These two guys were just chatting away in Chinese or Korean. Could have been Japanese for all I know. Their conversation was very animated. The guy on the right actually noticed I was drawing. He was really sweet and asked me if I had finished before he left.
Strathmore 400 sketchbook Lamy Safari Ted Nuttalls transparent palette plus Daniel smiths piemonite.
Margaret who had a busy day xoxoxo
Snacking on goldfish when we went to Oakhurst park. This was a very quick sketch. Have you ever treed drawing a five year old who never stops?! But Henry loved the idea of me drawing him. He tried to hold still. That lasted about a second.
Stillman and Birn Alpha w Lamy Safari and Ted Nuttalls transparent palette
Tty Margaret xoxoxo
Our three old Jack Russells – Charlie the best jack russell ever til Zoe, Jazz Manic feature and Susie super mom.
A few more oldies from The box. 
Charlie
Blind contours. Something I haven't done for a while. You are suppose to keep your pen always on the page while looking only at whatever you are drawing.
Of course I had to color some of them. Jazz had big funny feet even though she was a tiny dog.
The jack Russell state. As in when are u going to play ball with me?
jazz 
Jazz
Jazz
all of these are blind contours of Jazz. 
They are just delightfully wonky sketches done in a minute or two.
Hmm well she did have very short legs and a really long body. Maybe she was a daschund disguised as a jack ,,.
Ttyl tomorrow's Saturday. You know what that means.
Hugs Margaret xoxoxo
Last page in this sketchbook. Hurrah. So I decided to draw another page of Zoe. 
Zoe is always up for a modeling job. She's cheap. She works for treats! She is NOT good at holding a pose. Her ears are always listening. Rotating line radar to see what you are doing. 
I really like the way this head turned out. Both the sketch and the watercolor. 
This is my second favorite head. I was drawing fast.
I still had not filled up my pens and reached into my purse to see what I had. Pulled out a 6B Charcoal pencil and drew with it.
After I painted her I set the charcoal with fixative. So far it seems to not be smearing. Cross your fingers.
Strathmore 400 sketchbook. Colors used. Quin burnt sienna cerulean cobalt Andrews Turquoise.
Ttyl Margaret xoxoxox
My sweet flabrador Honey. She's fat as a butterball. She's very fond of food especially bread and cookies. Pumpkin pie. NEVER Leave any on the counter if you want to eat it later.
Yesterday drawing at Starbucks all my pens were empty. Huh. Four of them. So I drew with pencil. Today yet to fill them tried a 6B charcoal a la Alex Powers. It loved this Stillman and Birn Alpha. Unlike the pencil it does not repel watercolor.
There's actually a screwed up pen sketch hidden on the left of my grandson.
Labs are hard to paint. The highlights are almost blue. I slapped combos of mixed burnt umber and ultramarine in the dark areas and bled out the edges w clean water for the highlights. Shadows are cerulean and Quin burnt sienna.
Ttyl Margaret who had another busy day xoxoxo
My kids pit bull Briard mix Lucy Dog. Just the sweetest dog but a pain to paint. She’s a tawny brindle. So how do you paint that.
I think I tried every color I have I. The. Brown range burnt umber, Quin Sienna and Quin gold and piemonite. None worked well. Too dark to red too gold. All worked for small areas. I finally used quin Sienna w a bit of burnt umber. Ultramarine for the darks with the burnt umber.
Cerulean for greys mixed with Quin Sienna and Andrews turquoise with some Quin Sienna for the throw.
Mr Clean erasers were my friend to lift highlights lost.
The sketch done with a 6B pencil.
Ttyl. Thanks for stopping by. Margaret xoxoxo
Today is my son Bens birthday. I have drawn him quite a bit and his dogs even more. And of course his adopted hometown Atlanta.
Hanging out at Little Five Points. 
Going to Weddings! 
Binge watching Netflix!
Waiting for breakfast. 
Video game player. 
The Broken Arm
LIvie his Pitt bull 
And Bear the stray that showed up on his porch. 
Bear
LIvie
Bear
Ttyl Party time.
Margaret xoxoxox
I took a great photo of my friend Raisins white English retriever Lucy lounging around on the window seat.
This is a small practice painting for bigger painting. Note to self LOOSE THOSE EDGES! It’s very hard to do a loose painting when it’s so small.
It all starts with a great photo of a gorgeous dog.
Click the link for a short video on how to draw your own dog.
Think I will draw Zoe. It’s been a while and she’s curled up ready to be drawn.
Colors used Winsor yellow, ds carmine, cobalt violet, mineral violet, oxide of chromium, viridian?, cerulean, ultramarine blue, burnt sienna, cad orange, cad red light or scarlet lake.
Ttyl Margaret who had to get walking again. Been on vacay TOO along now. Xoxox
This is what yesterday’s page should have looked like.
Part one of The assignment was A creepy forest above the horizon. A graveyard and Frankensteins bride.
First up was to take only five minutes to cut out ten animals and people to assemble into Frankensteins bride. The hands are Jacques Pepin. The gravestones and wings are more of the altered citrasolv National Geographic.
Then the forest then a letter then a graveyard and then reconcile it.
Lilly as I call her was a lot of fun. Her head used to be a really cute little toddler I cut from an ad. Not anymore.
I dressed her for her wedding day with Frankie. She’s excited of course. I added some gold gewgaws to her. She still might need a purple plastic purse.
The tombstones are not quite as journalie as they should have been. Milestones in my life. Instead I wrote ancestors names. Seemed a little creepy to do my life’s milestones.
Bottom layer is a letter to a dead person. I chose Abraham Lincoln. We could use his wisdom right now.
Thinking of adding some large letters. Frankie and Lilly were sweethearts!!
Masking tape, black acrylic paint, white gel pen, Prismacolor art sticks, caran dache neocolor ii and Lamy EF.
Ttyl Margaret xoxox off to start her haunted doll house. Lilly needs a home.
This is the list I have brainstormed for my house so far.
Door flaps
Birds behind it.
Victoria or Queen Anne spiral staircase
Tower Jacobean?!
Bridal room for Lilly
Doll house. Whole cover comes off.
Widows walk w telescope
Flag skeleton
Open in middle of page
Gothic throne chair w wigs and a hood
Attic room w bed.
Arched gate
Window wall
Hotel de ville.
The show is hung and it looks awesome.Can’t wait for you all to see it. 
Join us tonite at the 600 Building on Broad Street in Augusta 6-8 pm. The reception is today but the show will be up all month and the gallery will be open from 10-4.
Where else will you see TWO stories of art in Augusta?!
The building was designed by IM Pei and is very retro late 70s.
The old Chamber of Commerce building is now the Greater Augusta Arts Council Gallery.
See ya tomorrow nite. Oh did I say we have wine too!! 🤗👍🏻
Time to Get ready! Xoxoxo
Margaret McCarthy Hunt Art 