tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133759592024-03-07T17:05:07.362-05:00MaggieART - Margaret McCarthy HuntAward Winning Artist - The Art and ramblings of an eclectic artist
Contact m c m h u n t @m e. c o m for purchase.Margaret McCarthy Hunthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16043152663750140749noreply@blogger.comBlogger1363125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13375959.post-22893879220405864832015-01-16T17:47:00.000-05:002015-01-16T17:47:03.937-05:00New Blog new websiteHi Just wanted to let you know where I have gone...Been working on my new blog and website at Wordpress since 6 am. Fingers now worn out. Nap coming soon. Please check it out.<br />
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I will migrate this blog as soon as I figure out how to do it!! And I am knocking off now!! Thanks for all the support! Hope to see you on the new site!!Margaret McCarthy Hunthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16043152663750140749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13375959.post-29679681631826014922015-01-13T20:41:00.001-05:002015-01-13T20:41:15.030-05:00Day 192 -Almost Forgot!<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPL6j7JuZy0D0Y-PPwYZEGDEOQj_Udk0mGQC5_90Azopyi_vhERZ11D_TmgQ6_RXmpqS3rp00rRJSUV_illTYYDCH1xbJR5JpVYYlRbOu3e1JoFcRH4gEk3KFbyuWhGvwmNJjC/s640/blogger-image--408422654.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPL6j7JuZy0D0Y-PPwYZEGDEOQj_Udk0mGQC5_90Azopyi_vhERZ11D_TmgQ6_RXmpqS3rp00rRJSUV_illTYYDCH1xbJR5JpVYYlRbOu3e1JoFcRH4gEk3KFbyuWhGvwmNJjC/s640/blogger-image--408422654.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Sketching at Targets Starbucks in Evans Ga. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi6us2LimLbNTVL16TQ-6rzqi1hFPxwPo2sKFzuHLkErzzdOYTmpJFLxN3WWu0rmGrPFT4-SfRzoRjH9ApeevAnQZutnyPNQpXkk1Iw-Iu0L_tnI-q9kHP1qeWxkGDlzz_oBvk/s640/blogger-image-71831864.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi6us2LimLbNTVL16TQ-6rzqi1hFPxwPo2sKFzuHLkErzzdOYTmpJFLxN3WWu0rmGrPFT4-SfRzoRjH9ApeevAnQZutnyPNQpXkk1Iw-Iu0L_tnI-q9kHP1qeWxkGDlzz_oBvk/s640/blogger-image-71831864.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">She walked off. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn5nl__Y7nNiJdAy6PJ4is7vNV1EObhs3N6MNXhWDaz_xDjgHjrbvu8KF8y279fS_pK3nDDWkdmiv4MRUrsw5IuMZYA1w3yQb9V74Quu7I3DpNQdp5PgtdsLNZd1Ci_iyCLcTh/s640/blogger-image--260019191.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn5nl__Y7nNiJdAy6PJ4is7vNV1EObhs3N6MNXhWDaz_xDjgHjrbvu8KF8y279fS_pK3nDDWkdmiv4MRUrsw5IuMZYA1w3yQb9V74Quu7I3DpNQdp5PgtdsLNZd1Ci_iyCLcTh/s640/blogger-image--260019191.jpg"></a></div><br></div>Not many shoppers. Mostly drew the cashiers. Thanks for looking. Back to my nap!!!</div>Margaret McCarthy Hunthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16043152663750140749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13375959.post-92205455963527112942015-01-12T19:33:00.001-05:002015-01-12T19:33:57.320-05:00Day 191 - Hogfish Grill review!<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMK43Zpp2sYdcL8gBzgjCOyVkgB2hFNaD3LwgXJl0ksNfnTRurSQy6YaRcr295E0wpL4S2yLpt0FY_mfjto9Ykmvcl1ePvus1A2qyWcPyj-YIpj4M2Fk-QKDF4CrsWF-TvM_Ex/s640/blogger-image--1288145498.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMK43Zpp2sYdcL8gBzgjCOyVkgB2hFNaD3LwgXJl0ksNfnTRurSQy6YaRcr295E0wpL4S2yLpt0FY_mfjto9Ykmvcl1ePvus1A2qyWcPyj-YIpj4M2Fk-QKDF4CrsWF-TvM_Ex/s640/blogger-image--1288145498.