A rainy cold day like today seemed a good day for cleaning. I haven’t counted all the nudes I have done but there were at least 25 flower paintings. 😵 and piles of other paintings. 
I need one. Wonder if they would trade some flowers for one. Night. Will do better post tomorrow. Hugs xoxo
I have a sketchbook full of these that I am currently coloring my way thru. Two left to do. This is my son Ben playing his beloved Dark Souls which has some of the most amazing graphics I have ever seen. CGI right?!!
I did the ink sketch then I added caran cache Neocolor ii to it and wet it down to blend it. The Neocolor are loaded with juicy color and cover more like crayons crayons do quickly. Watercolor pencils which are fun can take forever to color a large double spread like this.
Also finishing up this one lifting bits of white off the salt cellar. 
It may not be back to paper white but it’s close enough. I may go back in and add some dark behind it to make the highlights brighter.
The third thing I am up to today besides madly listening to Mario Robinson’s podcasts is thinking about the background of this largish painting 16×20″ Fluid cp.
So many greens. Which will it be?!!! Eeekk
Really requiring a lot of thinking. Right now I am leaning toward an olive green background and lift the flowery vines out so they are lighter but not white. So the next question is WHICH green. A staining one that always will leave a trace behind it a transparent one. Experimenting required.
Should it be cerulean plus an orange or yellow for a dirty green.
A Daniel smith green apatite. Always a wonderful color but doubt I could run a flat wash with it. It’s known for its granulations of brown and rust which could be fun.
Or maybe just a nice dull olive green. Sigh. So much to think about so little time.
Sunflowers don’t differ in tone from background. 🤪😵[/[/[/[/[/[/
Eeekkk. Thinking too hard today.
Goodnite for now sweet readers. Margaret thinking about artfields and the GWS in the spring. Xoxoxox
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Canson Bristol Smooth 19×24″
A New Model-Rebecca. Always glad when I don’t crash and burn drawing a new model. I often do.
The sketch. She was easy to draw. Zip zip.
Second break flesh -cad red light and yellow ochre. She had a bit of a tan. Adding in cerulean, ultramarine and burnt sienna darks plus some cad red light for darks. Same color I made flesh with. 
End of the drawing session yesterday. 
Finished well probably you never know. When it’s sold it’s done. Hahahaha. Background chrome green with burnt sienna spatters.
Speedy Gonzales Drew Murphy managed to get two painted. 
These are small for him. About 20×24″
Love Alexis sketch. She’s improved leaps and bounds since taking Joes Tuesday life modeling class.
Bill Daniels Oil
Dawn another whose improvement under Joes tutelage is just amazing.
Amy Lockhart Ness Conte Crayon. 
Rich Klein’s lovely job.
Joe had us do gesture drawings vine charcoal on newsprint.
Now I love doing gestures. 
Not to sure about the vine charcoal 
And that darn newsprint.
But since Picasso did this one of its good enough for him it’s good enough for us right!!? 😂
Margaret who is coloring her coloring book today and binging netflix. Xoxoxoxo
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Day 1301 I forgot
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My sister in-laws back yard in Columbia. I am off to Aiken as soon as I post. Life modeling today at Usca
Caran D’arche Neocolor ii
Last page hurrah.
Which are great fun when you hit them with a dab of
Colored it with the Caran D’arche Neocolor ii which a
Now WordPress is acting nuts.
I quickly dabbed it with my large 12 silver fish back velvet. And was done.
Margaret off to Aiken.
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Omg my crazy week continues . Now my painting sold that was at the fair. NOT the one that won but one of my watercolor flower paintings. Looks great in the frame. 
A guy left an inquiry to purchase for Summertime. So I thought call him. Was not in the mood to sell it since it’s my favorite flower painting and I hadn’t had time to enjoy it. I had just gotten it back from the framer before I delivered it to the SC State fair.
I revisited the SCWS show without the mobs.
And NOPE it didn’t get a ribbon. It DIDNT juried get into the Georgia Watercolor Show or The SC Watermedia Show. I was feeling down. Throwing in my new Davinci 10 I bought with some of my prize money.(LOVE that brush. Wore My last one out.)
And took better pics
And then presto off it goes to a new home. The new owner was thrilled. He thought another buyer had gotten it. So evidently people were lining up to buy it. I told him I was going to check to see who was interested. He said no if he wanted it when could we meet. And three miles later I met him at his office and it was bye bye Summertime. 
My very fav painting in the show. Puppy ❤️❤️❤️[/c[/c[/c[/c
Margaret going out to celebrate her sale. Yeah Xoxoxo
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Emily
Yes I know it’s Sunday but we did these yesterday. Love painting Miss Emily. She never moves and always looks so pensive relaxed.
I decided to just do the head and shoulders so perhaps I would do a great job on her portrait. I really like the way she tuned out. What do you think?!. 
Forty minutes first break
Second break about 75 minutes
95 minutes End of session
What was I thinking painting her neck so blue even though she was in heavy shadows. 
Flesh colors cad red light yellow ochre. Shadows cad red light, peacock, burnt sienna, mineral violet. Paper Strathmore Bristol. Love the way the watercolor sheets down this paper. Really need to see how it behaves on hot press. Could be fun.
Fred rocking it. Wonder what he thought about when he was a dentist.
Al Beyer’s lovely oil portraits
Thomas Needham Watercolor http://www.thomasneedham.com
Bill Daniels intriguing oil
Dr Rich Klein charcoal
Amy Lockhart Ness lovely conte crayon
Margaret on the road again xoxoxox Ps Bytw I decide on the way home to buy my biannual lottery tickets. And then Tom and I had fun dreaming about whey the $$$$$$ could be spent on. A couple of months in Europe in Provence and Tuscany for the Saturday drawing people plus a few who usually come but are missed. And maybe some art scholarships. Round the world trip on Viking. Only $89000 for 254 days. More scholarships. Back a few good starving artists. I mean a billion and a half can help ALOT of people right. Off to bed. Oops forgot to check to see if I won the Saturday nite drawing. Lol. 🧐🤔😴😴😴😴
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Last night I liked this well kinda sort of. The phot once again is dark. The browns go black or dark grey. Loose their juiciness.
I do intend to lift some of the shadows out because the colors didn’t mingle enough. Just wet and blot them and repeat. Then paint again.
Quin gold wash first
Adding darks burnt sienna raw umber maybe cad orange
sunflowers centers quin gold burnt sienna cobalt teal deep yellow raw umber cerulean peacock blue.
Painted with my Charles Reid colors. Background is peacock blue ultramarine and raw umber my new fav brown.
The flower vase is green apatite cobalt teal ultramarine.
The bowl is raw umber cerulean burnt sienna burnt umber and ultramarine.
Margaret off to lifemodeling after all it’s Saturday. Xoxoxo
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Been meaning to post these all week. 
Unfurling MEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!🤗👍🏻[/ca[/ca[/ca[/ca[/ca[/ca
And that’s a wrap on this years annual show. The call is already out for the spring National Show.
Margaret whose been knitting and painting all day. Now Tahred. Xoxoxo
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Margaret McCarthy Hunt Art 