Category: Noodler Creaper Ahab

Day 428 Busy as a bee 

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  Day 1 at the dog park. I hated this one but now I think I like it because of all the people and all the dogs. 

The seat on the right was completely misdrawn. And I tried to correct it. I had run out of room for the people OPPS.  

 
This group is my favorite part. Lots of dogs, lots of people. I sit in my car in the parking lot and try to catch the people and dogs before they move. I used a Noodler Creaper pen and de artrementis document brown ink. 

The bench was painted with Daniel smith green apatite which granulates and Inathradone with a touch of burnt umber.  All painted wet on wet. The bushes were painted like the background in Monday’s post though I didn’t take as long. 
 

 I did this one today. There was only one dog in the whole park!? And three people. Wonder where the other dogs were. 

  

These were drawn yesterday or the day before. The tall guy stood there right until I started to draw him and then he walked off. Same thing happened with the lady. Before that they had a BIG conversation.  

  

Thanks for reading. 

Margaret xxx

Day 426 Costco

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Last week I sat in the corner at Costco’ s cafe area drawing the lunch crowd. There’s one table that has a 180 view and SCORE. I hid behind my purse. 

I really like the way the wall of boxes turned out in the background. And the way most of the people turned out. I actually painted out one guy whose drawing went astray.  Can you find him!? 

It was also hard getting all the bodies with legs as they came and went. 

Next time I will draw something easy like my polish sausage and the drink. 

  
This should be a fun place for urban sketching. Or at least getting pics of the roustabouts working. Check their webpage for when they visit near you. 

Thanks for reading.  Class tomorrow. Busy day!!

Margaret xxx

 

Day 421 – A Little Urban Sketching 

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at Fitch and Fifth in Surrey Center in Augusta Ga. A room full of people and I am waiting to eat. What else would I do?!

 Scenes like this really call my name to get out my Noodler Ahab or my brush pen and get busy drawing.  

I do usually paint these later because I don’t want to impose on whoever I am with too much. 

TIP: Oh. Almost forgot. The ledger strip down the side.  Whenever you see that I can promise you there is something I really didn’t like about the sketch.  In this case it was a waiter running a bill. Usually a figure on the side is nice but this one was not!! What to do?! Glue some ledger paper down and record our dinner. 
Ps it was delicious. My trout was perfect. I forgot their five stars. Oops. Will fix that!!! Or maybe not. Really like it just the way it is. 

 
And you thought the body was round?! Enjoy. One more page left!! 

Thanks for reading. 

Margaret xxx

Day 410 – More of those chickens!! 

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Courthouse Chickens Key West 

Where else but in Key West would you find chickens at the courthouse?! 

  

I drew these toward the end of our stay in Key West when I went on a sketchathon starting at the Key West Wildlife Center and ending at Higgs Beach sketching the people as they walked by in front of the car. 

   
Fast sketching requires a good flowing pen – chickens birds and people don’t hold still for long!! I use my Noodler Craper Ahab or one of my two brush pens – the Kuretake or the Pentel.  The first two are always loaded with Carbon Platinum Black ink which dries so rapidly. I frequently paint them later especially if the weather is extreme like in the tropical heat of key west. 

 
 I thought you might like to see the chickens before I painted them. 

  
  While in Key west I saw a lot of Chinese style brush work paintings of animals in one gallery on Duval. And decided to try it out on the long chicken strip. I liked it so much I did it on these pages too. 

There are really only a few pure colors used on the chickens. Quin gold, Quin Sienna, Quin burnt orange, Inathradone, Quin red and alizarin period. All the colors were allowed to combine on the page. Painting was done with my large cheap joes legend #12 sable even the large splatters. 
  

Tip: To make the splatters. Choose a color or two and make a soupy mix. Fillup a large brush and gently tap over the painting. Yes I have a toothbrush but I always get little splatters not big juicy ones with it.

  

  
Probably due to heat stroke I was imagining what the chickens might be thinking as I drew.  What would I think if I were a courthouse chicken?! Look there goes another felon?! Wonder what they did?! Hope I win my case?! 

  

Before I started drawing chickens  I thought roosters were mean ready to attack you at any second like the ones we had as kids. When get are with the chicks and be a they are very different beasts. They are not aggressive. Feed them and they defer to the babies and hens to eat. They also stand vigil while the hen takes care of the babies. Who knew??! 



Thanks for reading. 

Margaret xxx 

Day 406 – the Pier

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The Pier at Garden City

This was sketched on the pier at Garden City. A very long pier. The late evening sun glinting off the boards was turning the dock to gold.  

 A bit of the pier

People were everywhere. Some sitting some walking enjoying the breezes others waiting to get weaves done in their hair. Who knew weaves were in demand on the piers of the Grand Strand?! 

   

 Put these together to see the whole pier. 

And of course you guessed that gold is Quin gold.  The people’s shadows were made with a soupy Inathradone and burnt umber mix that I let drip from the feet by propping the sketch book up. I added burnt sienna to some of the figures to give them a tan. Tans are big at the beach. 

I seem to be into drips and splatters lately. I find the splatters are easier if I load a large brush like my #12 Legend sable brush with a soup of darker colors like blues and the Browns. Sometimes together sometimes separate. 

Tip of the day!! Just remember splattering can make a BIG mess!! BeWaRe!!! It will go everywhere. 

