Those heads keep talking and I keep drawing and taking notes. More piemonite for the darks. Red grease pencil.
As U can tell I LOVE that grease pencil.
Ttyl color me exhausted.
Margaret xoxoxo heading home.
Category: Art
Day 977 So what’s up?!
If I were home I would be heading to the Steeple Chases the second leg of the Triple Crown today with my friend Kathe. Oh well. Instead I am babysitting my grandkids which will be a lot of fun too. They are so sweet.
The Two Year Old Harness Races Aiken SC
I really think this is two pictures. I drew it leaving against the fence on the far left. The people on the right were a few feet from me. The guy on the left down the rails. I filled in with people who wandered by. That caused the problem with this drawing. The ladies in the middle are far too short.
It looks great cropped like this.
And not bad like this. I mean those ladies could be kids right?! Or the guys on the left really tall?! Hmmmm.
Going to blame it on Kathe I had to hide to fill in the middle. She started bragging about my drawing. Eeekk. Not what you want when you are drawing people and they want to look. NOT if you have political sketches in your book too. Double eek.
Andy way drawn in a Stillman and Birn Alpha with a Lamy Safari.
Ted Nuttalls transparent Palette.
Ttyl time to babysit. Pray for me!
Margaret xoxoxo
Day 976 Time for some News
Been obsesssed with the news as many other Americans have and I take notes and draw the talking heads. Monday I was almost late to class listening to Comey FBI director talk about their investigation into the Presidents claims against Obama which of course as most people knew even before the testimony were completely unfounded.
His other bomb shell was that the FBI has been investigating the Trumps campaigned connections to the Russians since July. And I am keeping track of what they are saying and how it’s interlocked.
It’s just all to incredible.
About the picture. I had a few problems with Comeys face. His eyes and mouth should be parallel. They weren’t. I fixed him by adding a dark left corner to his mouth which raised it slightly.
The purple brown on his face is Daniel smiths piemonite. Love that color. Makes delicious darks combined with blues too. And stays transparent.
I think I nailed Schiff.
Most of the red is a grease pencil. SO much fun. Loved them. Got a box of 5-6different colors on Amazon. It’s like a crayon on steroids.
Otherwise the colors are Ted Nuttalls transparent palette plus piemonite on their faces for shadows.
Ttyl Margaret xoxoxo Where’s my Dick Blick 40% off coupon?? Heading that way today. Art store shopping!!
Day 975 One more St Paddys Day
Could not resist drawing this great pirate ship passed by loaded with people tossing beads to the crowds. So much to draw and so little time. I really like parts of this but the foreground people watching are all assorted sizes. The middle group too tall for the other two groups.
And I completely forgot to draw the buildings in the background. OOPS!!!
Oh well that’s the thing about live sketching. Some you win some you mess up. Lol.
One more to go. The Whiskey Bar Lamy Safari. Lexington Grey ink in a Stillman and Birn Alpha.
Colors used. Every green I own. Pants are all some combo of ultramarine blue and burnt umber. Sky peacock blue I think.
Ttyl off to delve into Atlanta after talking to two groups is middle school art kids. One was awesome second one ready for lunch. Fun classes though the kids are so cute. Just hungry.
Margaret xoxox
Day 974 More St Paddys Day Parade
St Paddys Day Parade ladies from St. John’s tower. They were actually riding another truck but I liked this one better. Augusta Ga
A dab of gel pen on the antennae. I loved those. And they were riding in chairs.
#stjohnstower #augustaga #stpatricksday #watercolorpainting #sketchbookskool #urbansketcher #undercoverspy #urbansketching #usk #georgia #ink #lamysafari #lamy #stillmanandbirn
Gotta run. Heading to Atlanta. Hope to sketch there. I am Ready!!
Margaret xoxox
Day 974 Art for Breakfast
Decided to quickly draw my Sunday brunch before I ate it. Hmm it’s an omelet. Got a little dark. Aka lost my yellows. But on the whole I like this a lot.
The tulips were really standing up but they are so pretty decided to draw them flopping so they would fit.