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">This restaurant was so good we went THREE times. It's reasonably easy to get seated without a really long wait. On the water. Great service. Good food all in an open air grass hut. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibZzE1jRkQl-TrjvsAVTUjScYbHdDKVYpHrm_vlwWVgoAODx8RCV_iNmWsQcjHNm2kc7CI8K-Q6ErUJCgx83ZnVBA77wQ4zCCOy3HCVaWtpQLvqyHpheed4qA2xXthzJK0Jqg6/s640/blogger-image-651017161.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibZzE1jRkQl-TrjvsAVTUjScYbHdDKVYpHrm_vlwWVgoAODx8RCV_iNmWsQcjHNm2kc7CI8K-Q6ErUJCgx83ZnVBA77wQ4zCCOy3HCVaWtpQLvqyHpheed4qA2xXthzJK0Jqg6/s640/blogger-image-651017161.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Funky bar. This was done with watercolor pencil. I really don't like WC pencils. Think it would look better in slurpy washes of watercolor. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSlvxWO6HZO1YUA253XyH-yvBT8M2z7p6QvCpu4PiQLk5VuVlok0CTeIfbz9PrzgmEF4zXJllzQdPnrHKrqQvc8ds_SuAvAAz00VFFmQnZ1gMEEc_jSuidrBGsZqZ91KFtKbaI/s640/blogger-image-219892619.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSlvxWO6HZO1YUA253XyH-yvBT8M2z7p6QvCpu4PiQLk5VuVlok0CTeIfbz9PrzgmEF4zXJllzQdPnrHKrqQvc8ds_SuAvAAz00VFFmQnZ1gMEEc_jSuidrBGsZqZ91KFtKbaI/s640/blogger-image-219892619.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Here's the whole double page spread. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Thanks for looking. </div>Margaret McCarthy Hunthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16043152663750140749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13375959.post-17786091561439977032015-01-11T15:24:00.001-05:002015-01-11T15:24:31.713-05:00Day 191 - Sketchbook Skool homework<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div>Homework Draw outside. Hmm it was very cold. 14 degrees. So I sat in the car and drew. Where there's a will there's a way right?!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl6cSaanNvcS_subHbTCeoLmCV36ed_gw3Z30q2_2MCY1HEeJe7wTcGVreGCxARfzqlGkp3xHrFsn9kVerG36IivpCnjasKD-HNi7-kmpjLnkEDitUYJ23ll5Fx8-2U_8WqYHK/s640/blogger-image--338688846.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl6cSaanNvcS_subHbTCeoLmCV36ed_gw3Z30q2_2MCY1HEeJe7wTcGVreGCxARfzqlGkp3xHrFsn9kVerG36IivpCnjasKD-HNi7-kmpjLnkEDitUYJ23ll5Fx8-2U_8WqYHK/s640/blogger-image--338688846.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The fountain at DJ and Co. It outgrew the page. I had intended it to fit on one ove. HaHAHAHA. I could not get it on the page t<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">his way. It outgrew it. Oops. Better planning needed. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6eae6HCW8_CAufd4LlxoBqZxa2L3dZ_mDfyK-gSQLgsRgoI9jeP6dTf3gKHdLqHWXB7b1pyUwjiXj8KJDCVFG26GxkPY3iKmfb-5oVF4cOIjjHmnQ2Y6t06VdfLdEb12KBGB8/s640/blogger-image--742555943.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6eae6HCW8_CAufd4LlxoBqZxa2L3dZ_mDfyK-gSQLgsRgoI9jeP6dTf3gKHdLqHWXB7b1pyUwjiXj8KJDCVFG26GxkPY3iKmfb-5oVF4cOIjjHmnQ2Y6t06VdfLdEb12KBGB8/s640/blogger-image--742555943.jpg"></a></div>I then got the brilliant idea to color all that white space yellow. BIG mistakes. The lettering was done with Noodlers Bulletproof Ink. It went crazy smearing. Finally I taped a new sheet of paper over it. First I painted it yellow and THEN I letters it. