While I was out running a few errands yesterday. 
Love this old red pickup. If it had power steering I would buy one I think. Big enough to carry everything you need! It sits outside a vintage store near me. I drove by it all the time and admire it.
The sketch. Lamy Ef I think.
Caran d’ache neocolor ii stillman and birn
Margaret ready for bed. Xoxoxo
Drawing vehicles with Danny Gregory today on YouTube. Every Thursday at noon if you remember. I forgot last week.
Lamy Ef Namiki Fude Noodlers Eelskin Black Ink stillman and birn sketchbook. White pentel gel pen Caran Dache Neocolor ii and watercolor
Oddly the paper seems to loose its finish once you wet the paper so the ink acts differently.
Margaret Xoxoxox who is still no more than half done with her scarf though it’s over three feet. Ps would someone please cook me some dinner. Low salt please. Xoxoxox
Til I finish this sketchbook. Got another waiting!! 
Koosje was drawing trees on draw too Tuesday but pouring rain here so NOPE not happening. 
However this wandered in the house attached to a very wet Amazon delivery. So I tossed it on the floor for a birds eye view and got out my new box of 12 carat d’ache neocolor ii watercolor crayons, always fun to draw with. 
Here it is before I wet them and embellished them. 
Then I wet this one down and worked on the glass I bit. Better?? Maybe.
Margaret ready for bed. Xoxoxox
Loosing my mind entering but 
Gypsy arrived at the National Transparent Watercolor Show this week. Still can’t believe she got in. 
Summertime got in the South Carolina Watermedia Show and thanks to my friend Colettes reminder I entered it in the National Watercolor Show. Cross all your fingers and toes it gets in and that Gypsy wins a big juicy prize.
Makes me wish I had finished this one today. Pepe’s the oldest eating establishment in Key West but sinuses were feeling stuffed up so nursed them and binges some tv shows today. Already working on a headache is not conducive to painting under stress especially palm trees which are always tough.
Edie on Amazon. LOVED it. Now watching Silent Witness. Only 18 episodes to go on Brit Box. 🤗
Also watched Inferno on AMC about some nuts releasing a pandemic to thin the earths population with Tom Hanks riding into the rescue. The Dan Brown spin offs always are wonderful for watching major art hot spots in Europe vicariously like Florence in Inferno.
Margaret is still feeling a little stuffed up. Xoxoxox
Might be my favorite to date. Coming off the watercolor board soon.Paint along with Vladislav Yesileyev. 
The photo. A wet day in Havana.
My sketch on 300 lb rough Fabriano
First wash with very watery yellow ochre alizarin crimson cobalt blue and a dab of cobalt teal.
Trying to fix my street. Was too choppy. Aka wipe it out with tape and a sea sponge.
And done. I added a bit more yellow ochre and cad yellow on the sidewalk and lower edge of the building because it is so yellow.
At some point I decided I hated my painting so I had lots of fun playing with my Loosey goosey dagger brush from Cheap Joes. Love that brush. It makes all those thin thin lines.
Ps sign up for a paint along with Vlad Yesilesev.
Margaret ready to find some lunch or is it dinner time. Xoxoxo.
Yesterday. LOTS of Problems. First was a headache. Painting with a headache is not ideal. Glad it’s gone.Paint along with Vladislav Yesileyev.
The value sketch. Wow that was tough all by itself. Looks like a bunch of jumble to me. And I was bad about not following it. Soo much to think about, do and learn during one of the paint along with Vlad Yesilesev. I will say he does a wonderful job. Patient Sharing kind. Endlessly answering the same questions with graciousness and interest and much patience from his students.
What more can you want in a teacher?!
The photo
The sketch. I got lost in the roof tops. So many jammed together. Didn’t even draw half the chimneys. Oops
First wash. You watch him paint and follow behind him. 
Moving along second wash.
Rest of the second wash. Going to the dark side. Eek
Third later begun. Adding details. I should have stopped here. Too bad I didn’t.
maybe it was the headache that made me not like it?! Really not so bad is it?!
A better picture taken with my ipad. Odd it takes better photos than my much newer iPhone.
Heading to Spain to Palafuegel with Vlad Yesilesev. Still time to sign up. Might be the best $19 you will have ever spent.
Another paint along tomorrow. Highly recommend. Always fascinating. Tough but satisfying.
Storms rolling thru today. Lots of rain thank goodness. We need it.
Really love this one late this afternoon. Most recent one had a lot of thunder and lightening. Amazing to watch the bolts shoot out of the skies and a little scary especially when there are multiple strikes at the same time.
Margaret worn out from not a lot. Long walk with Zoe and clean up from TWO leaking sinks aka washing and tossing.
Xoxoxo
To an onion you know you have been alone too long. Told it I had drawn a really great picture of it before I copped it up for ratatouille. I even cried. Onions always make me cry when I cut them up. 🤣
Told you it needed paint.
Margaret watching As Time Goes By for the jillionth Time waiting for the bread to finish rising.
I drew this while I watched his speech. I find the man so soothing. He explains so well and reassured the public. You really should watch him if you are in a panic.
Filling in the journal page.
Tweaking
He really is quite yellow or olive as to be expected of a man of Mediterranean descent.
Inktense and derwent wc pencils. Stillman and birn Alpha
The beginning.
Augusta now mostly on lock down no bars no restaurants no salons. Just essential services.
Margaret baking cookies next up bread. Xoxoxo #staysafe #cuomoforpresident
Watercolor and inktense pencil after I wet it.
Wet day. A good day to binge steaming tv and knit. Have I NO. I decided it would be a good day to go shopping. Isn’t that when you like to shop?!🤣. I did beat the monsoon home but the humidity was 81% til the rain. We were dripping.
Been reading a fun book called Living Out Loud today by Kari Smith and decided to do some journal pages aka make a record of all my sock knitting mania in January and continuing in February before my hand falls off from the knitting nuttiness.
Watercolor and inktense pencil. This one was before I wet the pencil. It gets much more intense when you wet it. I used a spray bottle on this one just to see what happened. Worked well except turquoise which tried to run.
Drawn with a S Pitt sepia pen and a Lamy Ef w brown Noodlers ink in it.
Margaret ready to knit abit. Xoxoxo
Best thing about congressional hearings is getting to draw the talking heads. My dear friend Ruth Pearl and I would LOVE to be court reporters of any needs us. Too much fun. Will share a couple of hers with you after I ask her. 
AND I finished this hahnemuhle journal. Now I can go back to stillman and birn. The hahnemuhle hated the tombow markers. When I tried to brush them out the paper peeled. WHAT?!!
And the spine is totally broken and falling apart. Last time that happened was when I first used Stillman and Birn. They sent me a stack of four to replace that one book. WHAT was I thinking changing even if it was to try out a nice non plastic covered journal. Sigh.
Page 1&2
Tombows. Always fun not as messy as watercolors BUT I think I will paint the other two pages I drew today. 11 heads all together.
Have to say he’s DIFFICULT to draw. Not sure why.
One tip. You can draw these guys in 5-10 min. If u start where he’s looking right and don’t finish wait. Sooner or later he will resume the same position and you can finish. Try it – it’s a lot of fun. That’s how I did the big one. Every time Schiff or Nunez questioned him I worked on the big one some more.
Page 3&4
Page three. Especially like the one on the bottom right.
Ink ones are my Lamy Ef a sweet writing pen with noodler brown ink.
Margaret who might have to listen to more news. Xoxoxox
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