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Day 2117 So many blues

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This painting is all about using different blues.

The High has several gun slit shaped wndows – tall and narrow- at the ends of corridors. They always have interesting views.

I had to think long and hard how to paint this one because basically all the buildings were a version of white and grey.

The sky is cobalt. I used cerulean and burnt sienna for greys onthe right hand building. the left building got more cobalt watered down.

Then I started adding black made with cerulean and burnt umber.

The changes are almost imperceptible.

Anyway grandkids time in Decatur. Ttyl

Xoxoxo Margaret

Day 2116 Court reporter part deux

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These were such fun to color with the tombows whilst I watched tv last night. Four tombows flesh green and two blues one of which was light. The other was so dark I could use the blue on my brush for shadows.

Think the color improved him greatly.

Page two colored. Just used two tombows flesh and a wierd green. Then added water to the green. You never know what will happen with tombows. Sometimes good sometimes not.

This is before. I think it too was improved by color even though it’s simpler.

These are my friend Ruth Pearls. You can follow her on Instagram at Britpeach She used Derwent watercolor pencils and a copic market.

Her second one. I think the bottom sketch somehow is perfect of Mueller. Such expression.

Margaret who wants to finish her book called. The Irressistible Blueberry Bakeshop and café. I think I have gone Blueberry crazy baking too many blueberry pound cakes. I discovered I am NOT a lover of big wads of cooked blueberry. However I have friends that LOVE it.

Day 2107 Lunch Time

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I drew the bottom squirrel first. She was having a stare down with me. I know she wanted food. She would just lie on the deck rail and stare at me for quite a while.

I especially like the two on top right. Squirrel essence in a few lines.

Lamy Ef Noodlers Lexington Grey Ink. Hahnemuhle journal

Margaret tired from baking a disastrous pound cake and attending the memorial. What a great crowd. So many people loved Rachel. Xoxoxox

Day 2105 excited

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Jake was juried it o the Georgia Watercolor Fall Show.#watercolor #painting #portrait #art #aquarelle #smug #coldpress #fabriano #danielsmith #holbein #mgraham #brevard #georgia #athens #lindenhouse #gws

And taking a class from the judge Myrna Wackov. Should be a fun. Long weekend. Check out her blog. Very interesting.

MPargaret finishing her Binge of ozarks. Eeeek. Xoxoxox

Day 2101 -Something about a dog

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When the family dogs visit my house they love to stare out the front windows lusting after squirrels, other dogs, maybe a quick chomp on a passing neighbors leg as they stroll down the street?! Who knows what they are thinking. But the dogs hold still and just stare making them perfect subjects for a sketch.

This is my nieces dog Scooch a lab chow mix whose recently went over the rainbow bridge. It’s nice to have sketches of him to remember this great dog that traveled the world with their family and watched over the kids as they grew up.

Superaquabee sketchbook Noodlers pen with Deartrementis document brown ink. Tomboy pens.

Margaret off to Atlanta to see the new grandbaby. Xoxoxoxo

Day 2100 Del Del Del

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Spent this afternoon wiping out several blog posts to free up some room on my website so I can finally post again.

Chelsea. HP 140 lb fluid. 15×22″

Yesterday’s portrait. May or may not work on the background some more.

A start. First break NO pencil. Shriek.

Burnt sienna and yellow ochre for skin with opera pink. Darks cerulean. Black burnt sienna and ultramarine.

Second break. Big things are off. Added some cad red light to the mix.

Third break. I had to paint a background In to thin her face down. If you notice I actually moved her mouth to the left about half an inch.

Fourth break – I also lowered her forehead – it was too high. Added some darks on the left side of her cheek and on her left temple with dioxzine purple. That side was mostly in shade. A dab of turquoise above her left collarbone just because I felt like it.

Background is Cheap Joes Andrews Turquoise painted with one of his 1″ Golden Fleece flats. Got to get a new tube when I go to Asheville next month or Boone in September. I splattered it with burnt sienna. The grey is a burnt sienna and the Andrews turq.