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">After this disaster I drew another. <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-rt9xkuQQRIgmm-rXpBlWtgbxxiKLLMwVqJu3OrQlR_8uPHtGFW2-Had2bRo6cAwwq5oXokezCD9_ZJTaXYzzpG7OyCtpHoWRNChXIr2xBfI75fRSsnal13uk6TC2ASww-6hx/s640/blogger-image-343069974.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-rt9xkuQQRIgmm-rXpBlWtgbxxiKLLMwVqJu3OrQlR_8uPHtGFW2-Had2bRo6cAwwq5oXokezCD9_ZJTaXYzzpG7OyCtpHoWRNChXIr2xBfI75fRSsnal13uk6TC2ASww-6hx/s640/blogger-image-343069974.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I actually painted this one first. I usually paint when I get home. Normally I would paint the failure first to try<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> out colors. DUH not this time. Got the</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> bright idea to paint the background a dark cobalt to make the fountain pop. The letters ran. DUUUHHH. Finally I painted the background with cerulean mixed with Winsor permanent white gouache. Better but still not</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Great. I may redraw this one yet! Maybe in pencil f</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">or the other homework assignment?! <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Vn3zL5bypVnYBsmK-VkdeDVPjSJlGsoI2u8YxPli6TxTRpygv17uqZgjkEOtvaB_7pwJhTgKHhvXvBnP1nb0WnXzUATJnM5TOj4Z8A0UtjSb9BnT8x_kPGd-dUTjsDPVrNjr/s640/blogger-image--961529041.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Vn3zL5bypVnYBsmK-VkdeDVPjSJlGsoI2u8YxPli6TxTRpygv17uqZgjkEOtvaB_7pwJhTgKHhvXvBnP1nb0WnXzUATJnM5TOj4Z8A0UtjSb9BnT8x_kPGd-dUTjsDPVrNjr/s640/blogger-image--961529041.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Trying to do a journal page or two about what I did during the week. More Danny Gregory homework?! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv4Q7LSRCES4BeZwDhmhfPORqQcBGwMAjFmef6IbNMaagAayKJx3ZRPJIMLE4N1OSuUxmurTdubFs0RXuh-E6QdxiVW8sOGVWTBClOotqecfrcPQBtAP8vVeZ2CROcls4z4VOa/s640/blogger-image-1185808531.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv4Q7LSRCES4BeZwDhmhfPORqQcBGwMAjFmef6IbNMaagAayKJx3ZRPJIMLE4N1OSuUxmurTdubFs0RXuh-E6QdxiVW8sOGVWTBClOotqecfrcPQBtAP8vVeZ2CROcls4z4VOa/s640/blogger-image-1185808531.jpg"></a></div>And this guy. Well it didn't have to be buildings did it? Drew him in the middle of a local Cafe. He reminded me</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">So much of The Donald so I had to draw him! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Thanks for Looking!!</div></span></div></div>Margaret McCarthy Hunthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16043152663750140749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13375959.post-4762733857660879792015-01-10T21:31:00.001-05:002015-01-10T21:31:15.467-05:00Day 190 - El Meson de PepeWatercolor in my Moleskine watercolor journal. Pen Noodler Creaper w bulletproof black ink. <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd683rkOAXr6GRANT767hTAtLos9lxp6IrLsxzmsfNIP2lRoenuqlmsRD8sjlgJdY0qHmMfnhKw3pB6RTmH3hR0QOhDgaZvqqtcUa6tBr-CzQKZBnApnQljWJWFF44kNyJyVz_/s640/blogger-image-1699173587.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd683rkOAXr6GRANT767hTAtLos9lxp6IrLsxzmsfNIP2lRoenuqlmsRD8sjlgJdY0qHmMfnhKw3pB6RTmH3hR0QOhDgaZvqqtcUa6tBr-CzQKZBnApnQljWJWFF44kNyJyVz_/s640/blogger-image-1699173587.