Excited the Farrier was excepted In the Georgia Watercolor Society show. YEAH!! #farrier #gws #watercolor #aquarelle #horses
Off to spread the joy and order a frame.
Margaret thanks for stopping by. Xoxoxox
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Day 1070 OOPPs Cars!
Painting those wonky cars!! Oddly the 6B pencils repel watercolor. A strange effect.
Not that it will keep me from drawing with them. 
The sketches before painting.
Back to the grandkids. Thanks for stopping by!
Margaret xoxoxox
Day 1069 Mary Alice Munroe
Went to a great book talk at AB Browns today by Mary Alice Monroe for her newest book in her Beach House series the quintessential summer beach book based on Isle of Palms near Charleston.
Though I have read some of the books with the turtles in them has no idea they are really to educate us about her latest passion. I tend to read the story for the story not to find hidden meanings.
That said I always enjoy them.
The latest book is about pelican rescue her latest passion. The raptor center even named a pelican that she rescued after her Mary Ann so I decided to draw Mary Ann to fill up the page.
The notes are just things that she said about her passions pelicans shorebirds.
She’s also an excellent palmetto bug stomper. One was running around the room the talk was held in. It’s a skill u acquire when you got to SC Low country beaches. I won’t tell you how I know.
The lunch was excellent. HEirloom tomato soup. 
Shrimp and grits and a peach cheese cake for desert.
Ttyl. Off to Atlanta! Thanks for stopping by!! Margaret xoxoxoxo
Day 1068 Livia or a Dogs Day
Livia my sons pit bull. Not my best sketch of her. I have drawn her five or six times.
The eyes were too low and close together oops. I darkened the right eye made both of them larger and added a dab of white gel pen.
Before I decided to add the Quin Sienna to her coat. Like the Quin Sienna one much better.
Guess I better fix those eyes at least make her look not cross eyed. Eeekk.
Some older ones of Livie.
The languid lounger.
My favorite
She has penetrating stare.
Thanks for looking. Margaret xoxoxo
Day 1066 Drawing cars
ah not what I should be doing but I kept getting stuck 
At long lights driving downtown yesterday.
I had also found my delicious 6B Caran dache lead pencil in my purse.
And I couldn’t help myself.
During rush hour cars are everywhere while u sit
And sit and wait
Better than being annoyed.
And actually fun I like their
Slightly wonky look. Then I just started filling up the page with sketches of cars at Earthfare.
I actually sat in a parking lot today and drew a few more. 
Beware that 6B smears. A lot. If I get them painted I will set it with some fixative. Until then using Kleenex and napkins to keep them from smearing on each other.
Margaret off to Als art reception shortly xoxoxo
Day 1065 Another day another commission
This is Enterprise mill an old mill downtown that has been turned into wonderful apartments. A friend has one of them and wants her own painting of this one.
So once again I was tracing. Good start. Easier than painting that darn whirlpool galaxy yesterday, I thought!! Wrong.
Almost immediately my pilot pen DRIPPED all over it. Tracing this took quite some time so I was not a happy camper yesterday so I threw in the towel and quit.
About nine last nite I decided to do it OVER again. I whipped that pen off carefully. It was not the first time it has dripped.
Big splats on my Marias map. That time it waited til I was almost done. Ggrrrrrrr.
Margaret off to get a haircut. Xoxoxo
Day 1063 The view from Raisin’s kitchen
The view from My friend Raisins kitchen of Bristol TN spread out below. A rather amazing view to stare at when you wash dishes at the kitchen sink.
The big brick buildings are the local high school that looks more like a college campus than a high school. The open area is the football field I think is called the Castle has hand built rock walls and turrets like a Castle. Rather an amazing site to drive by.
The mountain in the back ground is called Holsonback Mountain. Going to have to go back to see it in the fall.
Off I go. Ttyl
Margaret who needs to unpack xoxoxo
Day 1062 No Place Like Home!
But hanging out in Blowing Rock comes close. When home is deep into early too hot summer Blowing Rock is still deep in early spring. Half the trees still have not leafed out. Spring flowers still abound and you definitely will need a jacket and a scarf is a good idea too.
This couple was out enjoying the lovely spring weather.
Charles Reid watercolor palette.
Ttyl Margaret who has THREE meetings today. Eeekkk xoxox
Day 1061 – Happy Fathers Day
To my youngest son Drew and Muhammad my nephew in law and Vince my nephew. All three of them would enjoy these political drawings if they slowed down long enough to look at them. Their kids keep them busy!
Kamala Harris! A go getter.
Tom Cotton who was not a happy camper.
And John McCain. Hmm I think this one still needs something!! I forgot to finish him because he was not with the rest of them. Oops
Off for some Fathers Day Fun. I hear we are going to the Dekalb Air Port to watch the planes and eat dinner.
Margaret xoxoxox
Day 1061 -how many more?! And a beach party!!
Still quite a few!!! 🤗
We have no shortage of talking heads in this country. They offer great drawing practice. 
If you can pause your tv it even takes the pressure off of trying to draw them quickly. 
And all they do is talk. And talk and talk. 
And pass a lot of laws that half the country don’t like no matter which side you are on making the other half is unhappy!
The Decatur Businesses Beach Party in downtown Decatur on the square. Ponce de Leon became a giant beach!! Free beach buckets, beach balls and balloons oh and washable tattoos for all!!
An amazing stilt walker. The kids had no idea how he could be that tall! Several people on top of each other was their best guess.
And there he goes legging it down the block or should I say stilting down the block?!
And a rare shot of the old Decatur Courthouse with sun on its face. It usually sits in the shade. Bytw this is now an art gallery.
Off to play with my grandkids. Hugs!!
Margaret McCarthy Hunt Art 