Margaret off to book club. If you haven’t read Educated read it. Fascinating book about a family that’s a train wreck similar to Glass Castle.

Xoxoxoxo

Day 2096 Portrait time

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Monday is portrait class over in Aiken. Can’t remember our models name. She has. A few issues. Forehead too high. The dent to the left of her eye is too deep but maybe her cheeks too fat. And the right shoulder needs some definition.

First break. She looks like a ghost. NO PENCIL sketch. Eeek. Always makes me nervous. But it can be done. Onward and upward.

Second break. That ghost is still there. I do t seem to make much progress drawing the beginning with paint. And it definitely stresses me out that I can’t erase it.

Third break. I get tired of poking about and slap the paint on.

I lifted bits of white to the left of her left eye but think it may be a bit too much. So I will stare at her a while and decide.

Colors used. Charles Reid palette. Used a lot of opera pink since she had a rosey glow with a mix of cad red light and cad yw light for flesh. Cerulean cobalt peacock blue burnt sienna on the face

Hair is a wash of cad yellow light first. Then yellow ochre burnt sienna cerulean mixed with burnt umber and finally cobalt mixed w Burnt umber. Her hair like a lot of blondes has a lot of greys in it cerulean makes a great grey.

Oh and that black dot on her right cheek is NOT a mole but where I touched it w my dirty pinky knuckle. Sigh.

Top is yellow ochre burnt umber alizarin and cad yellow light.

Margaret who has a headache from stressing over the painting. What we do for fun. But the sinister grunge seems to be gone. Hurrah. Xoxoxox

Day 2095 Crud that keeps giving

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Or is it just stopped up sinuses. Either way. Yucky. My bird drawing craze goes back at least six years or more. Some early ones.

Parking lot seagulls probably in a Strathmore mixed media. I draw better birds now. All these were drawn while watching the birds.

Chicken chasing Parrot rescue in Pigeon Forge Drawing pelicans before we eat at Key Largo – Buzzards Roost. May be there soon hurrah.

Key west ibis from the Key West Wildlife Rescue. Love

These guys. They magically show up in droves when Lloyd the bicycle tour leader comes because they know he has snacks for them.

Love the ibis hmm and the chickens and the parrots and hmm I love drawing birds. Parking lot seagulls were lots of fun too.

Margaret year Xoxoxoxo time for Endeavour.

Day 2094 The Binge continues

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Though nothing as memorable as Dead to me which I watched til 1:30 last nite. Something I never do.

I did draw my peonies from Trader Joe’s. Love Peonies. Lamy Ef with Noodlers Brown Ink. That pen skims over the page. Lovely writing instrument.

I popped my reference photo that I took of the peonies-they are dropping petals like fall leaves into Waterlogue. Hmm if I popped this into photoshop and cleaned it up a bit I wouldn’t need to paint the sketch. 😂

Ps I can recommend Monty Don’s French Gardens on Netflix. Gorgeous photography of French gardens. There’s also an Italian one I have not yet watched.

Murder Mystery with Jennifer Anniston was fun. Nothing too high brow.

Margaret Xoxoxox

Day 2093 A good binge

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And you forget what you are suppose to be doing like posting your blog. Oops. Interesting show on Netflix Dead to Me.

Funny has lots of fun with the stroller mostly ignored the mom who sat nearby waiting along with the rest of us.

Vlads neutral tint all over the stroller in varying strengths. Got his favorite sword brush in the mail today after waiting for about six weeks. It’s a Rosemary 1/2″ sword brush. I can tell it’s going to be amazing. I should have bought it a few years ago when Liz what’s her name who recommends it mentioned. Instead I bought at least three other sword brushes because I didn’t want to pay freight from the UK. DUH. And that actually cost me more in the end. What is that saying penny saved pound foolish?! She’s an architect too. What is it about architects and sword brushes. Guess I will find out as soon as I finish my binge watch. Five episodes down and five to go.

Margaret Xoxoxox