Day 839 Progress!

October 25, 2016October 26, 2016Leave a comment

Today at 2:30. Have French class today so I left on time for once…maybe the first time ever.Its cropped a bit to small. BUT I and everyone else that I paint with like it alot.

Instructions from todays critique..DO NOT loose the sketchy lines as I paint AND to organize the chaos of the shadows…whatever that means…I guess it will be revealed!! I HOPE!

Last Wednesday afternoon at the end of painting session. I will be glad when Friday gets here and I am done with my diet journal…I think at least one of my followers will be too!!

The photo that I am working from in downtown Brevard last month.

TTYL

Margaret off to parlez vous français.

Day 775 – It’s Saturday

August 20, 2016June 25, 2019Leave a comment

And we had a busy hour and a half painting a very tired sleepy Emily. Her new puppy has been keeping her up at night. We had lots of advice for her. Mine is always get an adult rescue. Skip those puppy problems- whining pottying chewing shoe eating.
Cropping mine because I didn’t get a chance to finish her lower hand. MOnday I guess or maybe I will gesso over her.

As Drew said today we should do the face the hands and then paint the rest because we run out of time. An hour and a half is not long to paint a 24×30″ painting.

I think that everyone really did a great job today. Must have been those dunkin donuts and chocolate chip cookies we had for snacks.
Thanks for checking bMargaret xxxx

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Day 757 Saturday

July 30, 2016August 1, 20163 Comments

Already again.

Always amazes me the variety and quality of the work done in only an hour and a half of painting.

Ilania acrylic

24×30 Really like the way she turned out. Tried to include her hands. Sometimes I think the acrylic is like trying to paint with butter cream. Detail is not easy.

Also love the way her face turned out. I used very few brush strokes but the ones I used worked.

Ruth Pearls Inktense and charcoal. Lovely job. You can follow her at Britpeach on Instagram if she’s public now.

Drew Murphey Acrylic 24×30 Gorgeous job!

Conte Crayon. Awesome Job. I wish I knew his name. He does lovely work. And the circles he adds are an interesting touch.

CA s oil. I teased him he had made her monumental like a thirties WPA painter.

Cathe Dennis a dreamy oil. Her paintings are so soft and ethereal.

Fred Bs out there acrylic. We joked he let out her Bete Noir.

Tom Needhams acrylic. This is an underpainting. He ran out of time before he got a chance to add the flesh tone. It is almost done.

Rachel Millers lovely pencil sketch.

Thanks for reading

Margaret xxx

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Day 756 Dr Sketchys ii

July 29, 2016August 1, 2016Leave a comment

Probably my favorite. Caran d’ache neocolor ii 5 minute sketch

My second fav. Her face was too small to do a good job with the blunt crayons.

Twenty minutes?! At least I got the legs right but maybe I should work on her disappearing hand.

Another Marion the Librarian tombow markers

And this is the ugly. Her eyes are way off. It was late and we left right after this so I am using that as an excuse!!

Thanks for reading.

Margaret xxx

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Day 754 – Dr Sketchys tonite!!!

July 27, 2016July 27, 2016Leave a comment

A few random sketches from past Dr Sketchys!

Hurry you still have time to go. At Chat Noir downtown. 8th and Ellis. 7-10 pm

Cu there.

Costumes required Mermaid nite

Fawns

Double mermaids

She sells sea shells

FOzzie Bear

Tired Santa

Mobster and his moll

All sketches ink and tombow markers and a few with watercolor

Hurry you still have time to go. At Chat Noir downtown. 8th and Ellis. 7-10 pm. Cu there.

Day 747 a Bird

July 20, 201610 Comments

Probably my favorite bird at Parrot Mountain. I am a sucker for blues and this hyacinth parrot was just a beautiful deep blue. He’s the endangered bird in the movie Rio.

And yes his eyes and beak are a bright yellow.

Painted with Ted Nuttalls transparent colors. Wet on wet and splatters after he dried.

Another sock done. I did this one in 24 hours and I exercised and cooked dinner too. Fasted sock ever. Crystal Palace mini Moochie yarn.

Thanks for reading n

Margaret xxx

Day 743 – Wild Plum Tea Room

July 15, 2016July 16, 2016Leave a comment

One of my favorite places to eat in Gatlinburg. delicious food. An amazing flourless chocolate torte. I do wish I had gone back and tried the alcoholic root beer float with their homemade vanilla ice cream especially now that I am back on Lo carb! 😏

We usually eat outside but since it was raining the deck with its umbrella covered tables was closed off.

It’s in a charming old cabin on the Artist Loop almost all the way to BuckHorn Inn the other best food in Gatlinburg. Both are pricey.

The Plum Tea Room is only open from 11-3 but I hear they do awesome take ours.

Paint is Ted Nuttalls transparent colors.

Since my phone is dying that’s it for today.

Thanks for checking by. Have a great weekend and stay out of the heat.

Margaret xxx

Day 740 – painting started

July 12, 2016Leave a comment

And a redo

Bear Country in Pigeon Forge.

I was sitting at the gas station and looked up to see this. Such great colors and people. You know I had to draw it.
Ivy Rose Wedding Chapel on the E Parkway Gatlinburg TN

A bit of a redo. Darkened it a lot. Gave more contrast to the white chapel. I really need to practice painting greenery. I do think it looks better than it did.

Here it is before.

But no more double page spreads in the Prius. What was I thinking.

Finally found the three foot plus strip that I drew near the Newfound Gap Overlook but this is looking toward Tennessee. The Gap is at the NC/TN state line.

Looking toward NC.

Here’s a closeup of the strip. I am going to practice painting more trees and mountains before I paint this.

Painted with Ted Nuttalls transparent pallette.

Thanks for reading.

Margaret xxx

Day 739!! Sunday

July 10, 2016Leave a comment

Mike High Overlook – Balsam point Great Smoky National Park.

And it’s my grandsons fourth birthday so still busy busy busy. Off to Walmart to buy a pool to hide dinosaur bones in. We are digging for bones this afternoon. And a bouncy house. Who needs presents??!

Oconaluftee Farm – Great Smoky National Park. If you haven’t been to the park you should. It’s truly a national treasure. So much to do and see and it’s all free.

All of these sketches were done on Strathmore 500 watercolor paper or in a Strathmore mixed media 500 sketchbook.

Most were done with a fine nib Carbon Platinum Pen with permanent Carbon Platinum ink. When I get home I will paint them and hopefully bind them into a book.

Barred Rock chickens at Oconaluftee Farmstead.

More Barred Rocks. Adding some elk prints to this one. They are everywhere at the farm eating the crops just like the deer.

Oconaluftee River with a gain sycamore. A few lines was enough. I can always add more when I am done.

Hopefully it will look like this when I get done.

Huge hemlocks at Oconaluftee.

Day 737 A parakeet

July 8, 20162 Comments

And a parrot
Rosy ring necked parakeet

Parrot that needs more work I think.

Hmm well you shouldn’t paint at midnite. What else can I say!? He should be more of an emerald green but that’s easy to fix.just another coat of darker green.