Practice for a larger half sheet Flamingo. Also practice to make Shelley Pryors technique my own.
Margaret watching the super bowl. Xoxoxo
Practice practice.
Category: Dr Sketchys
Drawing the lovely Crystall.
Margaret xoxoxox
Another Monday with Crystal
Ten minute pose
Maggie xoxoxo
Sacre Couer
Sketching Paris – Sacre Couer which sits on the highest point in the city and can be seen from all over the city. There are a few tweaks coming sooner or later. 
The photo. 
Step 1. Lay out pens on your paper at the angles you will draw the buildings.
Step 2. Drawn with a very light Tombow on 140# hot press Fabriano 15×20″. Delicious paper. Sometimes I think it would be easier to start these off with a pencil. Then you can erase the inevitable oopseys.
Step 3. Ink it with a .03 permanent fine liner adding a few more details.
Step 4. Watercolor layer. Only four colors used. Ultramarine, cad red dark, burnt sienna or quin sienna and cobalt teal light.
Step 5. Adding more Tombow and darker tombows including black. 
Step 6. Adding more details! Using the permanent fine liners. .03 .02 .01 And a bit more Tombows.
Step 7. And last add a bit more watercolor. And a few more splatters. I do love splattering.
That’s a wrap. The last Sunday Funday with Ian Fennelly. Ian’s been a very busy boy during the pandemic offering a ton of classes in Studio56Boutique.com.
Margaret tucked up in bed. Xoxoxo
Day 188 I just had to.
So I have quit now. Impossible to knock out that yellow and make a nice tin roof on the house like a Low Country Cottage would have.
Bytw in case u were wondering the Low Country is the coastal area of South Carolina starting around Orangeburg about 90 miles from the coast. A slower way of life.
Our family has been making these cookies for as long as I can remember. Originally on the back of the Quaker Oatmeal box.
My friend slim trim Alexis will break her diet for a few of these and my friend Elizabeth- well better than anything to her. Tell her I am baking and she WILL show up. Voted best cookie by all the Saturday artists. Well at least a big fav.
I didn’t wet this watercolor pencil because I was afraid it would smear the ink. What is with that ink?! Should be permanent.
Tootsie short for Tootsie roll actually came in the house today. Oh my.
A few more kittie pics because who doesn’t love kitty pics?!!
Margaret whose made two loaves of bread and hand made artisan pizza today as well as a jillion other things now calling it quits. Oh wait ones still in the oven. Xoxoxox
Day 158 Update
The Finger Lakes Upstate NY
Fabriano 300# rough 15×22″Paint alongs with Vladislav Yesileyev
Done. I lost a lot of whites and can be almost impossible to get back.
Had fun drawing white lines on it with my white pentel gel pen. It easily lays down a really white covering line. If it’s not getting entered in a Watercolor Show doesn’t matter if it’s gouache or gel pen does it?! 
Yesterday. I added ALOT OF DARKS today and tried to finish the water. A few more windows and darker ones bigger shadows more shadows. Greyes the power pole down. Built a fence and a dock well sort of.
Somewhere in Paris
Fabriano 300# rough 15×22″
Done
Added more darks and some whites with my white pentel gel pen. The darks really make both of the paintings pop don’t you think!??
I think when it comes down to it I just like to draw with something. A pen is good a crayons works so does a dark juicy pencil.
Fabulous clouds tonite.
Margaret xoxoxo
Day 144 Mellow Mushroom
Today’s painting. Mellow Mushroom On Broad St. – FOR SALE 10×15” watercolor
Might be done. We shall see. Course I say that all the time so could be I will change it by this time tomorrow.
I started it a few weeks ago. So glad I can scratch it off my to do list. I should always have an espresso in the am. Get so much more done. House squeaky clean and a new painting. Not bad for one days work. 
I also worked on Dubrovnik some more. Tried to take some of the purple put of the wall. And wipes out some color on the right. I might need to wipe out some more. Who knows. It ak be done when it’s done right?! Lifted the handle of the par with some tape and a sea sponge.
Wipes out the signs dark shadow with the tape sponge trick and the black shadow under the truck.
Those two black shadows under the truck and around the sign screamed look at me. As did that white shirt on the girl in the foreground that had to go too.
Margaret contentedly tired but who needs to do her Powerplate xoxoxo
Day 139 last page
Finally got around to the last page in my sketchbook. Been sitting on the table w all the junk to get around to it. No idea why I haven’t been. 
I do intend to draw this blue jay but wanted to do that in my new sketchbook not last page in the old one. Another 90 plus pages done. Didn’t want to stick this blue boy on the last one. I do think jays are so pretty. I have been hand feeding them all week. They won’t go to the feeder. Instead they eat off the porch rails. Three of them show up every day to check the offerings. 
This might be done now BUT I couldn’t get my saber brush to work today – odd since it worked fine to do the electric lines yesterday. So I may need to do that or not.
Bakes two loves of my favorite back of the King Arthur bread bag bread today. 
One sliced and in the freezer the other on its way as soon as it’s cool. Shouldn’t be making white bread but it’s sooo good. My grandson Henry asked me to mail him some. I would if it would get there fresh but it won’t.
Margaret xoxoxo ready to knit. That scarf might be done by Christmas as this rate.
Day 138 Maryland Farm vc
So far. Was completely worn out when this paint along with Vladislav Yesileyev was done. Already making a list of improvements.
I couldn’t help but think that Frank and Mike on American Pickers would be Gaga over this old army truck. Vlad cracked me up by saying wonder what color this truck used to be. I wanted to say how about army green?!!!😂👍🏻
The photo
The sketch. Half sheet. A major undertaking. Eeek
First wash. Only a few colors cerulean sky neutral tint alizarin dioxzine purple cobalt yellow ochre cad yellow and red cobalt turquoise burnt sienna. That’s about it for now.
Accidently shot the barn up close. Thought u might like a look. Really nothing there is there.
and not done yet. Half sheet Fabriano rough.
Worn out. Had a glass of wine which I do about once a year. Today was the day.
Another way to look at masks. Better to wear and not need than to not wear and need aka be ill.😘
Hugs wear a mask stay safe.
Margaret Xoxoxox
Day 136 Giverny
Pronouncing this one done. I added lines to the sidewalk and stone effect. A few whites with Gouache. More reds on the taillights for sparkle. More black lines. Adding details here and there to improve contrast.
Paint along with Vladislav Yesileyev1/4 sheet Fabriano rough press. Lucas wc paint which I think gives a cloudy effect.
Last time. Can you tell the difference???
I am told this looks just like Giverny. When we were in France we didn’t go because it was closed. Closes in Nov I think.
But we went to Auvers where Van Gogh painted his last 6 months and finally died. It still looks just like it did when he lived there.
Do you know if you had gone to Van Gogh funeral you could have taken home one of his paintings.
I painted this during a five hour long class with Vlad on drawing cars which I draw a lot and people ditto that. He always brings something new and fresh to the table that you have never thought of.
Margaret xoxoxo tucking into my Ina Garten Bianca pizza.
Margaret McCarthy Hunt Art 