Thanks for reading.  

Margaret xxx

Day 403 – Work in progress

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  Mermaid House thank you card Finished 

Thought u might like to see one in progress. I frequently take pics of my work as I go to check on values. 

 

 I also sometimes change the photo to black and white to check the values. I, like most people, usually need more darks to make the lights pop. 

  
The first time I checked values and general do I like the way it’s going?! 
  
Adding more darks to the palms. Love the palm on the right.  

 The sun was coming from the right in this early morning photo. 

  
I lifted some color from the palms to make more lights.  

 
This is what I used to lift some of the color. It’s an architect erasure shield and an old hog bristle paint brush of my dads. I did get a little carried away scrubbing the darks. Then I blotted them with Kleenex. 

  
I decided the lifted spots looked to uniform and too stripey. 

  
So I added a little green on some of the stripes as well as some cobalt blue for even more darks. 

U can see that I taped down the paper.

  This is some Stonehenge that I ripped the wrong size for a sketchbook. Stonehenge does well with watercolor. All my people strips are made from Stonehenge or Strathmore Mixed Media 500 paper. 

   
 Finished card 

I added another wash of cerulean to darken the sky and make the very light house pop. Adding more darks under the porch roof and too all the rails and steps also made it pop more. Then I splattered it with Inathradone blue and burnt umber. 

Contrast makes it pop. Not enough darks and it will be bland!!

  Oh and I had to make an envelope. It’s a thank you note for the beach house owner for inviting my sis and I last weekend. I buy boxes of cards on sale for the envelopes especially after Christmas. 

Thanks for reading. 

Margaret ️xxx 

Day 402 Wishing I was

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at the beach. I almost always do especially in the summer.  

 Saturday at Garden City 

A little something I painted last weekend while managing to get a nice sunburn.  I am always amazed at the sheer number of people on the beaches at Garden City and Myrtle Beach. 

I am used to going to Edisto where there are fewer people on the beach. If someone is close as close as fifty feet to you the beach is full at Edisto. On the Grand Strand you hope you can find a square inch as the tide rises!! 

   
Here it is in progress on the beach. The same group of ladies say and giggled nearby the whole weekend.

 A crow stole the guy in the redshirts sunflower seeds when the guy got up to get in the water. You just never know what is happening on a beach. Too much to take it all in. 

 
Here is the sketch done with my Noodler Creaper Ahab. Very loose and scribbly. 

Thanks for reading. 

Margaret ️xxx 

Day 401 – impressive number of 

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continual posts. Almost broke the record snoozing today. Oopps. So make this short and sweet. More Garden City!

   

 These three sweet children were waiting for their mothers who were busy making money doing hair weaves @ $5 each on vacationing little girls. They were so well behaved I drew the whole pier before I noticed them. The one small girl was literally sitting under the palm. 

That’s it for Tonite.  

Thanks For reading. 

Margaret ️xxx 

Day 392 – A Few Ibis

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Three times is the charm they say!  Wordpress keeps eating my post today. These were all drawn on site at the Key West Wildlife center. I counted at least 8-10 pages of ibis sketches. 

  
Stay tuned tomorrow for painting details. Want to be sure WordPress behaves before I write one more long post. 

Thanks for reading. 

Margaret xxx

Day 392 – Wesley

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my sons English fox hound mix rescue is spending some time with his grandma.  

All the drawings are app. 6×12. If you are interested in having me draw your dog email me at  m c m h u nt @ me. Com 

 Wesley Noodler Creaper Ahab Platinum carbon Black ink. 

All the drawings are app. 6×12. If you are interested in having me draw your dog email me at m c m h u nt @ me. Com 

 Every Monday I try to win the Goulet Pen giveaway. Every Tuesday I DONT!! Reminds me of when I buy a lottery ticket.  Lol. 

I suppose I did actually win because I like these sketches a lot.  And I like to draw dogs a lot. Wesley was a very cooperative subject as he snoozed on the sofa chaise on top of a quilt. 

  
One relaxed dog.  Noodler Konrad with Lexington Grey Ink. 

I usually start by drawing the spine and the top of the head a modified contour drawing. I also bear down on the pen like I did on his legs to make a variety of lines. 

You have to love a Noodler Flex Nib pens ability to do that. All the lines on the first three pics were done with a Noodler Flex Nib. It works simalarly to a dip pen and usually not quite the mess. 

The first two drawings were colored with the Noodler pens. I smudged the ink with my finger  as I went. 

  
Did I say he likes to sleep!?  Noodler Konrad with Lexington Grey Ink. This one is just cross hatched. I left light areas to give an effect of the shine on his black fur. 

  
Dogs can sleep for hours and just rearrange giving you new drawing opportunities.  This one was the first one I drew. Done with a Pentel brush pen. His jaw was a little too wide  so I started over again this time with a Noodler pen which allows me more control. Sometimes it takes a few sketches of a new dog to get him down pat just like it does when you draw a new model. 

The sketches are posted in the reverse order that I drew them. Wesley’s head is the last one I drew of him. 

Back to key West sketches tomorrow. I think I drew enough while I was there to post for the rest of the month. Lol. Hmm maybe I should save some of them for while I am in Paris?! 

Thanks for reading.  

Margaret ️xxx