A Christmas card that I made a couple of years ago. Before that he was my favorite Christmas sweatshirt. Remember those. Does anyone wear them now?!! He’s down with watercolor, gouache, glitter pens and glitter and gold gel pens.

TIP: The dots are made by dipping the end of the paint brush into white gouache. Smaller ones are done with the tip of a toothpick.

Another favorite Christmas card. Lots of different heels in different Christmas colors and styles. Caran d’ache Neocolor ii watercolor crayons and marker and pen.

Both are done on watercolor paper and mounted aka glued to Christmas card stock paper.

TIP 2 and probably the most important. Make the card to fit the size of your envelopes. I forget that all the time and inevitably don’t have an envelope big enough to fit the card. OOPS!

Merry Christmas Eve!! Time to watch the Christmas Carol and help Scrooge be a better person again.

Margaret off to play with the grandkids and decorate a Gingerbread house. Xoxo

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Painting my kids pit bull Grant for a Christmas present. Can’t wait til they see it. Excited. He’s also one of the dog ornaments.

Here he is with his Christmas hat. He needs a few more spots. Grant with his minime.

You can follow the process. Colors used so far. Ultramarine and burnt umber for blacks cerulean and burnt sienna die greys.

More ofThe same colors.

My version of their rug. Fire engine red ultramarine viridian and quin gold

I didn’t like the brown of the floor-not enough contrast with the rug because they are the same tone- so I added some white over it. This is with white. Quite like the effect of the white. And he was done.

And a twizzle Christmas hat for a certain cute new baby-well a six month old baby.

Now Santa needs a nap. Margaret in Atlanta xoxoxoxo

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Heres the pack with clear coat on them to make them shine. Of course I put Zoe on the tallest salt shaker since she’s the smallest both in clay and in life.

Finally done with a clear coat of Golden’s soft gel medium cut half with water. Gives a nice shine to them.

L-r Wesley Susie Camie Zoe Chip Charlie Lucy Dog Livia and Grant. Honeys peeking out from the back row.

Made with fimo clay and a bit of sculpy. Aloe of kneeling, squeezing, and rolling with the rolling pin to get the clay soft. I had to add vegetable oil to some of the clay because it was too stiff.

Did I say I have a new appreciation for warm dishwater on hands that ache from all that kneeding?! Back to my baking.

Candy cane earrings that may or may not get finished before Christmas. Made by combining ropes of white and red clay and twisting and rolling flat.

After staying up late baking cheese straws and painting dogs I think I need a nap but guess that will have to wait til Saturday.

Margaret hohohoho who needs to wrap these puppies up!!

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One of my goals is to practice doing quick sketches of children. This is one of my grandson Henry that looks a lot like him. He’s a true wiggle worm often twisting himself up like a pretzel so it’s difficult to get a likeness even when he’s watching tv.

Another goal is trying to draw an image with a few lines. I used to use what is called a searching line which is actually multiple lines. Now I try to use a few lines. Sometimes with success sometimes a mess.

L-R Chip, Honey and Wesley.

Three more dogs in need of paint. Two more to do then Santa is done.

A lot of baking too. Mincemeat tarts aka deliciousness.

Details: Lamy Safari Noodler Eelskin Ink Stillman and Birn Alpha

Colors pyrrole red and yellow ochre burnt umber burnt sienna cerulean ultramarine blue.

Margaret who is checking off her Christmas list. Time to bake. Hopefully I will not forget the eggs this time. OOPPS. Xoxoxo

With more cross hatching. Which do u like best?? #portrait #sketching #drawings #art #artist #ink #dailydrawing #stillmanandbirn #grandkids #henry #noodler #pawpatrol #instadogs #dogs #pittie #pitbull #watercolor #aquarelle #allaprima #lab #labrador

Beginning to sound like the 12 Days of Christmas. Have five more to make. Oops. Why are they multiplying days before Christmas??! 2 labs 2 pitties 1 golden and 1 cow dog aka black and white. Oops that’s SIX!!!!

Making my oh so adorable grandkids their brindle Lucy dog.

Lucy mostly lays around keeping watch but loves to play fetch. I need to paint this one. As soon as I decide what to do about messing up her name. Oops.

I have drawn the grandkids several times lately. This one is my favorite.

The more cross hatching version. Which do U like best?!

Drawn with the Noodler Ahab and Noodler eelskin Ink. Strathmore alpha book right now my fav sketchbook.

Colors used quin gold peacock blue ultramarine blue pyrrole red and quin gold for skin. Burnt sienna for Henry’s hair. A little cerulean and that’s it.

Time to shop. Margaret off for more fimo at Michaels. Xoxoxo oh and some mincemeat cross and Blackwell with brandy thank you very much.

So posting a picture of what she’s up too. Making fimo polymer clay dogs for Christmas presents. They will both be pit bulls after they are baked and will be a present for their mom. The one on the right is our old JRT Charley. Zoe said she wanted one too. 🤗🎅🏻 This is the brown one Livia. She still needs her muzzle darkened.

And her little brother Grant. The white one will get painted like him when it’s baked. Glad I gave him a big black nose. It was white. What was ms. Santa thinking?! 😱

Back to my chocolate chip cookie baking. Hohoho Margaret xoxoxo