St Paddys Day Parade ladies from St. John’s tower. They were actually riding another truck but I liked this one better. Augusta Ga
A dab of gel pen on the antennae. I loved those. And they were riding in chairs.
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Gotta run. Heading to Atlanta. Hope to sketch there. I am Ready!!
Margaret xoxox
Decided to quickly draw my Sunday brunch before I ate it. Hmm it’s an omelet. Got a little dark. Aka lost my yellows. But on the whole I like this a lot.
The tulips were really standing up but they are so pretty decided to draw them flopping so they would fit.
Since I also used a Prismacolor art stick or two and a white gel pen this is really mixed media.
Lamy safari Arches #280 paper Lexington grey ink.
Margaret xoxoxo
We had an Urban Sketchers of Augusta meet up at Artus to draw the St Patrick’s day parade Friday. Fun time with Sandy from Artus and AC who fell in love w my Lamy EF that I lent him and sweet Katie Padgett.
These guys were enjoying some Guinness in front of Soy Noodle House and watching the parade go by. Architecture is a little wonky because I was standing on the sidewalk looking around the mob that passed by. Some of them would just stand in front of me. Eeek.
Whiskey Bar still needs paint. These two are on 280# Arches cold press. Oops cut off their legs.
A great pirate ship passed by. I taught AC and Katie that u don’t have to draw everyone you see but can add people from different floats to the one you are working on. Who will know!? Just you.
One float was full of an adorable group of older women from St Johns Towers a retirement home. I forgot to draw the crowd in front darn it because I was so enthralled with the old truck and the ladies.
These two are in my Stillman and Birn Alpha which is almost full.
All are drawn with my Lamy Safari. Painted w Ted Nuttalls transparent palette.
Ttyl class in Aiken.
Margaret xoxoxo
Neither sleet nor snow nor sickness nor activity will stop the daily posting. Only 28 days to go til DAY 1000!!! I started out aiming at 50 days and didn’t think I would make that goal. So now I have far surpassed that.
Waiting for His Shift at the Inner Bean.
He sits out on the sidewalk in front of the Inner Bean reading and smoking cigarettes till time for his lunch shift. He’s a fixture there. And no idea of his name. Need to fix that.
This guy was sitting under my favorite light at the Bean. I think I need another go at that light. Because the table is near the window it gets a great light on a sunny day.
It’s a high table so the angle is off on it.
Ted Nuttalls transparent palette. Lamy Safari pen. Stillman and Birn Alpha
Off to shop for a few more supplies. Starting another online class tomorrow with Julianna Coles Book of the Night extreme journalism. She offers a lot of other classes in visual journaling. I really enjoyed her week in the sketchbookskool class Polishing.
And yes I started scribbling this morning on another page but not done enough yet to share it. Stand by!!
Ttyl Margaret xoxox off to walk the dogs and get an old kids book to turn into a journal. Oh and wet wipes. Required!!
Happy St Patrick’s Day!! Time to wear the green.
Mixed media 15×22. 140# Kilimanjaro watercolor paper.
Got up at five am and started working on a not too great watercolor of Ilaina. The heads too small. And her beautiful long hair was pinned up.
I started journaling while listening to Robert Holden on Hay House. He’s the happiness guru. Good way to start your day.
Then I stamped her and collaged her. The wings were scraps that just fell next to her shoulders. That’s a sign isn’t it that she wanted to be an angel?!
Next came the paint. On her eyes. Added hair. Scribbled on her with my Prismacolor art sticks. Bytw I went for the black one and ended up with the dark blue one.
This angel wants what she wants. Then I added the red Prismacolor. Didn’t want her too precious as angels can be.
More paint. More scribbling. Back and forth. Scribbled on her face with a 4B pencil both writing and defining her face.
BOOM She was done. At least for now. She might decide differently.
Ttyl. Off to the parade. 🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀
Margaret xoxoxo
Been working on this today for an online class I am taking. More political art. I have never made political art in my life til lately.
