Can u tell how I changed her?! It now looks like Ilaina. I only changed five or six very small tweaks. Take a guess and I will list what I changed tomorrow.
Here’s how she looked about ten minutes ago. That’s about how long it took to make the changes.
Drew Murphy’s. I forgot to post these yesterday. He’s been using a new kind of acrylic paint from Holland that he loves. Thick and buttery.
I took a pic when I thought this was Alexis’s but I think it’s my a lady named Amy who was next to Alexis.
And the gestures. Half an hours worth.
One minute vine charcoal on cheap newsprint
She did some fantastic yoga poses.
Next up three five minutes to complete the half an hour of gesture poses.
really like this one a lot. They were drawn with a general charcoal pencil Liked drawing with it much better.
And that’s a wrap for Tuesday life modeling.
Oh Dr Doolittle too much fun in a movie. Great cgi. And RObert Downey JR to swoon over. Think I will take my grandkids to see it.
Margaret Xoxoxox
First break
Drew this view first but I really am not fond of a small figure in the middle of a large page. The figure turned out nicely but it’s almost as if a microscope is needed to see the figure in this drawing. So I moved to another more interesting angle that would fill up the page better. 
This is what I ended up with. I only had an hour when I started so not bad for an hour. I should finish but probably won’t.
Her torso is a bit too long and what is with the left foot?!
Mostly painted with card red and yellow for flesh tones. Alizarin for darks or cobalt violet or a bit of Cheap Joes Andrews turquoise. Darkest darks cobalt and burnt sienna.
Black drape cobalt and burnt sienna. Yellow ochre and cobalt ok the lighter one.
Second break.
Drew Murphy who was to my right.
Al Beyer who was even further to my right.
And Fred’s. Gotta love this wild painting.
Henry
Gypsy
Then I was off to the framer to get Kristin to put these into frames I already had. Gypsy is off to a show in McCormick.
I also entered her in the National Transparent Watercolor Show. Wonder if she will get in. 🤔🤔🤔
Henry is going on a wall at my house unless my kids say pretty please for the painting.
I meant to paint all day today but NOPE I spent most of it on online chat trying to fix the image sizes on my site. Still not sure how it went astray but I think it’s fixed now.
I drew this sketch of Zoe this am in a tiny Stillman and Birn Alpha. With a regular lead pencil. Maybe I will draw her again tomorrow and fill the little book up. Just enough challenge for a daily drawing?!
I did think to paint her til I spent all day on the computer.
Then I spent a couple more hours photographing and sizing and entering an art show. 
I entered Morning Joe
And Gypsy. Two of my favorites that I have painted recently.
So now I have actually done something to deserve a nap but first cooking some Chinese dumplings. Well maybe.
Hugs Margaret Xoxoxox
I past this cute cabin on the way into Brevard over the holidays but lazy me just got around to painting the sketch.
I stood on the side of Highway 64 on a bright cool day to draw the cabin which was so cheery and bright in its field. Not always easy to find a place to draw on the busy windy mountain road.
Here’s the sketch. On some kind of cold press watercolor paper. Probably Fabriano.
I used a lot of white gouache on the tree in the foreground which was fun. Have a rough texture over the grey of the smeared pen.
Sky is Cheap Joes Andrews turquoise. Gold is Daniel Smith quin gold. I mixed burnt sienna and the Andrews turquoise for the trees greens and the greys. Love dual purpose colors
Micro Uniball pen.
Margaret ready to hang it up for the day xoxoxo
Don today. Hope you click on him and see him bigger. The background may change tomorrow. We shall see.
The sketch.
15×22 cold press Fluid. Hmm I have a whole roll of gesture drawings too. Was not thrilled doing another reclining pose. To top that off he went to sleep and his head started tipping toward me. And I mean tipped ALOT!! Not just a little.
Next break. I don’t know how I managed to get the holiday in his nose. It’s straight. Hmm.
Really like his hand.
Next break. Or was this when I was done. Not sure. Painted for three 25 min sessions. Since I wasn’t thrilled with the pose I had fun playing and really like all the colors. Lots of alizarin mineral violet Cheap Joes Andrews turquoise. Some cad red and yellow and burnt sienna plus ultramarine.
Always fun hanging with my Aiken peeps.
Drew Murphy’s. His first nude male.
