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
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
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
Is what you get when you paint over a nonpermanent ink pen. I forgot I went over the letters with a pilot varsity pen which is NOT apermanent. 😫😫😫
I do have plans to fix this so stay tuned. Sometimes they don’t get done in one day.
Zoe actually held her pose for me because she was giving me the jrt stare which means she wants something. And I wasn’t giving it to her aka outside Now. She really wanted to go out and bark at her nemesis two very tall Pointers the neighbor dogs.
I thought coloring the background red was a good idea. It was too pale so I had to keep coloring it and then I added orange which helped.
But these do look better colored. ESP like the jrt head colored orange too.
Margaret ready to watch some comedy on tv to be happy. Xoxoxo
Eat a large chocolate bar. It will keep you up most of the night. But oh was it good.
I took another photo of The Farm using my Ott light to light it up. Much more accurate photo. Can’t wait til Saturday for the next class.
Drawing with Koosje. A corner of the living room really my den.
Lamy Stillman and Birn Alpha.
We drew masks with Danny at noon. Now we have to pick one out and make a paper bag mask. 
I had to write down what I thought they were saying. That was fun. Can you find the Covid monster?! Lamy Safari Stillman and Birn Alpha. Only five spreads left but I got a new one from Amazon. Hurrah.
Sweet Ilaina. Missing my painting peeps.
Digging around for my 140 # rough press Fabriano I found this. Always liked it. Still have the photo to finish it. Full sheet on Waterman cold press I think.
Got some decent pics of the Downy that hit the window this am. So pretty.
Not sure what he is but cute. A sparrow?! Where’s the bird book?!
Loves this female cardinal on the thistle feeder. Adoreable.
Distancing in SC
Margaret ready for bed despite my excellent afternoon nap while watching Mary Berry at Highclere Castle on YouTube. Zzzz
Xoxoxox😘
Margaret xoxoxo
15×22″ rough press 300 lb Fabriano
Painted this today in an online class with Vlad Yesilesev. Vlad is Russian from Moscow and has the most fabulous accent. The man is so knowledgeable with an MFA in art. Paints as fast as lightning. He taught everything from how to do a value sketch then draw it to the actual painting of it. Can’t wait for Saturday.
Will take another on Saturday. A lot of fun once the people in class figured out how to work zoom. Quite reasonable at $19. I was going to take his class at Olmsted Pleine Air in Atlanta next week but that’s not happening. This is far cheaper. Course no individual attention because he can’t see us painting but heck who cares. 
We did a value sketch and painted from it not the photo.
The photo
First wash. I think mine was a little dark.
Trees coming along. ALOT of dry brushing.
Grass added. And the shadow in the road.
Oh my buildings painted. He just whizzes along. Next time doing a quarter sheet- that’s 10×15″.
His painting. Sooo much better than mine.
Getting done. Has too much fun painting the tree with my Vlad saber brush. Way too much. Should have stopped earlier.
Then I blurred it out and thought why not add some spring green leaves popping out. U do it with one of the Escoda perlas held sideways. There was a lot of dry brushing in this painting. Most of it. Lol.
Next time I will have the drawing down a head of time and I will find my 140 # rough Fabriano. Hmm maybe order some 90# rough which is what Vlad uses for these demos.
And I drew Zoe earlier during sbsdrawingparty with Danny on YouTube at noon. It was draw something from nature after a chat with Tommy Kane- a fascinating man. Zoe’s neck is too long because she got annoyed, turned her back on me, and went to sleep.
Lamy Safari Stillman and Birn Alpha.
I need to paint the background but Vlad wore me out. Three hours of painting as fast as I could.
Oh and I cooked dinner. Japanese’s sweet potato sushi salad with sticky rice and nori.
Margaret ready for bed. Xoxoxoxo
Left one is prismacolor pencils. Did him because I really didn’t like the Lamy Safari version on right. Same guy!!🤔🤔🤔😵
Here he is. An Aussie mug shot. 
So I played with the one on right some more. Now I actually him better and think he looks more like the original. Maybe I will work on Mr Leftie some more.
Last nite was crazy. 60 mph winds whipping for hours. 40 tornadoes reported in Ga and more on SC. None hit here as far as I know hit that wind kept me up howling all nite. About five I could hear the big oak near my bedroom CREAK!! I have never heard it do that in the 20 yr I have lived here. Scared me so I went downstairs and slept on the sofa at the other end of the house. Woke up about nine. NO power. 
So Zoe and I sat in the back porch enjoying the gorgeous morning. I have finally gotten rid of most of the pollen.
Power back so it was time to draw with Danny.
Since I couldn’t draw with Koosje I did it later today. Some old half dead flowers that I need to pitch.
Glad this crazy day is done. A beautiful soft sunset.
I am up early in the morning for the grocery store. Margaret who is tired.
These are always fun to do but the squares got really wonky on me today. I decided I would only draw things I could see on the coffee table. Yes it’s quite the mess. But I do like these little snap shots.
Started writing down recipes. 
Still have two more to do but got sidetracked talking to mom for TWO hours. She said her arm got tired. Both arms. Well she is 94!! 🤔🤔
Did I post this yesterday?! It’s time people it’s time. Hmm oh wait it’s always time right now isn’t it?!
Margaret Xoxoxox
Amazing how busy you can stay doing nothing important. I got up before 8 to draw with Koosje on Instagram but couldn’t find her soooo I drew this:
The corner of the den and out the den window.
Then who popped up on my phone Koosje sooo I drew this.
Part of the shelf in the den. Kinda fun and lots easier than the first one.
So I was ready for Danny at noon in between a little cleaning sheet washing dog chasing cat feeding and you know important things. NOT. He wasn’t on til 1. What?! Then I found Mary Berry she of the British Baking Show fame. Who knew she’s been well known in England for years and years. So I watched one while waiting for Danny. She’s so charming. So utterly British.
And darned if we weren’t drawing a plant with Danny. Too lazy to find a new plant I drew the white amaryllis again. Hohum is the way I feel about this version.
What next?! Watched Mary Berry while waiting for sheets to dry and walked. A lot. In front of the tv. 
And I thought this recipe sounded tasty. I do love a good Eggs Benedict. So of course I wrote it down and illustrated it.
Out my window this evening. Sun came out. Oh yeah. Meant I had to fill the pool since there we got zero of the predicted rain.
Margaret about ready for bed. Zero face masks made. Maybe tomorrow?! Xoxoxox
Madly drawing today and doing a few must does. Sketchbookskool live drawing party. I drew at 8 am on Instagram and then noon on YouTube. Lamy Safari which makes a thick rich line a Lamy Vista which makes a thinner scratchy line. Noodlers eelskin Ink. Watercolor pencils. Stillman and Birn Alpha which is almost half full already. What?! Record time. 
Then I made several face masks. I may have that figured out finally. Only 60 left to make. Eeekk. 
I took a friends pattern and adapted her back to my front leaving an opening to so the filter could be removed when the mask is washed. 
And it also let me add a slot on each side to feed the T-shirt yarn ties thru. 
Here’s this afternoons sewing. Eight done. Hurrah.
Dawn in the river.
Love the early am light on my porch chandelier.
Margaret tucked up in bed but I didn’t forget to post. Yeah. Xoxox Please stay home and stay safe!!
Margaret McCarthy Hunt Art 