Not sure it’s done. Maybe I will like it better in the morning?!
vlads photo.Paint along with Vladislav Yesileyev.
the value sketch
First wash Always a tense moment. 
Adding more shadows and what about that old Buick?! My dad had a thing for Buicks. 
Well that was fast. Almost done.
Making progress but that grill is ginormous.
Done for today but think I will add a bit of white gouache to the figures to set them off aka light on the shoulders and head.
Margaret who once again is Tahred. Xoxoxo
Put your cup of art supplies lower so you have an aerial perspective. I put mine on the floor. Then we did a continual line drawing. Not easy to do all those art tools with one line. Eek. But I tried. Used a Micro uniball.
I tried to take a better pic of this one. Odd how it turns up two tone. It’s not.
Margaret who really should draw but might not. Xoxoxo
That many days?!!ðŸ˜
Yesterday I planted a bunch of tomatoes and herbs on the back deck. I also pulled up a few baby oak trees in the process. Somehow this one missed the trash can. Koosje said draw something near you with a ballpoint pen. It was nearby on the floor. Only one problem my paper did not like the only ballpoint I had so I want over it with my Lamy vista upside down. The point gave a crowquill pen like effect. Interesting. Then I decided to add some quin gold watercolor to the page.
TodY boss lady Koosje said paint first then draw over it with ink. Something in the house. A plant. Well only have two plants. Here’s one of them a Christmas Cactus that blooms off season. I don’t know what happened to the two blooms. I painted them but didn’t draw them. Hmm kinda fun though.
And this is the sketch I did while I binge watched Balthazar on Acorn. It was awful and NO you can’t see it.
Margaret trying to save some Balthazar for the big weekend. Might go to the grocery store en mask. What a crazy world we live in now. Hugs. Xoxoxoxo
Always enjoy drawing mugshots with Danny at today’s sbsdrawingparty.
Here’s the culprit. Namiki Fude. Love the way it turned out.
Urban sketching at the post office in Evans when I went to drop off mail in the outside box.
A cute Boston Bull who patiently waited with her dad while we all did a curbside pick up with Augusta locally grown.
Darn this is the shoe that kicked my beloved flip flop Out. I forgot to chronicle it. Guess I better fix that. Traveling shoe part 2
Margaret xoxoxo
Drawing sheep with Danny Gregory on a video during #sbsdrawingparty at noon on YouTube. Always like drawing animals. Then I got the bright idea to “paint” them with one of my soupy teabags. Namiki Fude pen
6. Draw your keys. No idea what these keys are for so afraid to toss. And 7. draw with your non dominant hand which did not turn out too badly. I did use a pigma pen so I wouldn’t smear the ink.
10. Draw your keys from memory. And 11. Draw a pile of clutter. Time to clean up or maybe I can make the pile teeter if I add more.
22/23. What I ate yesterday. U didn’t see all those snickerdoodles.
48/49. What I bought last week. Really just groceries and some things from Amazon. Did I say the birds were hungry?!!
16/17. Draw blobby doodles and turn them into something. Hmm. I do like the last page. First one not so much.
Only 24 pages left to draw in Koosjes Killer Sketchbook Filler book. 😱😱 It’s a small book so maybe I can get it done soon. 
A Fabriano Venezia Journal. Love the red hard cad cover based on bricks at San Marcos in Venice. Fabriano has been making paper in Italy since the 1200s.
Margaret ready for a nap. Wait I already did that. Hmm xoxoxox
Did a paint along with Vlad Yesilesev today. He will be doing some more. Think it’s a great format that lets what he says sink in. And you get a copy of the class to download. Some dummy didn’t get that 911. They expire after a couple of days. OPPPSEY. I Will do it this time. 
Using a 2B mechanical pencil we all do a value sketch under his tutelage. Lots of squinting.
Light washes of yellow ochre cobalt and dioxzine and alizarin.
First wash. Oopsey. Always leave holidays and then duh go back and repaint. That does NOT work on damp watercolor. You get blooms.
And opps forgot to take more photos duh. Next time.
Hugs Margaret. Xoxoxoxo
A fun live class today. And oh my were we busy. We drew 16 pages but have ideas for 34 more pages all neatly enumerated in our journals.
The title page. Just a small 4×6″ Venezia Fabriano 90# paper journal. Had it for years and never used it. It’s day has come.
