Wish we had some views like this in Augusta. Sigh.
Every time I go to Trader Joe’s on Monroe I always stare at it for a few minutes.
It’s looking over the Grady High football field toward Piedmont Park.
Those tall buildings never fail to fascinate.
Lamy Safari Noodlers Eelskin Black Stillman and Birn Alpha. Ted Nuttalls transparent palette plus cerulean
Hugs Margaret whose missing the moms who used to run Inner Bean. Xoxox
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
No idea if this published. I did try yesterday and Sunday.
This posted yesterday on that OTHER blogsite I have…now HOW did I do that. I used the computer so I wouldnt do that but I did anyway. DUH-I know its the cold I keep trying to get…Scratchy throat sneezy and a drip that comes and goes…gone today…wheres my vitamin A but I have a headache. SIGH!!
Happy Sunday!!!
Which one do you like best?? I think the second one?!! For me at least.
Catching up diet journal pages and only have 6 more days til I can eat more food. YEAH!! Good news is I am down 23 pounds. AND even better news I can resist the treats like cake and cookies. HURRAH…and that basket of bread at Carrabas the other nite…did I say I DEARLY LOVE bread?? That said I dont think it loves me…my joints would get a flu like ache two three times a week before I gave it up…havent had it since. Another HURRAH!!!
This one is done with Winsor Newton Markers and some regualr watercolors. It was a pill . Mostly because there is so much paint in those WN WC Markers that they will leak into the other colors if you are not careful.
The “title” is colored with Tombows a dark blue on and caran dache neocolor ii crayons… a bright orange and then the brightest yellow I had…still not bright enough but OH well I am done…only messed with this two three hours…
I finally got a piece of ledger paper and glued it over the title of the page…I really had wanted orange letters but that was NOT to be. Ledger paper does not make bright colors sadly but does add a nice texture and a change of pace.
I also had hand lotion on my hands when I started painting this which acted like a resist…eeekkk…finally got around that by wiping it with a kleenex…not one with hand lotion either lol…
Anyway coming down with a cold..another new way to loose weight?? NO I refuse…loading up on vitamins…
Ten minutes
Five minutes
Five or Ten minutes. Add texture contest which I won. The feather is done with glitter pens.
A contest. Add a beast to a sketch. Added the Chat Noir cat. Kinda wished I hadn't. Liked it better before oh well. Always another sketch. 10 min then 10 more to add the cat. I think. Mask is done with wink of Stella glitter pens.
Done in a superaquabee tablet 10×14 or 16. W pentwl brush pen and winsor newton travel palette colors plus all the Daniel smith quinacridones.
Ttyl off to run errands in Atlanta
Margaret xoxoxox
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
Flowers 20×30 Strathmore Bristol paper
Flowers Riechison 300 lb cold press After my friends loathed my sweet little Chinese doll I decided to have another go at this bouquet on some Strathmore Bristol paper. Since it acts like hot press it lets the colors slide around on it and mingle like no other paper I have tried.
That paper meant aLOT of fast painting. Smallest brush I used was a 10 Da Vinci Kolinsky Sable. 
Despite that you will get runny drips which I love. It also meant using a lot of paint.
I had to leave it at this point. I will say it was easier to continue the background without hard edges like would have happened with hot press.
I got this far by about 8 pm and decided to quit because I couldn't find my masking fluid.
There was no way I was going to paint this saki pot without it. I finally remembered that I had put it up when I cleaned out my paint box before going to Charles Reid's class. He NEVER uses masking fluid.
Here it is ready paint. I used the tip of a paint brush handle to do this. Made great dots.
Just as I was finishing I got a smear of Quin gold which is staining even if you are using cold press paper let alone this type of paper. Eeekkk! Ruined?! I thought.
My friend Mike said NOPE looked awesome. Leave it alone.
So it's done.
Want to buy it?!
Colors used : Ted Nuttalls transparent palette plus cerulean and cobalt.
Margaret xoxoxo who went sketching at Starbucks today and had to resort to a pencil. FOUR pens all out of ink.
Thought you might like to see the order of the sketchbook so far. Still at least one more sketch to paint which will go here in the order. Painted on Kilimanjaro with Ted Nuttalls Transparent colors or Charles Reid Palette. Pen Lamy Safari loaded with Noodler Black.
Seemed like and especially good idea to me
Since the upstairs AC was dripping water thru the ceiling and it’s turned off.
So I “slept” on the den sofa
But mostly tossed and turned
Getting just a few hours of sleep.
AC fixed. Nap time now. Enjoy. Margaret xoxoxox worn out.
The Cabin sits on the Thompson River one of the best wild trout rivers in North Carolina and it’s one of the few places there is access to it. 
The property is surrounded by Nantahala National Forrest so the only access to the Thompson at the fish camp.
The rhidodendrons were in full bloom last week as was the wild flower meadow. Gorgeous setting. The shed is a picnic shed with adirondack chairs and a fire pit over looking the river.
Ttyl Margaret heading home today xoxoxo I mean we have to watch GOT tonite right?!
The title page is done. Not to sure about that rainbow trout but that seems par for every page I am doing lately. Lol.
Earlier this week. How many more pages to paint?! Two or three.
I don’t know if I said but this is a copy of a sketch I did for their guest book. Only that one is just in black and white.
Bytw the water was painted with my #2 Isabey mop. Drawing with my Lamy Safari on Kilimanjaro cold press #140 paper.
Back to sneezing.
Margaret xoxoxo
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