Step one. Gluing down some figures and journaling over them in pencil. Circling some of the words. Then stamping over that. I couldn’t find my stamps so I drew letters.
Collages layer.
Scribbling on it with Prismacolor art sticks.
Painting over it with cheap acrylic paint I. Bottles.
And I added some washi tape.
Ttyl. Got to clean up the mess I tossed all over the kitchen for some reason. Stacks of paper scraps glue sticks and my apron to name a few things.
Ttyl. Collage is fun. Try it.
Margaret xoxoxo
Number three does this mean it’s a series. Still not colored because I am sitting in a dental chair. Eeeekkk. Woke up and thought about it last nite. How to color it. Leave it plain like the others or alter it. We shall see.
Options. Watercolor acrylic pens gel pens paint markers. We shall see. Oh and collage.
I spent most of the day working on these two in photoshop and test printing Sacred Heart on various papers. Oddly my big HP did as well as the Epson. Hmmm.
I want to stitch the big Mill together to get rid of the seam. No success yet. Soon I hope. And the colors are off when I print. Waiting for one more cartridge for the epson which I know is archival. I did run a piece of watercolor paper thru the HP without a hiccup. Who knew you could do that?!
Ttyl
Margaret xoxoxo more photoshop and printing adventures to come.
Time to finish up those 100 people. In the meantime there’s always the tv to draw from.
I am completely absorbed by the unfolding spy whodunnit on Eachel Maddow every nite on MSNBC. I even take notes and draw some of the talking heads or players in this dramatic story. Last nite it was General Flynn who was working for the Turkish government to the tune of $500000 while he was head of our National Security.
I don’t think Robert Ludlum or John Le Carre could make this stuff up. Just crazy stuff going on.
And yesterday ALL the holdover Obama attorneys were fired and told to clear out by close of business. Usually they stay to finish up their cases and then leave. Not this time. And Hannity a tv talking head seems to have precipitated it. Hmmm.
The double page spread. Still have to find one more head to draw.
Colors used. Quin coral and gold and burnt orange. Burnt umber and ultramarine and cerulean. A dab of orange.
Ttyl off to the flat track horse races in Aiken. No nekkid painting today. Going to miss my painting peeps.
Margaret xoxoxo who hopes it’s not freezing cold out today.
Off drawing something somewhere today so thought I would share this new painting with you.
All about the Catsup based on a picture I took on my birthday at Flying Biscuit in Candler Park on McClendon in Atlanta. I had my camera propped on the counter which gave everything an odd angle.
I lightened and brightened the catsup and darkened the counter so it would stand out. I added some Indian yellow to Quin red to make a lighter brighter catsup color. So far I like it.
Last Wednesday my friend Drew said I had made her look like she was drooling. Oops. I hope I fixed that.
Colors I have been using Quin red Indian yellow ultramarine blue and thalo blue titanium white. Burnt umber. A liquitex light blue and flesh color and a tad bit of primary yellow. And that’s it.
Here’s the picture.
Thanks for reading.
Margaret xoxoxo
No idea how many people I have drawn now. 20 last evening at Panera and 11 more off MSNBC. Right now this Al Franken sketch is my favorite. 
I also like most
Of this page except for Eve. What happened there?! 
And this page except Lawrence. 
The blank spot is for the no longer missing Christopher Steele who Al Franken said he would go to the ends of the earth to interview. Go Al!!
Think Lindsey Graham looks good as does Adam Schiff. Both have interesting faces. Rachel. Hmm will try again.
Panera. Soooo cold. I thought I would freeze. I started to go to the chic Fil a bit it was crawling with people and sooo noisy. So I left and went to the quieter Panera. 
A lot of families were there. I am
Blaming the cold for these mostly awful drawings. All though there are a few bright spots like the grandmother on the right. 
I think all the Panera people were done in an hour. So that’s three minutes per person. 
I drew these people twice. Big baseball discussion. Dad showing the son how to hold the bat.
Prismacolor pencils Stillman and Birn Alpha Lamy with Lexington gray ink.
Ttyl off to paint.
Margaret. Xoxox
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