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Day 113 Raul

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Day 113! Raul. Always love playing with hair. Really like the fluffy look of his which i got by painting it wet on wet into the background w ivory black paint.
The photo
The sketch
First washes. Ivory black not watered down into the wet background to soften the hair.
Rarely ever do the lips first but the hair was so wet couldn’t go near it for quite a while. Cobalt ultramarine and quin rose for lips.
A relatively easy paint. Burnt sienna in the shadows w dabs of ultramarine. Burnt umber eyes.
Beard and mustache spalled on with my chinese paint brush splayed to make hairs.
Done

For skin tones Quin rose, a lot of raw sienna, some burnt sienna and quin burnt orange plus ultramarine shadows.

Used my cheap joes scroogys loose goose brush on his hair for the curls.

Background cerulean w a dab of burnt sienna.

9×12” superaquabee sketchbook.

Thanks, Judith @jyportraitchallenge and Raul @raulmouracampos.

Stairway to heaven aka our front steps in the sunlight.

Margaret getting over her cold finally. Xoxoxo

Day 107! The Red Feather

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Don’t ask. Obviously i cant count. 🥴😵

Don’t forget tomorrow. Free every Thursday on zoom thru @pencils4tea on ig. Link on her bio. Just show up 1 pm est.

@pencils4tea last week

Day 107! The Red Feather. The fifth of the 7 I speed drew Friday and painted four of them including this one.

Really like him.

Quin rose, quin burnt sienna, ultramarine all the usual skin colors. Quin rose. Cerulean and andrews turquoise for that five o’clock shadows.

Ultramarine and ivory black for hair and hat. Yellow ochre and cerulean background. Cerulean, andrews turquoise, burnt sienna and ivory black for shirt. Lt cad red feather.

9×12” superaquabee sketchbook.

Thanks, Judith @jyportraitchallenge and @marzemog

Tonight out back.

Margaret ready to go to sleep. Zzzzzz.

Day 103! Carla the Cat Lady!

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Day 103! Carla the Cat Lady!

Day 103! Carla the Cat Lady! 1 of the 7 I speed drew Friday and painted four of them including this one.

Quin rose, quin burnt sienna, ultramarine all the usual skin colors. Quin rose. Cobalt shadows

The photo

Hair yellow ochre and cerulean w burnt sienna to make shadows.

Her cat is ivory black, burnt umber, and ultramarine paunted w my big Charles Reid da vinci 10 kolinsky sable round from Cityart.

The sketch

Andrews turquoise and yellow ochre background. Seems to be my fav background lately.

9×12” superaquabee sketchbook.

Almost done. Decided to add more contrast to the background.
Zooming on the foggy Savannah.

Thanks, Judith @jyportraitchallenge and carla @carla_s_kunst

Heading for home!!

Margaret xoxoxo

Day 102 & 105- Pete and Thea

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Day 102! Pete
The name is Peter Bond. In my head that was funny. Maybe not.

There are 4 more portraits done and all of the sketches for the other three.

Quin rose, quin burnt sienna, ultramarine all the usual skin colors. Quin rose. Cobalt shadows

Hair cerulean and andrews turquoise w burnt sienna to make greys.

Shirt cerulean and cobalt. Striped done w a splayed chinese brush.

Ultramarine and yellow ochre background with dabs of burnt sienna.

9×12” superaquabee sketchbook.
Thanks, Judith @jyportraitchallenge and Pete @peterlockhart
Pete
Thea Day 105! Thea. 1 of the 7 I speed drew Friday and painted four of them.

Quin rose, quin burnt sienna, ultramarine all the usual skin colors. Quin rose. Cobalt shadows

Hair cerulean and andrews turquoise w burnt sienna to make greys.

Her awesome top is ivory black, burnt umber, raw sienna, and ultramarine splatted on w an 8 kolinsky sable round.

Andrews turquoise and yellow ochre background with dabs of burnt sienna. Seems to be my fav background lately.

9×12” superaquabee sketchbook.

Thanks, Judith @jyportraitchallenge and Thea @theadebruin

Day 93! Zoey

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Day 93! Zoey A sweet selfie! Ready for a party!

Quin rose, quin burnt sienna, ultramarine all the usual skin colors. Quin rose. Cobalt shadows

Andrews turquoise and yellow ochre left background. Other side is cerulean and burnt sienna.

Burnt sienna and ultramarine for the dress. Makes a more vibrant brown than just burnt umber. Ivory black hair, cobalt shadows.

9×12” superaquabee sketchbook.

The sketch

Thanks, Judith @jyportraitchallenge and Zoey @zoeykriegmont

The photo.

Margaret tared again after painting four portraits today. #Knockingthemout! xoxoxo

Day 99 Dan

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Dan The actor
The photo
The sketch
First wash. Quin rose yellow ochre burnt sienna ultramarine all the usual skin colors. Quin rose. Cobalt shadows
Almost done. Cerulean and burnt sienna background. just the pesky plaid shirt to do.
Burnt sienna and ultramarine for the plaid. Makes a more vibrant brown than just burnt umber. Cobalt shadows.

Margaret off to Asheville for the night! xoxoxo

Day 101. Did I say I was stopping?!😵

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Day 101! This model has great panache. Love her glasses, the jaunty beret her tartan scarf.

Beret is burnt umber, ultramarine, with quin burnt, sienna and mineral violet.

The photo

Glasses are the same colors plus yellow ochre. The scarf well i think it was a crash and burn but finally settled on hookers green, ultramarine and some burnt umber. Cobalt in the blue green squares.

Cad red light and yellow ochre for the lips w a bit of cobalt. Yellow ochre cerulean and quin burnt sienna for the hair.