Two Blind Contour Selfies done with 2 Crayola crayons. NO mirror. Put your finger on your nose and trace your face with the finger as u draw it. WHAT?! Not so bad considering and quite interesting to try.
P. 4 Draw the contents of your purse. A veritable jumble but also fun. So much stuff I missed drawing my sunglasses in the pile-all THREE pairs!! 😳 Namiki Fude. Really having fun with that pen.
Draw a musician. Micron uniball. Wish I had used my Namiki Fude. Cal Scott is quite the guitar player. Excellent job!!
We had two more opportunities to draw Cal and listen to him. Did NOT like my brush tip pit pen. I think I will toss it. The tip is all splayed and chewed. Wonder how that happened.
Last time drawing Cal with the Namiki Fude. Like the lines MUCH better.
Draw your shoe four times- each time faster. Five minutes to start. Last time 15 seconds. What?!
Added the story of my poor lost Chaco flip flop which I actually found in a parking lot over in Columbia FIVE DAYS LATER. Still wearing them. Fav want weather shoes.
Draw a double spread of various things around the house. Fun. Lamy Safari!!
Drawing Meditation. Focus on the wrinkles in your hand. Micro Uniball
Sixteen pages in TWO hours. Only 34 more pages to finish. What?!!
I decided to add the background colors.
Margaret whose Tahred. Xoxoxo
The Days drawijngs. Draw your weekend plans. Not much planned but cooking and art. Still getting over my bronchitis. Blue uniball pen and watercolor pencils. 
I stumbled across Morgan from Sketchbookskool drawing love today. Memories of home.
Soooo of course I had to draw the huge red Maple in my front yard. The beaver ate the one thatwould have been on the right side of the house. The maple Is three stories tall!!
Namiki fude pen lent itself well to this drawing. 
Title page of my first journal book filled in a record three weeks. The skeletons came from Juliana Coles when I bought my pirate cat painting frim her. Love the skeleton. 
And me playing at drawing myself as an Egon Schiele sketch. Alwaus loved his ink drawings. Namiki Fude again.
Margaret ready for bed. Busy day again tomorrow. Xoxoxo
Just get so busy?! Maybe the double shot of Espresso this am?!
Lifted the area taped on this drawing with a damp sea sponge. Still have to repaint it. 
Here it is now. It was the same color as the bottom part and I didn’t mess up the light. Thank goodness.
Thought you might like to see the only way I know how to load a palette without skipping colors. Getting ready for Vlads Tuesday paint along.
Here it is loaded and ready to go. This palette worked well with his technique. It will seal and keep the paint wet. It’s either an Alvin or Miele.
So here’s The Green Door (Fabriano rough press 140# paper) painted today when we spent the afternoon in Prague. I am quite pleased with it. My friend Ruth said NOT to touch it. Hmm. She usually knows. But maybe those red flowers need a little brightening?!! Just a tad.
Paint along with Vladislav Yesileyev
Vlads photo. Kinda wish my flowers showed more but oh well. 
My value sketch. 
Off to the races with Vlad.
Greens done. Cad yellow cobalt teal and cobalt. Oh a bit of ultramarine.
adding windows
Getting heavy handed but painting as fast as I can to keep up.
Flowers Done.
adding dark calligraphic lines.
Done.
This is Vlad yeliseyevs. Still way better than mine but I am getting better. Three hours of painting as fast as I could and I can paint fast. Pant pant. We did get breaks today. Hurrah. Tough task master but learning a lot. He explains everything from the colors to use to how to do it as he paints. Oh and he has to handle the video production too. A man of many talents.
Take his class!! You will be glad you did.
Margaret who needs to call her mom. Xoxoxox
Well just a ride to Walmart and back for a drive by pickup. People all over the place. Old people with NO masks buying “essentials” like ferns and palm trees(the houseplant kind!!)😵😵😂
Another sketch of my corner. No idea how I twisted the table like that but oh well. And the red chair is a bit off but the red in the drawing is fun. Maybe a bother go round tomorrow.
Another day of messy pens. Found my twisbee in the pen drawer. I thought hmm not used that in awhile. It leaked everywhere necessitating a ledger patch. It seemed to travel around the page. Sigh.
I “fixed this sketch. Used an old ledger from dads business years ago to cover up the smeared ink.
Margaret who needs to call her mom so ttyl. Xoxoxo
Margaret McCarthy Hunt Art 