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Decided to journal about our Key West adventures adding to the pictures I did at the different restaurants. We heard good things about El Meson de Pepe on Wall Street. Off to a good start. Great view great ambience. We waited and waited. No service. Finally got service. Terrible margarita. No water. Waited and waited for our food. Order wrong. Food was not good. Expensive tough conch fritters. Scallops drowned in olive oil and of course the food was pricey. We are in Key West but we didn't even get a decent Margarita. I think they forgot the liquor. . <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd683rkOAXr6GRANT767hTAtLos9lxp6IrLsxzmsfNIP2lRoenuqlmsRD8sjlgJdY0qHmMfnhKw3pB6RTmH3hR0QOhDgaZvqqtcUa6tBr-CzQKZBnApnQljWJWFF44kNyJyVz_/s640/blogger-image-1699173587.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOEksXmovI4iRIUa9JE1zUAy-YckUIhyphenhyphenxp4x2dHQMP2pdduo_fKtaxPFv1MTNUMFPXICBj9m3Nkp83qHAsr1B7Zgv3ZqwrK5yanbw38JQud85Ml5qgMp1bQYTGvXDakX61Z1mV/s640/blogger-image-763271219.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOEksXmovI4iRIUa9JE1zUAy-YckUIhyphenhyphenxp4x2dHQMP2pdduo_fKtaxPFv1MTNUMFPXICBj9m3Nkp83qHAsr1B7Zgv3ZqwrK5yanbw38JQud85Ml5qgMp1bQYTGvXDakX61Z1mV/s640/blogger-image-763271219.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The view from our table. A great huge banyan growing over a wall. And chickens and bikes. Loved the view. Not the plce. </div></div>Margaret McCarthy Hunthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16043152663750140749noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13375959.post-18607847745854302002015-01-09T18:43:00.001-05:002015-01-09T18:58:46.616-05:00Day 189 - We LOVE B.O.'s Part 2<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">In my moleskine watercolor with my Noodler creaper my lamy vista fine and my Pentel brush pen. <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div> The pages are watercolor pencil and some gouache. </span><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg4XaTr-7xts3thykYPUGsm82oO6YYRDB8Db0X9ZEqCwqFVc2LXXtGTPPv2sJLNdf9q05Lxoe1pkflkIrzevFHaF-bp033DcCd6WBlYX_i4d_rtW324wvnscsh5i7KV54Dmc96/s640/blogger-image-495449593.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg4XaTr-7xts3thykYPUGsm82oO6YYRDB8Db0X9ZEqCwqFVc2LXXtGTPPv2sJLNdf9q05Lxoe1pkflkIrzevFHaF-bp033DcCd6WBlYX_i4d_rtW324wvnscsh5i7KV54Dmc96/s640/blogger-image-495449593.jpg"></a></div><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The full double p</span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">age spread. </span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPvKFvh-6nKIWkcT3k1tpRIKuabsmTsMZIqiMjClbYu8__WnRYRz6DRpZWdO4YBAZngp0WJYCpcjXBiTI_aELkCFnbTzYu8aM1E0Jt0b0Iu9xOVZWNRIfr_EqMbm4FvwjX3Xc_/s640/blogger-image--452017731.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPvKFvh-6nKIWkcT3k1tpRIKuabsmTsMZIqiMjClbYu8__WnRYRz6DRpZWdO4YBAZngp0WJYCpcjXBiTI_aELkCFnbTzYu8aM1E0Jt0b0Iu9xOVZWNRIfr_EqMbm4FvwjX3Xc_/s640/blogger-image--452017731.jpg"></a></div><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Detail</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAmLoOf2WIcVWKWAospflFBzjxulIEaNbUDrqOWS7GNtNJ6bTQ_NiZmqMMhbkNGZ8HvvoKfHPNWTI2gBGjt-R7vkT_Q-87jSONtemhI9ImHWtVbZVWMzpfAfP9zgdIRvSJNTSQ/s640/blogger-image--619986928.