Day 1465 It’s Friday

Time to head on out to a restaurant to eat I think.

We ate at the Pirates house and had our own little room finally all to ourselves. No ghosts seen though. It’s one of the oldest houses in Savannah and supposedly haunted by it it Bluebeard?!

We also ate at Vic’s. Deliciousness in the form of tiny home made biscuits shrimp and grits and a fabulous desert.

Tracy of Art in the mountains loved this sketch. The more I look at it I do too. I know better than to draw the background before people sit at the tables but sometimes I just can’t wait. And if I ruined the sketch why not draw people on it as they arrived. Can’t hurt it can it?!

I was trying out a technique used by Ronald Searles in his Paris Paris book where he draws right over whatever is behind it when he does street and restaurant scenes. I actually used a sepia pen and a black ink pen. Kind of fun but can’t decide how in the world to paint it.

Margaret getting ready to pack it in and head to Atlanta for Henry’s sixth birthday. How is that possible?!! Xoxoxox

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Day 1464 Odd seems

…Like it should be day 1465 since it’s the fifth. Hope your fourth was wonderful. We are probably off riding around Glenville Lake and fishing.

Charles drawing John.

Another sketch of Laurence. She was great fun to draw. There may be one more sketch of her somewhere. Evidently I didn’t take a picture of the sketch. Oops.

The sketch.

Painted with my Charles Reid /Holbein Metal palette. In my stillman and birn beta I think drawn with a Lamy EF with Noodlers Eelskin ink.

Our new trash man who came for a visit last nite.

Margaret playing with her grandkids in the WNC mountains. XOXOXO

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Day 1463 – John!!

Hope you are having a WoNdErFuL FoUrTh!! I know we are at the annual Fourth of July celebration on the Green in Cashiers NC

John one of our models in Savannah in my sketchbook. His hat is really a bit too high on his head. Oops.

Sketch 2 of John but more importantly his adorable Jack Russell Jedi. What a great dog!! And the hat drawing went much better.

Sketch for 1.

The sketch 2 with notes on how

To paint it.

Painted with my Charles Reid /Holbein Metal palette. In my stillman and birn beta I think.

Margaret playing with her grandkids in the WNC mountains. XOXOXO

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Day 1462 Megan from Savannah

A very sweet lady. She paid for our models John and Carver to stay at one of the local Holiday Inns for over a week. How nice was that?! Otherwise they would have crashed wherever they could.

The sketch. It really looks like Megan.

Painted with my Charles Reid /Holbein Metal palette. In my stillman and birn beta I think.

Margaret playing with her grandkids in the WNC mountains. XOXOXO

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Day1461 Laurence

From Paris by way of Albuquerque or Santa Fe. I can’t remember which. LOVED her accent.

The sketch.

Painted with my Charles Reid /Holbein Metal palette. In my stillman and birn beta I think.

Margaret playing with her grandkids in the WNC mountains. XOXOXO

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Day 1460 Ok So It’s Saturday

Done. Really she is. Well til I decide to change her right?!

Ilania -16×22″ cp Fluid. Great paper. Behaved very well. Dried very flat despite the fact that I used a lot of water.

First break aka forty minutes. Colors used cad red light cad yellow pale and cerulean.

Second break. Color used yellow ochre marine blue cobalt violet.

When I left at noon. Colors burnt sienna ultramarine blue.

After working on her a bit at home. Still using my Holbein palette with Charles Reid colors in it.

Drew Murphys first break.

When we left. I know he’s at home working on her til He gets her right. He can be like a dog with a bone.

Al Beyer’s huge oil. Great job Al!

Tom Needham’s small Watercolor. 1/4 sheet

Fred’s. I just love this. Such a happy bright painting.

Rachel Millers 1/4 sheet watercolor. Lovely job Miss Rach!!

Amy’s. LOVE this one too. She did a stand out job today.

Alexis pastel I like this one a lot too. Great colors.

Bills oil on metal panel.

Something quite degassing about this one. I like!!

Margaret about ready for bed. Xoxoxox

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Day 1311 Thinking I might

Need to correct my day count. I have been posting daily for almost four years now. I started around July 1 2014 so the count should actually be 1460!! Hmm. I am off quite a bit. Did I say I can count. Lol.

This may be done. Not quite sure. 22×15″ cp Fabriano

too many white flowers?! That means you have to do a lot of negative painting aka painting behind the petals to make it show. Maybe a darker background?! Darn. Every time I think it’s done I decide wait one more thing.

Thought it was done. NOPE!

Done?! Uh uhh!! 🤨

Lots still to do!?? Eeekkk! Yeah I decided to add another lily. Did I say I loathe painting. Lilies. Pale things with all kinds of nuances of color like purples and greens. Lovely annoying things. Oh and those stamens. I have made hash out of them for quite a while now.

Yesterday. What was I thinking doing a half sheet aka 22×15″?!🤪

Well the sketch went well and quickly. Always a plus.

Colors used.

Well that’s it for today. Tomorrow start of year five. Eeekk. Maybe time to quit.

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Day 1310 Fridays

Why do I forget to post.

The painting so far. 15×22″ Fabriano cold press paper. I think I will only paint veggies. Back to Glow on Netflix. Binge time. Love those Glow ladies.

Margaret and Zoe who have tucked up in bed for the night. Xoxoxo

Day 1208 done unless

The peanut gallery has some critique to make. 🤗 aka my friends who I txt about our watercolors and paintings.

Going to have to be a little more deliberate with my brush strokes aka don’t break it to fix it because I spent a lot of time today fixing it. Never a good idea.

I lightened up Barney aka the eggplant a lot by wetting it and blotting it with a Kleenex.

Also added sloppy dots here and there. There are three in this photo. So much easier than painting a la Charles.

A sloppy dot is when u add watery dots of color to the painting. Mostly I used cerulean and a bit of burnt sienna

Already drawn another. Will start it tomorrow. Ok Fabriano this time. It is better paper.

Hoping this one behaves better.

Zoe pic of the day.

Margaret off to dr Sketchys soon. Xoxoxo

Day 12o7. ThErE aRe DaYs

When your paining doesn’t go right. I am blaming the paper. And Ps I HATE HATE HATE Lilies 🤪

This is a half sheet of fluid. The same thing I painted the nude of Emily on Saturday. So what happened. Not a clue.

I got hard lines. I am going to eat that big purple Barney of an eggplant. I knew I shoulda erased it. When I tried to lift I got blooms. Oh and there’s that nice run from the Apple to the lemon NOT!! Yuck.

That said I do like the daisies and the scissors. The white flowers are done by negative paintjng around the back of the petals with yellow ochre cerulean and cad orange. Or the color of the flower behind it.

Colors used above in my palette.

So Zoe and I are going to take a nap. And maybe it will look better later ttyl. Margaret xoxoxo

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