Day: July 20, 2023

Before I run run run today

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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.
Sketch
Got tired of trying to draw the eyes the same size so i used the circle template, which I rarely use.
First layer
Face is done except for the eyes
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