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAmLoOf2WIcVWKWAospflFBzjxulIEaNbUDrqOWS7GNtNJ6bTQ_NiZmqMMhbkNGZ8HvvoKfHPNWTI2gBGjt-R7vkT_Q-87jSONtemhI9ImHWtVbZVWMzpfAfP9zgdIRvSJNTSQ/s640/blogger-image--619986928.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Detail</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyNYGgRPzc0axkz5S7KXLHh0CQsRUxpQLlNpZv6FUZ6R2A-Jbp0x2Upqt1LBgbxxSB39SHoVQeYdfNAhXl3UlTbMAzpVJqJUAphtSpQjVz-y6kCXpLF25EqBFsvx7MOKezCS2h/s640/blogger-image--1883778021.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyNYGgRPzc0axkz5S7KXLHh0CQsRUxpQLlNpZv6FUZ6R2A-Jbp0x2Upqt1LBgbxxSB39SHoVQeYdfNAhXl3UlTbMAzpVJqJUAphtSpQjVz-y6kCXpLF25EqBFsvx7MOKezCS2h/s640/blogger-image--1883778021.jpg"></a></div><br></div>And now you can compare both double page spreads. I can't decide which I like best. I liked the bid sketch best till I did the journal page. It's one of my fav journal pages. </span></div>Margaret McCarthy Hunthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16043152663750140749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13375959.post-12865466413344358992015-01-08T18:52:00.001-05:002015-01-08T18:52:19.955-05:00Day 188 - We LOVE B.O.'s<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">In my moleskine watercolor with my Noodler creaper my lamy vista fine and my Pentel brush pen. The journal page is done with regular watercolor wet on wet. The other pages are watercolor pencil and gouache. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIKGHYUXd05D6dORY3k7iZEOuM8YbvihyphenhyphenTCOQr9RUXzJDzD8SDGZoZ1NyJeCQrF2NB2eoHXaMLAnJvk_4zgm35mO6haRCI5zu9aRQTuScXP8vGPZtMGRx5VienyGw4E_1tKY8E/s640/blogger-image--85880583.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIKGHYUXd05D6dORY3k7iZEOuM8YbvihyphenhyphenTCOQr9RUXzJDzD8SDGZoZ1NyJeCQrF2NB2eoHXaMLAnJvk_4zgm35mO6haRCI5zu9aRQTuScXP8vGPZtMGRx5VienyGw4E_1tKY8E/s640/blogger-image--85880583.jpg"></a></div>A journal page abt B.O.'s Fish Wagon. It really is a pile of junk but the food is fresh and delicious. Money back guarantee! Beer flows freely. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-GQe7PfXQCpLwJRNu0LrDCSO_eOupiPQ7uxuod17yku-jxiiAQNLl_S-w-rSSL0UqPdnyCCq6hsWIoJr432rsmr-t3C8TdCwPWoYpsJ2QW6MuMGy1XNOhoeVYy9x3oukITWin/s640/blogger-image--1027167557.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-GQe7PfXQCpLwJRNu0LrDCSO_eOupiPQ7uxuod17yku-jxiiAQNLl_S-w-rSSL0UqPdnyCCq6hsWIoJr432rsmr-t3C8TdCwPWoYpsJ2QW6MuMGy1XNOhoeVYy9x3oukITWin/s640/blogger-image--1027167557.jpg"></a></div>Some of the junk that makes up B.O's. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLcb_8_TZcRJqaaBRsKGEabxZAaNENvklq6OGuajyMJgVwxSWgefD4W0X9Tbf7iu67kXgkKHJBC8d6ukXTouB8SfWJt8lzvAFAIZ9RnjXiA3ed5QuQZIDEIqnonPvVudS678Nn/s640/blogger-image--1372729119.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLcb_8_TZcRJqaaBRsKGEabxZAaNENvklq6OGuajyMJgVwxSWgefD4W0X9Tbf7iu67kXgkKHJBC8d6ukXTouB8SfWJt8lzvAFAIZ9RnjXiA3ed5QuQZIDEIqnonPvVudS678Nn/s640/blogger-image--1372729119.jpg"></a></div>Here's the whole double page spread. More <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">B.O's tomorrow. Can u tell I like it?!</span></div>Margaret McCarthy Hunthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16043152663750140749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13375959.post-37336006148980809172015-01-07T20:41:00.001-05:002015-01-07T20:41:32.065-05:00Day 187 - Bits and Bobs<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_AzTQIuJtgYhjzE7lwLm5myEp-iuUvprY66_DyEQyvuJjAMdbGc4NuvH2LdAFbCN4VzxtPTYt-NPrBRbdQzqJ70mDoDom0iGkB72NfuOmP2l2CvVji95EetiOmir0Czw-jK_L/s640/blogger-image--1202978379.