Author: Margaret Hunt

Born in Oceanside, California, Margaret studied fine arts at the University of Georgia and Augusta State University where she was a protege of Freeman Schoolcraft and studied under Jim Lyle, Eugenia Comer and Dave Jones. In addition she has studied with Ken Umbach at John Campbell Folkschool and locally with Jim Ginsheer and Thomas Needham. An award winning artist, her work is represented in collections throughout Europe and the United States. Galleries and museums across the United States have represented and shown her work. Her creations have received numerous awards including multiple Best of Shows, have been exhibited locally, nationally and internationally and are part of art collections across the world most notably including the Quilts, Inc. collection and the Thomas Quilt Collection. Her art has been published in numerous art magazines and has also been included in several books such as Creative Quilting: A Page from My Journal. Highlights are her art quilts were selected Favorites at International Quilt Show, Houston. Art critics have compared her art to Thomas Gainsborough paintings. More Recently she has taken classes with the great Charles Reid, Fealing Lyn and Ted Nuttall. Margaret creates art of one kind or another almost every day at her studio on the Savannah River and teaches at various venues across the country.

Day 1698 Dahlia Time

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kinda liking this one a lot. Got them from a lovely married couple at the Farmers Market yesterday- KY Flowers in Hickory NC.

My moms cup saucer and creamer. Grandmothers old silver plate spoon. She would die if she saw how tarnished u I let it get.

I had a lot of trouble with the peachy dahlias and the purple and orange zinnias. I finally got out my quin red and quin magenta which helped a lot. I might repaint them using alizarin. I thought the colors were getting muddy. The Quins and alizarin are transparent so wouldn’t do that.

Also dyeing these ick orange socks red in the microwave with tropical punch koolaid. Last time I did that the due in then lasted til the socks were in tatters. Directions to do that are here. Will post the red socks tomorrow.

Hugs!! Margaret putting her feet up. Xoxoxo

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Day 1697 No More Saturdays

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Ilania undergoing a few renovations. I lifted some of the blue off her face and worked on her sausage leg some.

So why are we going to do on Saturday mornings now that we can’t go to lifemodeling in Aiken anymore. I decided I would post some of the drawings from the last year. Guess I would have stayed in town more if I had known our party on Saturday was going to end. .

Emily last week

All of us are at 6s and 7s because we miss our friends that we hang out with every week we are all home.

Macy

ilania EmilyEmily 2×3 acrylic

Ilania. She’s not really this round.

EmilyIlania ilania. Not a very good one but that happens sometimes when you do life modeling drawings. ilania Drew MurphyAndreaIlaniaMacyMacy

Moh flowers as my granddaughter would say.

The bouquet from a really neat guy from Hickory nc that drove all the way to Augusta to sell his gorgeous dahlias and zinnias on The Riverwalk Farmers market today.

Margaret tired from shopping for junk to paint today. TOOO RED!!

I have been looking for a chicken or a decoy to paint. Golf Chickens!!! 🤣

Maybe the white one on the right?!!

Somehow none of them suit. Xoxoxo

Day 1696 Done!!

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Summer Snow 15×22″Cp Fluid 140#

In more ways than one. First day back at the Y so I am done in and the painting is done too. I think.

I splattered the white areas a little more. I am loving splattering now that I figured out how Charles did it.

Remember!!!! Tap the brush not the Ferrell.

Will let it simmer overnite and then decide. In the meantime I large bath tub with magnesium salts pour moi!!

Can you find the light spots in the picture?!! Bytw DONT use blue tape on your painting to mask areas to be lifted. It peeled paint and paper off when I lifted the white rim of the cup with the magic eraser.

My dollar general two inch tape has NEVER Done th

Charles Reid palette

Margaret looking forward to that bath. Xoxoxox

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Day 1695 Summer Snow WIP?!!

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Summer Snow – Fluid 140# cp paper 15×22″

Sorry for the late post. Been working on this when I wasn’t busy walking 🚶‍♀️ 🚶 🤗!! My feet are tired.

What I started off drawing.

I drew it with a 2 B Derwent sketching pencil. Very soft. Before I started painting I erased it to lighten the pencil marks.

Here we go. Decided the background was too light.

Kind of wish I had left it.

But I thought the background was too close in tone to the flowers. No idea why I thought that but I did. So I darkened it. Hmmm. Well those flowers really show now. And they look cut out. Not a good thing in a paintjng. Oopsey.

Lots left to paint on this half sheet.

Heading toward THE END! I was getting tired and probably should have stopped.

But I kept on. Now you might notice the flowers don’t look so cut out now. That’s because my friend Mike suggested I use a Mr Clean eraser on the flower edges to soften them. THANKS Ms. Mike!! That helped.

Now the question of the hour is more splatter or not on the flowers especially the ones on the right side. I think I will sleep on it. Have to work fast because those crepe myrtles don’t last long.