Since I also used a Prismacolor art stick or two and a white gel pen this is really mixed media.
Lamy safari Arches #280 paper Lexington grey ink.
Margaret xoxoxo
Day 973 St Patrick’s Day in Augusta
We had an Urban Sketchers of Augusta meet up at Artus to draw the St Patrick’s day parade Friday. Fun time with Sandy from Artus and AC who fell in love w my Lamy EF that I lent him and sweet Katie Padgett.
These guys were enjoying some Guinness in front of Soy Noodle House and watching the parade go by. Architecture is a little wonky because I was standing on the sidewalk looking around the mob that passed by. Some of them would just stand in front of me. Eeek.
Whiskey Bar still needs paint. These two are on 280# Arches cold press. Oops cut off their legs.
A great pirate ship passed by. I taught AC and Katie that u don’t have to draw everyone you see but can add people from different floats to the one you are working on. Who will know!? Just you.
One float was full of an adorable group of older women from St Johns Towers a retirement home. I forgot to draw the crowd in front darn it because I was so enthralled with the old truck and the ladies.
These two are in my Stillman and Birn Alpha which is almost full.
All are drawn with my Lamy Safari. Painted w Ted Nuttalls transparent palette.
Ttyl class in Aiken.
Margaret xoxoxo
Day 972 Approaching 1000 days of daily blogging.
Neither sleet nor snow nor sickness nor activity will stop the daily posting. Only 28 days to go til DAY 1000!!! I started out aiming at 50 days and didn’t think I would make that goal. So now I have far surpassed that.
Waiting for His Shift at the Inner Bean.
He sits out on the sidewalk in front of the Inner Bean reading and smoking cigarettes till time for his lunch shift. He’s a fixture there. And no idea of his name. Need to fix that.
This guy was sitting under my favorite light at the Bean. I think I need another go at that light. Because the table is near the window it gets a great light on a sunny day.
It’s a high table so the angle is off on it.
Ted Nuttalls transparent palette. Lamy Safari pen. Stillman and Birn Alpha
Off to shop for a few more supplies. Starting another online class tomorrow with Julianna Coles Book of the Night extreme journalism. She offers a lot of other classes in visual journaling. I really enjoyed her week in the sketchbookskool class Polishing.
And yes I started scribbling this morning on another page but not done enough yet to share it. Stand by!!
Ttyl Margaret xoxox off to walk the dogs and get an old kids book to turn into a journal. Oh and wet wipes. Required!!
Day 970 Avenging Angel
Happy St Patrick’s Day!! Time to wear the green.
Mixed media 15×22. 140# Kilimanjaro watercolor paper.
Got up at five am and started working on a not too great watercolor of Ilaina. The heads too small. And her beautiful long hair was pinned up.
I started journaling while listening to Robert Holden on Hay House. He’s the happiness guru. Good way to start your day.
Then I stamped her and collaged her. The wings were scraps that just fell next to her shoulders. That’s a sign isn’t it that she wanted to be an angel?!
Next came the paint. On her eyes. Added hair. Scribbled on her with my Prismacolor art sticks. Bytw I went for the black one and ended up with the dark blue one.
This angel wants what she wants. Then I added the red Prismacolor. Didn’t want her too precious as angels can be.
More paint. More scribbling. Back and forth. Scribbled on her face with a 4B pencil both writing and defining her face.
BOOM She was done. At least for now. She might decide differently.
Ttyl. Off to the parade. 🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀
Margaret xoxoxo
Day 969 Might be a trend.
Been working on this today for an online class I am taking. More political art. I have never made political art in my life til lately.
Step one. Gluing down some figures and journaling over them in pencil. Circling some of the words. Then stamping over that. I couldn’t find my stamps so I drew letters.
Collages layer.
Scribbling on it with Prismacolor art sticks.
Painting over it with cheap acrylic paint I. Bottles.
And I added some washi tape.
Ttyl. Got to clean up the mess I tossed all over the kitchen for some reason. Stacks of paper scraps glue sticks and my apron to name a few things.
Ttyl. Collage is fun. Try it.
Margaret xoxoxo
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