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_AzTQIuJtgYhjzE7lwLm5myEp-iuUvprY66_DyEQyvuJjAMdbGc4NuvH2LdAFbCN4VzxtPTYt-NPrBRbdQzqJ70mDoDom0iGkB72NfuOmP2l2CvVji95EetiOmir0Czw-jK_L/s640/blogger-image--1202978379.jpg"></a>This is a sketch of the view from the worst ever Cuban restaurant in Key West. Lucky for them I can't remember the name. Had great ambience but the service was terrible, the conch fritters were hockey pucks and the margaritas watery. It did have a great view of the back of the theater where a large banyan had engulfed a wall. And of course there were chickens and the favored mode of transportation the bike!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Colors. Lovely gray is piemonite and Zoitite. Greens lots of Aurelian and cerulean base. With green apatite </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid3OoEwxnbKRPHbfrALJeqxWLXLtgiQdi34WAbWI8IVlevOmKjYVXzJ_3tjT4FZPqcWQoax4yOtmzGtrCPEurtFWITWoq1d5vawtPU6F00NCh9C17uwEiF18YfPjIpUGaCM54n/s640/blogger-image--2012544921.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid3OoEwxnbKRPHbfrALJeqxWLXLtgiQdi34WAbWI8IVlevOmKjYVXzJ_3tjT4FZPqcWQoax4yOtmzGtrCPEurtFWITWoq1d5vawtPU6F00NCh9C17uwEiF18YfPjIpUGaCM54n/s640/blogger-image--2012544921.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">One of the restaurant customers. I painted her in just a few minutes. The hair is Quin Sienna and ultramarine blue. Not sure what green the shirt is. Maybe Virginian w more <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">ultramarine blue. Skin cad light w aureolin yellow and cerulean shadows. </span> Maybe those classes with Charles Reid are clicking in?! One can hope. Thanks for looking. </div>Margaret McCarthy Hunthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16043152663750140749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13375959.post-61914002592341164162015-01-06T19:16:00.001-05:002015-01-06T19:16:21.167-05:00Day 186 - Getting things doneHave lots of Key West drawings to get finished. <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiYb-86womlhtNb2k1zSCuL8KG_wl4pYyJgfG4TA3X735jp3U7vmRdDvhu9M5guErwfKqkjH75cLhgHkcU_xGtf31VZMG3hqwksAuZl7FWOclggLXir5ex_usH4i87CCLPceS0/s640/blogger-image--403795634.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiYb-86womlhtNb2k1zSCuL8KG_wl4pYyJgfG4TA3X735jp3U7vmRdDvhu9M5guErwfKqkjH75cLhgHkcU_xGtf31VZMG3hqwksAuZl7FWOclggLXir5ex_usH4i87CCLPceS0/s640/blogger-image--403795634.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Here's the double page spread in my Key West Moleskine WC journal done with my Noodler Creaper and watercolor pencil. It represents things we did or saw in Key West. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdl-VqYplQpRhmoWHytazM1wl84yKlgMtW_9Vh6uJcwnvpH7MjZ2aRSVGTJhNVbKDycpQz1wc6wi28sZplHm1H-pvOcJNpWuA67vgb9rBuERFfkAyiquPdU-sNHTJjTKHW4QQG/s640/blogger-image--925504131.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdl-VqYplQpRhmoWHytazM1wl84yKlgMtW_9Vh6uJcwnvpH7MjZ2aRSVGTJhNVbKDycpQz1wc6wi28sZplHm1H-pvOcJNpWuA67vgb9rBuERFfkAyiquPdU-sNHTJjTKHW4QQG/s640/blogger-image--925504131.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Close up. Can you find the famous cat? Has his eye on a chicken. They help keep the federally protected chickens under control. