In my small Stillman and Birn alpha w a Office Depot mechanical pencil.
I measured his head when I drew this one by holding up my 2B mechanical pencil. His head is very long and narrow. Kind of like the rest of him. He’s 6’3”. Lots of whiskers. Mustache and goatee. Going grey but still has a lot of pepper in his once black hair.
Next up a watercolor or two of him sooner or later.
Oldest eating establishment in Key West is their Moniker.
Margaret xoxoxox who needs to do a whole series of Key West quirky places.
Pepe’s Coconut Cream Pie
Crust:
1 1/2 C Graham Crumbs
1/4 C Sugar
6 T Butter melted
Stir all together and press in 9-10″ pie pan
Filling
3 Egg Yolks
2 t Coconut Extract
1/2 C Sugar
3 Heaping T cornstarch
3 C Half and Half
1 C Flaked and Sweetened Coconut
1/2 C Heavy Cream
mix yolks and extract, set aside.
Combine sugar, cornstarch , half and half in heavy sauce pan over medium high. Bring to boil stirring constantly.
The recipe for Pepes Coconut Pie.
Pepe’s Coconut Cream Pie
Crust:
1 1/2 C Graham Crumbs
1/4 C Sugar
6 T Butter melted
Stir all together and press in 9-10″ pie pan
Filling
3 Egg Yolks
2 t Coconut Extract
1/2 C Sugar
3 Heaping T cornstarch
3 C Half and Half
1 C Flaked and Sweetened Coconut
1/2 C Heavy Cream
mix yolks and extract, set aside.
Combine sugar, cornstarch , half and half in heavy sauce pan over medium high. Bring to boil stirring constantly.
When it starts to bubble and 1/2 C of mixture to eggs very slowly to temper them. Return all to the saucepan whisking constantly over medium low. When the sauce is thick and coats the back of a spoon remove from heat and stir in coconut. Cool to room temperature and turn into the crust. Chill for 2 hours. Whip cream (1/2 T powdered sugar) and spoon over pie.
Crystal is a super model. Been drawing her off and on for a while since going to the Atlanta Artist Center where she also models. Now She’s doing online modeling sessions via Townsend Atelier about once a month on Monday at 5 EST. You can contact them at mailto:peggy@townsendatelier.com. They have a phenomenal range of classes.
One advantage to doing a zoom session is that you can capture her pose with a screen shot.
Handy if you want to tweak your sketches. Doesn’t matter if there’s not enough detail because you really don’t want to get bogged down with the details.
The camera was down near her feet so there was a lot of odd foreshortening. She really doesn’t have big feet except from that angle. Lol.
Margaret who needs to get busy xoxoxo
I only realized that after the class was over.
That’s another thing. Why do they have to paint like a madman. I can usually keep up BUT i know a lot cant so WHY!?
At this point I decided to do why I wanted. Started really slapping paint on. Drawing with my saber brush, the Cheap Joe’s scroobys loose Goose, which is always uncontrollable fun.
Margaret xoxoxo
I actually like this so far. The morning will tell. Paint along with Vladislav Yesileyev
Yellow ochre cobalt and alizarin This layer will eventually disappear or appear to be white.
Margaret ready for a nap after four hours of madly chasing after Vlad today. Eeek.
Xoxoxoxo
I added some more darks. The shadows on the top right of the building- the third story?! Under the roof line and the left side of it. I also added some darks to all the windows and the thing that looks like a garage door.
Now if I could just get rid of that red smear but oh well. Short of adding a dog or a person that’s not happening. Well not today.
Margaret xoxoxox
Looking at this boat makes me smile. Love the silly birds on top. Clyde and co!
The photo. I was trolling YouTube this am and discovered an Ian Fennelly paint along and I thought way more fun than listening to NPR and doing the Aigusta National golf club.
And I was right. Always fun to listen to Ian natter on. This is an old sailboat on the river Dee in Cornwall. Something about the river isn’t there anymore just the marshes?!
Stage 1. The pen layout.
Stage 2. Drawing the boat and environs with a Tombow fine tip end. A number 65 I think.
Stage 3. Coloring the boat w tombows and fine liners.
Stage 4&5. Color added then some more marker detail. Also the silly gulls. Limited palette Ultramarine, Burnt sienna, Orange, green gold, white gouache.
Margaret who almost forgot to post. Xoxoxox
Sketching Paris – Sacre Couer which sits on the highest point in the city and can be seen from all over the city. There are a few tweaks coming sooner or later. 
The photo. 
Step 1. Lay out pens on your paper at the angles you will draw the buildings.
Step 2. Drawn with a very light Tombow on 140# hot press Fabriano 15×20″. Delicious paper. Sometimes I think it would be easier to start these off with a pencil. Then you can erase the inevitable oopseys.
Step 3. Ink it with a .03 permanent fine liner adding a few more details.
Step 4. Watercolor layer. Only four colors used. Ultramarine, cad red dark, burnt sienna or quin sienna and cobalt teal light.
Step 5. Adding more Tombow and darker tombows including black. 
Step 6. Adding more details! Using the permanent fine liners. .03 .02 .01 And a bit more Tombows.
Step 7. And last add a bit more watercolor. And a few more splatters. I do love splattering.
That’s a wrap. The last Sunday Funday with Ian Fennelly. Ian’s been a very busy boy during the pandemic offering a ton of classes in Studio56Boutique.com.
Margaret tucked up in bed. Xoxoxo
Done for the moment. Sunday Funday with Ian Fennelly. Who could resist drawing the Eiffel Tower with Ian??! Really enjoyed it despite I wore my hand out inking it. Should have taken a lunch break. 
One of my fav places in Paris esp when lit up at night. 
I sat under it on one Saturday nite drawing it. Heaven for someone who loves to sketch.
Of course I can’t find the picture of the sketch right now. A double page spread too.
The photo
The sketch. Tombow time.
Firming it up with permanent ink markers. Like the lettering but little matchbox cars. Oops. Oh well. Can’t have it all, right?!
First layer of watercolor. Four colors. Winsor Newton Brown Madder, WN Cerulean, WN Prussian Blue, and M Graham Azo Orange. Oh a dab of ivory black used as a grey.
Close up. Yummy colors. The weird brown red is the the brown madder.
Adding more tombows. Coloring with the marker end. A range of greys and black. Second sweep with watercolor. Cross hatching underway with permanent fine liners .05, .03 and .01.
Finished exhale or it got a little dark. One good thing abt fluid hotpress. You can wipe some of the color off.
Here it is now. My fav bit are the cobble stones near the crosswalk. No idea why but there it is.
But this one is still my fav.
Margaret watching Bull again. Not listening to it again. Xoxoxox
Now that I have had my second vaccine I decided time to brave the Toyota showroom cesspool and get my car a check up.
Was fun to have a real human to draw for once. This lady held quite still for a long time reading a real book.
Drawn with a fine Pitt pen stillman and birn alpha. 
Painted with this set of travel fuumuui kolinsky brushes I got from Amazon. Sizes 4,8,12. 
They have brass tubes for handles so they can collapse into the leather folder they come in. 
Nice brushes for $25. Great reviews. People love them and they hold up well.
Evidently Zoe’s kitty missed her while we were in Atlanta. This cat will not come near me. I can only pet her when she’s eating. But Zoe. Much to Zoe’s chagrin she follows her around rubbing all over her. Doesn’t she know most Jack Russells like to eat cats!? Lucky for her Zoe tolerated them.
Margaret xoxoxo
Margaret McCarthy Hunt Art 