Eves. She and I had fun moaning about Don going to sleep. Really messed with our drawings. Thank goodness I took a pic before he went to sleep.
Loved Joya Jimenez- Stefanos pastel – that leg coming forward is so dynamic.
And Bills oil- lovely soft pastely colors that don’t show well in the light I took this in.
Wish I had gotten a photo of Amy Lockhard Nesss oh so interesting scribble drawings she made with a weird Mephisto pencil she got in Bulgaria. It only smeared when she used a tortillon. Hmmm.
Well that’s a wrap people. Come join us for some Aiken fun. T or Saturday. Oh and Plein air on Fridays.
Margaret tucked in for the evening. Freezing cold. A high of 39. Whaaaaatttt??
Was our model today. We did ALOT OF gesture poses first which really do help with drawing the final figure quickly. Limbers you up. 
1 minute gestures.
More 1 min and one 3 minute
3 min
five minute
Five minute. Like the last two the best of course.
First break 25 min. Drew him quickly and had ten min left til break to start painting. As I said gestures paid off.
Fifty min.
When I left. The right shoulder had drifted no longer following the pencil line. Oopsey.
So when I got home I redrew the pencil line and did some negative painted it aka painted behind him with Indanthrone blue and splattered a bit which is always fun.
He’s on the kitchen floor drying now.
Drew Murphy. He was to my immediate left.
Eves. Might be my favorite of all of them. There were close to 20 people in class today. Always a lot of fun. Come join us!
Margaret xoxoxo putting her feet up now.
Calling Henry done for now but may mess with his right eye some more. Going to look at him a whole and then decide. 
Here he is like he was this morning when I started. I darkened just about everything.
Lifted a highlight or two like the one on his index finger. Added some fingernails. BYTW u add the line denoting the nail ABOVE THE FINGERNAIL not under the it. A little blush of cad red on the nail and you are done.
So what else did I lift. Some weird yellow ochre dots on the background that looked like I hit it with the brush accidentally. Always surprised how easy it is to lift on Fluid hot press. I think it’s easier to do on hot press than cold press.
Added the background wash on the left. It’s made up of Cheap Joes Andrews turquoise yellow ochre has mineral violet with maybe a little alizarin.
So I stayed up til 2 am knitting on this sock. I had to draw a pattern for it first. I know you are thrilled to know that. Calling it Jos sock for the polka dot socks Jo March had on in the latest version of Little Women. Gorgeous movie but NOT faithful to the book. After I watch it a few more dozen times I will I hope get over that like I did with Under the Tuscan Sun.
Margaret taking a nap before Book club. Do I have to go?!! Xoxoxox
Naomi 15×22″ 140 lb cold press fluid paper.
Busy painting – the GWS deadline is looming.
And going to movies. Little Women yesterday. Richard Jewell today. Enjoyed little Women but I always love them. One of my fav books as a kid.
Naomi earlier today. I wanted to brighten her hands. And get rid of drips which I did yesterday with a mr Clean eraser.
I lifted the hands with the Mr Clean too and masking tape to keep the other nearby colors crisp. I also did some negative painting with darks on her pants to brighten her hands. Added bits of yellow ochre or raw sienna.
I also worked on her hair. Adding dabs of darks Andrews turquoise and mineral violet to make her hair fuzzy.
Using Fealin Lins palette colors.
Margaret who needs to paint but can’t resist a bit of fun on New Years.
15×22″ coldpress fluid paper
Was having a terrible time drawing Ilaina this am so I turned the paper over and painted her without a drawing. This painting took about an hour.
Here she is after about 40 minutes sooo wet. The paper just rippled. Thank goodness I found a hair dryer under the bathroom sink so I could dry her.
She may get some tweaking or maybe not. Right now thinking her ear needs to be cleaned up with a Mr Clean. It should be similar in color to the rest of her face. and those silly little pieces of hair. I had to play with my Cheap Joes Scroogys loose goose just once.
Colors used alizarin cad orange cad red for skin tones. Alizarin shadows with cobalt mineral violet and Cheap Joes Andrew turquoise. Hair burnt sienna and ultramarine.
Fred’s mondigliani. Told him he should finish it.
Drews acrylic. I made her look younger. I think he made her look older. He’s using a new brand of acrylic paint. Old Williamsburg. Their oil is suppose to be THE best oil.
Only two more people came. Did get photos of theirs.
Margaret McCarthy Hunt Art 