Charles Reid Holbein colors plus quin gold.

Margaret putting her feet up with the tv clicker in her hand. Xoxoxo

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Day 1694 My fav Fuel!!

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My favorite fast food drink iced tea from chic fil a. I drink it straight. Sometimes next to no ice because I can add ice when I get home and definitely NO sugar. I am sweet enough without it! 🤗👍🏻 I will say that Bo jangles has good tea too. All brewed from scratch. None of the bottled ore made teas some places sell now. That stuff is NastY!!

Lamy EF Noodler Eelskin Ink – a bottle lasts me about two years watercolor pencils.

Ttyl I am now napping after walking three miles. Time to get back into shape. Gym manana. Yoga pants in the washer. Xoxoxo Margaret My fav fuel iced Tea!! #stillmanandbirn #atlanta #georgia #watercolor #art #painting #artist #painter #aquarelle #atlanta #watercolor #painter #aquarelle #lifestyleblogger #lifestylechange #drawing #travel #travelblogger #holbein #mgraham #drawing #sketching #charlesreid #chicfila #tea #icedtea #watercolor #ink

Day 1693 Dog Days

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Of August right?!! BUT Zoe’s always there ready to be drawn. This am she was snuggling with me on the sofa as we watched the morning news.

She’s probably ready to nap

Since I gave her bits of the breakfast muffin quiches I baked this a.m. The pen was there the tiny moleskin was there so I drew her. Small pages so much less demanding when you don’t feel like drawing.

And of the art supplies are out on the coffee table you dont even have to get them out.

Lamy Ef in a OLD moleskine aka not made in China inktense and Faber castle watercolor pencils.

Margaret off to freeze her now cool quiche muffins for an easy breakfast in the am. Xoxoxo

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Day 1692 Grant Babysitting

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My other grandson Grant a black and white pit bull who I dogsit in Atlanta a lot. He likes staying home with his gramma while his mom and dad are out of town. Grants favorite thing is running around the yard sometimes rolling in the mud. Eeekk.

Black Stabilo pen The Stabilo is like watercolor til it dries then it’s permanent like inktense pencils. Fun stuff. Burnt sienna or quin burnt orange watercolor for eye. Stillman and birn lant pen with Noodlers Eelskin ink.

Margaret off to Run errands. Xoxoxo

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Day 1691 Henry time

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My sweet grandson who is a veritable pretzel when he watches tv. Cad red light and cad yellow pale for skin

Ultramarine blue shirt

Hair ultramarine and burnt umber. Shadows burnt sienna and cerulean.

Being lazy art wise today instead cooking more ratatouille. Yum. And I burned the roasted cauliflower and garlic and it still tasted good.

Margaret who might be ready for a nap. Xoxoxoxo

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Day 1690 It’s Saturday

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Sad to say it’s the last Saturday for a while. The universe has canceled Saturday drawing since the Prof has retired. What?!!! Supposedly will start back up thru continuing ed.

Second break.

Is it a Case of when you start to mess up you are done as Charles Reid says?!

Then I painted background and darkened her body with alizarin across the chest. Maybe I should have stopped at second break which was my original impulse. Can’t leave well enough alone can I?!🤪

The sketch drawn with a raw umber Faber castell water color pencil.

First break.

The end in more than one way. Well there’s always live modeling in Atlanta and Columbia. Hopefully we will find a new venue in Augusta. We have some ideas in the hopper.

Thomas Needham’s lovely watercolor. The hair is amazing.

Drew Murphy scores again. VERY Large canvas.

Jeremy Sutherland’s wonderful sketch.

Al Beyer did an outstanding job. Large oil.

Coachs charcoal knocked my socks off. He was going to give it to me. Why didn’t I take it?! Duh!! 🙄

Ilania pencil sketch. Super job.

Fred has gotten great at these. Always makes me Smile. 2×3′ acrylic

Amys lovely drawing.

Mr Ed “degas” retired biology prof.

Engineer Ed was just getting back into the swing of things. Really improved since he started coming again in the last few months.

Last but not least Marilyn Hartley. Not sure if it’s ink or pastel.

And the party is over. At least for a while.

Margaret sad in Augusta xoxoxo

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Day 1689 Last of Monterey Square all 4 corners

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Corner 1 A beautiful old house on one of the corners. Not sure of the name of the house despite googling it repeatedly.

Sketchbook cover. Who knew Savannah was built over graveyards. Would not be unusual to find a body if you excavated. What did they say 30000 people are buried under the streets and houses of Savannah?!!

Corner 2 Some of the early morning walkers that abound in Savannah.

Corner 3 The old synagogue. The fourth corner. The Mercer House.

Painted with my tiny whisker painters box, watercolor pencils and a white pentel gel pen. Drawn with my Lamy Ef Noodler Eelskin ink in my stillman and birn.

Margaret off to finally see Mama Mia. Aka dancing in the aisles. Xoxoxo

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