Day 112! So i cant count 🥴

August 30, 2023Leave a comment

Day 112! The Mermaid. A conundrum painting someone under water. A big experiment!!

The reference photo

How do you paint light skin tones covered w green water. Hmmm. Had to think abt it for a while. Like a week or more. Lol.

For skin tones Quin rose and quin burnt sienna lightly covered with andrews turquoise which is an opaque color if you get too heavy handed.

Hair – My chinese brush splatted flat and the dagger brush loaded very light yellow ochre with shadows of burnt sienna and quin burnt orange and cerulean and cobalt probably ultramarine and burnt umber aka anything that seemed to work.

Background aka the water cerulean w a dab of burnt sienna. Multiple washes of Cheap Joes Andrews turquoise w raw sienna or yellow Ochre. I even used a very light lilac. Hmm. Lost some of the light bubbles but oh well.

I think its largely successful. One day i will take my time and run a smooth wash but evidently not today. 🥴

9×12” superaquabee sketchbook.

Thanks, Judith @jyportraitchallenge and @glimpsesofyellowroad2

Day 103! Carla the Cat Lady!

August 15, 20232 Comments

Day 103! Carla the Cat Lady! 1 of the 7 I speed drew Friday and painted four of them including this one.

Quin rose, quin burnt sienna, ultramarine all the usual skin colors. Quin rose. Cobalt shadows

Hair yellow ochre and cerulean w burnt sienna to make shadows.

Her cat is ivory black, burnt umber, and ultramarine paunted w my big Charles Reid da vinci 10 kolinsky sable round from Cityart.

Andrews turquoise and yellow ochre background. Seems to be my fav background lately.

9×12” superaquabee sketchbook.

Almost done. Decided to add more contrast to the background.

Thanks, Judith @jyportraitchallenge and carla @carla_s_kunst

Margaret xoxoxo

Day 102 & 105- Pete and Thea

August 13, 2023August 13, 2023Leave a comment

Day 102! Pete
The name is Peter Bond. In my head that was funny. Maybe not.

There are 4 more portraits done and all of the sketches for the other three.

Quin rose, quin burnt sienna, ultramarine all the usual skin colors. Quin rose. Cobalt shadows

Hair cerulean and andrews turquoise w burnt sienna to make greys.

Shirt cerulean and cobalt. Striped done w a splayed chinese brush.

Ultramarine and yellow ochre background with dabs of burnt sienna.

9×12” superaquabee sketchbook.
Thanks, Judith @jyportraitchallenge and Pete @peterlockhart

Thea Day 105! Thea. 1 of the 7 I speed drew Friday and painted four of them.

Quin rose, quin burnt sienna, ultramarine all the usual skin colors. Quin rose. Cobalt shadows

Hair cerulean and andrews turquoise w burnt sienna to make greys.

Her awesome top is ivory black, burnt umber, raw sienna, and ultramarine splatted on w an 8 kolinsky sable round.

Andrews turquoise and yellow ochre background with dabs of burnt sienna. Seems to be my fav background lately.

9×12” superaquabee sketchbook.

Thanks, Judith @jyportraitchallenge and Thea @theadebruin

Day 93! Zoey

August 11, 2023Leave a comment

Day 93! Zoey A sweet selfie! Ready for a party!

Quin rose, quin burnt sienna, ultramarine all the usual skin colors. Quin rose. Cobalt shadows

Andrews turquoise and yellow ochre left background. Other side is cerulean and burnt sienna.

Burnt sienna and ultramarine for the dress. Makes a more vibrant brown than just burnt umber. Ivory black hair, cobalt shadows.

9×12” superaquabee sketchbook.

Thanks, Judith @jyportraitchallenge and Zoey @zoeykriegmont

Margaret tared again after painting four portraits today. #Knockingthemout! xoxoxo

Day 99 Dan

August 8, 2023August 8, 20232 Comments

First wash. Quin rose yellow ochre burnt sienna ultramarine all the usual skin colors. Quin rose. Cobalt shadows

Almost done. Cerulean and burnt sienna background. just the pesky plaid shirt to do.

Burnt sienna and ultramarine for the plaid. Makes a more vibrant brown than just burnt umber. Cobalt shadows.

Margaret off to Asheville for the night! xoxoxo

@Pencils4tea & paper drifts!

August 1, 2023August 1, 20233 Comments

Marcia! A lady with the boxing gloves you never know what people w pose w @pencils4tea which was zoomed live from Dundee, Scotland.

We had 17 poses in the hour. I am surprised I made it through. Was like chasing a lure for an hour. Never quite catching it but yes i will be there next week of i have time. A challenge is thrown. 👍🏻

My friend Ruth. You can follow her @Britpeach on ig one of my two favs.

General Hb charcoal pencil and watercolor in a 6×9 superaquabee. Its almost full. Either going to have to draw smaller OR buy a big stack of them. Lasting abt 2-3 weeks with their 60 pages because u cant paint on the back because of the charcoal. Maybe forced to. Hmm.

Any suggestions???! In the meantime roaring thru paper. Right now i like it in sketchbooks so we aren’t buried under paper drifts.

Hmm too bad I cant draw on a roll of toilet paper. Rofl.

Sleuthing Susanna. Love her big eyes. I took three screen shots of the less than two minute poses and finished later. All 3 were all less than two minutes to draw which left no time to paint. Had to go back later and paint this one, Ruth and Miss Marple aka Anna.

Anna Marple as one of the artists called her. Each person had a theme song from a tv show or a movie. Hers was Miss Marple, my fav Agatha Christie series.

Karen and a yellow rose accompanied by Henry Mancini’s Charade. Maybe she just oeft one of the flower vendors along the Seine?? One of my fav movies-Audrey Hepburn and Carey Grant. Her clothes and Paris! Perfection.

Silvia. 2:30 minutes to draw her. Slapping the paint on. Always gives it an immediacy.

Serena love her grey hair piercing blue eyes. The tilt of her head.

Audrey. Theme song Summer Place. Sweet face.

Ellas blue white and red perfect for her Inspector Clouseau theme song. all she needs is a beret.

Out of Africa. Did not catch her name. That purple vase was a trial. Turned out ok. At least i kept the white paper for highlights.

Michelle. You never know what her pose will be. Always something zany. Laurel leaves to go with the Gladiator music??

Lou not Katherine. A great drawing. But darn the wrong name. My friend Ruths high school friend who lives in London. Gone With the Wind theme song.

A nice quiet pose for sketch number 17. Amelie theme.

Time to go paint. Behind on the portrait challenge. Number 100 approaching. Xoxoxoxo Maggie aka Margaret

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 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 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!!