Great loose sketch took abt 20 min finally.

Coat is yellow ochre abs burnt sienna.

Door is cad red light and ultramarine w a wash of cerulean in the shadows.

Used masking fluid to save some whites.
Almost done. Lifted some whites.

9×12” superaquabee sketchbook.

Thanks! Judith @jyportraitchallenge and Jessika@adora_larte

Out back just now. Can u find the rainbow?!
The sky was really this color

Margaret xoxoxoxo

Day 100. Hurrah I made it!

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She looks glorious under my ott light. She just glows.

Day 100! I thought this would be an awful painting but I really like her alot.

In the future i will be choosing the ones i want to do. Only problem is that i would never have chosen this one. Too many stripes on her face.

First wash and sketch. Almost forgot to take pics.

All those stripey shadows. I started w her hair then a coat of very light skin color. Let it dry and added the stripes working my way down. She just glows in person.

Shadows mostly ultramarine w quin burnt sienna and quin rose. Some of the stripes on the left are made with cerulean and the quin burnt orange and quin rose combo.

Time to stripe the arms

Quin rose and quin burnt sienna for the lips w a bit of ultramarine. Yellow ochre cerulean and quin burnt sienna for the hair. Quin gold and quin pink w cobalt in the background.

Sky is cerulean. Sea cerulean and Andrews turquoise w yellow ochre. First a wash of the three. Then i added in streaks of pure color.

Her sundress is cerulean and Andrew’s turquoise w ultramarine and a bit of the quin sienna for shadows.

Done. I could have softened alot of edges but didn’t. Too many to do them.

Bushes ultramarine yellow ochre sap green terre vert.

9×12” superaquabee sketchbook.

Thanks! Judith @jyportraitchallenge and @likaanwo

Margaret who will not be putting her feet up. The minions are coming to swim. Ages 7-3. So cute but soooo busy. Xoxoxoxo

Day 97 Alice

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@Pencils4tea tomorrow on instagram 1 pm EST Live from Dundee Scotland on zoom last week. Fun zany poses with crazy hats or objects a frequent challenge on this zoom portrait hour.
Alice @alicesulsul Day 97. Three more to go. Trying to catch up. Eeekk. All about the curly hair and the drips.
The photo
The sketch
First layers.
Loving the drips. Burnt umber ultramarine and mineral violet for the hair w added dabs of cheap joes andrews turquoise. Quin gold and quin pink. Cerulean mineral violet and turquoise shadows. Clothes are the same colors plus holbein terre vert a Charles Reid favorite.
Layer 2. Shes showing up.
Coming into focus



9×12” superaquabee sketchbook which was driving me a little nuts. It waffles badly when it gets too many wet layers. Then it would run into the face. Eekk. What happens when u soak 90 lb paper. Oh well.

Thanks! Judith @jyportraitchallenge and Alice @alicesulsu

Getting there but hair a little boring. Time to add some andrews turquoise.

Found these fascinating British artists who draw and are using fabric. Great youtube videos. This one does portraits on fabric. Cant wait to watch it. As soon as I post i am.

Margaret xoxoxo

@Pencils4tea & paper drifts!

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Marcia! A lady with the boxing gloves you never know what people w pose w @pencils4tea which was zoomed live from Dundee, Scotland.

We had 17 poses in the hour. I am surprised I made it through. Was like chasing a lure for an hour. Never quite catching it but yes i will be there next week of i have time. A challenge is thrown. 👍🏻

My friend Ruth. You can follow her @Britpeach on ig one of my two favs.

General Hb charcoal pencil and watercolor in a 6×9 superaquabee. Its almost full. Either going to have to draw smaller OR buy a big stack of them. Lasting abt 2-3 weeks with their 60 pages because u cant paint on the back because of the charcoal. Maybe forced to. Hmm.

Any suggestions???! In the meantime roaring thru paper. Right now i like it in sketchbooks so we aren’t buried under paper drifts.

Hmm too bad I cant draw on a roll of toilet paper. Rofl.

Sleuthing Susanna. Love her big eyes. I took three screen shots of the less than two minute poses and finished later. All 3 were all less than two minutes to draw which left no time to paint. Had to go back later and paint this one, Ruth and Miss Marple aka Anna.
Anna Marple as one of the artists called her. Each person had a theme song from a tv show or a movie. Hers was Miss Marple, my fav Agatha Christie series.
Karen and a yellow rose accompanied by Henry Mancini’s Charade. Maybe she just oeft one of the flower vendors along the Seine?? One of my fav movies-Audrey Hepburn and Carey Grant. Her clothes and Paris! Perfection.
Silvia. 2:30 minutes to draw her. Slapping the paint on. Always gives it an immediacy.
Serena love her grey hair piercing blue eyes. The tilt of her head.
Audrey. Theme song Summer Place. Sweet face.
Ellas blue white and red perfect for her Inspector Clouseau theme song. all she needs is a beret.
Elke. What can i say. LOVED her pose.
Out of Africa. Did not catch her name. That purple vase was a trial. Turned out ok. At least i kept the white paper for highlights.
Barbara a sweet quiet pose
Joan❤️. Another quiet pose.
Michelle. You never know what her pose will be. Always something zany. Laurel leaves to go with the Gladiator music??
Lou not Katherine. A great drawing. But darn the wrong name. My friend Ruths high school friend who lives in London. Gone With the Wind theme song.
Our hostess Kirstin w Austin Powers.
A nice quiet pose for sketch number 17. Amelie theme.
My paints.

Time to go paint. Behind on the portrait challenge. Number 100 approaching. Xoxoxoxo Maggie aka Margaret