Actually Laguna Beach. Crystal Cove I think. 1/4 sheet Fabriano rough press. If this were key west there would be a chicken or two and maybe a bicycler.Paint along with Vladislav Yesileyev.
Wishing I were walking out these gates to the beach. Reminds me so much of Key West. This Covid needs to go away so we can GO again. I know first world problems. I have to stay home and paint instead of going and painting.
The photo
The value sketch
The drawing.
The first wash. Wild ride getting this done.
Second was. Love the background trees.
Lots of negative painting. That means painting around the shapes to make them pop.
Still needs something. I know. MORE darks and lots of them.
Here it is again done.
Nite nite. Off to bed. Painted til 7 walked two miles. Did the power plate a half an hour. Zzzzzz
another paint along with Vlad tomorrow. Off to Barcelona.
Margaret Xoxoxo
Twins My fav pic of the jays. There are up to four at a time on the porch.
Today was the day. You know when u like to draw birds any bird will do. 
Vultures aka Buzzards hold still longer as they either eat or HOPE to get a turn at dinner.
I do intend to draw this blue jay but wanted to do that in my new sketchbook not last page in the old one. Another 90 plus pages done. Didn’t want to stick this blue boy on the last one. I do think jays are so pretty. I have been hand feeding them all week. They won’t go to the feeder. Instead they eat off the porch rails. Three of them show up every day to check the offerings. 
One sliced and in the freezer the other on its way as soon as it’s cool. Shouldn’t be making white bread but it’s sooo good. My grandson Henry asked me to mail him some. I would if it would get there fresh but it won’t.
You can catch a class with her next weekend July 18 with Sketchbookskool.com/workshops
I used gel pens because I had bought some a while back from amazon to use for Vlads class.
The prince is done with Pentel gel pens primarily orange white navy and a fav of purple and gold plus a fine sepia Pitt pen and a red Academy pilot pen. No red gel pen. Done in my Stillman and Birn Alpha. One more page!!! Wooohooo. New one waiting.
And a quote from Reese Witherspoon. This white amaryllis has been blooming steadily for SIXTY days one stalk at a time. Thought I should commemorate its swan song. It has consistently shown up to do the work of blooming. Third year it has come back to bloom.
Draw something nearby with Morgan. Been meaning to draw my grandmothers opera glasses which are quite cool. I take them to art classes to see what the teachers doing better. I also watch the birds with them. They are really quite good binoculars. Brass and mother of pearl with a cool lorgnette that I hope is bake lite plastic NOT ivory.
Margaret McCarthy Hunt Art 