pm EST Thursday Link on her IG feed. Another hour of quickly drawing people.

Watercolor slapped over Charcoal sketches. No time to redo. Just time to flip the page and keep up. Always produced lovely loose work.

Double trouble. Adrian and his son 5 minutes

Chloe our fearless leader. These were all painted w the 3/8”saber brush and a 1”flat Too much of my fresh squeezed quin burnt orange. Oopps. Oddly like it anyway.

Doesn’t do her justice. But like it anyway. too much quin rose. Oh well.

Another nope. Only had a minute fifty to draw her. Eeek

Mary. Hmm what else can i say? 3 minutes 58 swconds

Dave not bad considering all his changing his pose. i drew it once and didn’t change everytime he did. That’s always a formula for failure.

Margaret hanging out with the grandkids. xoxoxo

Before I get busy

July 17, 2023July 20, 2023Leave a comment

Who am i kidding. Already busy. Grandkids are here for the week. SOOOO BUSYYYYY

Today!!! LIVE from Paris! ***Drawing is Free*** at Noon EST on Zoom!! NO charge NO Nudity. Just drawing heads. GREAT practice!!

Missed it last week due to our osprey rescue effort that came to naught. He was dehydrated and had internal damage and bleeding. Died on Th or Friday sadly. We were hoping for a return to the river for him but it was not to be.

The last few I have not posted.

Day 79 Lots of fun painting her turban. Ultramarine and hookers.

Day 78 – #jyportraitchallenge as usual the fabric, the fabric, the fabric. Hookers green and ultramarine. Thalo blue would have been better BUT i make such a mess w thalo.

Quin burnt orange was the perfect hue for her lovely skin for her skin w a bit of quin rose for the bloom in her cheeks.

Day 79 funny pose from Ludmila Artola. Her hair and fuzzy knot hat turned out great. The face well it needs the jaw softened.

Leopold_artmodel Day 81 my current fav painting.

Had a rough time softening the purple shadow on his right arm.

Got to say w the superaquabee paper if u r not careful it will lift like the hahnemuhle will when u dont want it too. 😵

Otherwise i think my current fav paper in a sketchbook if only they made it in a heavier version or a bound one. Oh well. I no longer have the urge to rip paper out of the spiral. As Julianna Coles says u can always glue the pages together if u dont like them.

Skin is quin burnt orange and quin rose. Hair quin burn orange. The purple my beloved m graham mineral violet. Have a love hate w it.

Day 82 Camilla i didnt find the pose exciting til i focused just in her head w all that awesome curly hair. Was thinking preraphaelite.

Used my cheap 2 B Mechanical pencil on her. A papermate sharpwriter.

Brushes I am using right now. Mary Whytes cats paw brush from cityart. 1 1/2” cheap joes golden taklon flat for the background & #4 cheap joes golden taklon and a 3/8” dagger striper from masters touch.

DS quin burnt orange and quin rose, Cheap joes andrews Turquoise, cj yellow ochre, cj burnt umber, cj cerulean, cj cobalt , cj alizarin, and cj hookers green, cj Cad Yellow, m graham cobalt, mineral violet, and ultramarine watercolors, 9×12” superaquabee sketchbook.

Thanks! Judith @jyportraitchallenge @JudithYaws

Onward to day 84 or is it 85?! 🧐😱

Margaret w 15 left to go til she reaches her goal of 100 portraits. Then u am taking along nap. xoxoxoxo