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Eat at Blue Heaven for deliciousness. Best eggs Benedict ever topped with pink Shrimp. Yummm. The chickens enjoyed bits of our English muffins. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The Conch Train. Did we ride it </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">? No but if fit better than the Trolley which we did ride. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The floats are ripped from the walls of BO's Fish Wagon. Another delicious spot. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The trees and flora were exotic. Pothos also called philodendron grew outside w leaves a foot apart. Norfolk pines 100 feet tall.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3ROiaDgz7PYsgEmdLB-F0uTCJ9RoV_WGzTCtUh4ZDRWEtefGaD_6tXixvm1UcuBS8zvW5D3YCrrLgKCDNbaPGCC0srtYZ3hJ-pX6Ij6iMCA7WNVsyZUfq86ihwKBF0kIEaRci/s640/blogger-image-951870224.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3ROiaDgz7PYsgEmdLB-F0uTCJ9RoV_WGzTCtUh4ZDRWEtefGaD_6tXixvm1UcuBS8zvW5D3YCrrLgKCDNbaPGCC0srtYZ3hJ-pX6Ij6iMCA7WNVsyZUfq86ihwKBF0kIEaRci/s640/blogger-image-951870224.jpg"></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Chickens everywhere!! <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> Endless assortments of palms. </span><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1i-05jlvpAIVWVgeByouuyAWq1tMfQI48N1BfZ73_85cKx50xZ_kUZKDfJ2aIfIkt79_2XVsh9SC9QL156s5I4k-zinWsce0pWPpgQ02yTJbOkPi3IRZI9cDYkO1gpy1HATUj/s640/blogger-image-1899758873.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1i-05jlvpAIVWVgeByouuyAWq1tMfQI48N1BfZ73_85cKx50xZ_kUZKDfJ2aIfIkt79_2XVsh9SC9QL156s5I4k-zinWsce0pWPpgQ02yTJbOkPi3IRZI9cDYkO1gpy1HATUj/s640/blogger-image-1899758873.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The iconic lighthouse with the required drink. More floats for cherries or olives. Gotta have a conch now endangered on the island. Another chicken!!</span><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb6XdCkjlckWBJiN-rZxiTeWpW9SUVGrhEmBjEutBPTXy2K_uyVCfKpohKb3MlsZnHBPwvaAYMJ-eK6wPMbX1ajrZAsT4Niwq1GiCqkfTUJoWHRU1yk-pBhKpVM1lOnnII7geg/s640/blogger-image-1026502535.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb6XdCkjlckWBJiN-rZxiTeWpW9SUVGrhEmBjEutBPTXy2K_uyVCfKpohKb3MlsZnHBPwvaAYMJ-eK6wPMbX1ajrZAsT4Niwq1GiCqkfTUJoWHRU1yk-pBhKpVM1lOnnII7geg/s640/blogger-image-1026502535.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">There are three modes of personal transportation on the island walking , a bike or a scooter. This guy on his snazzy red scooter caught my eye at a light on Duval. Oh iguanas. A scourge devouring anything and everything but it fit the space!! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Thanks for looking!!</span></div></div></div>Margaret McCarthy Hunthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16043152663750140749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13375959.post-74365952878161225792015-01-05T18:48:00.001-05:002015-01-05T18:51:51.578-05:00Day 185 - a little coloring and a little journalingOne think about doing black and white sketches is that it's like making your own coloring book. Speaking of which time to get busy coloring some of those key west pics. Last nite I drew some and colored some. <div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL0oXc22N4bvZZeDjEt7oZFMlF8MLiCQCyLLlXQL_8ROdH0jfKkIVc9zYS-H-bgQjzeHd-Xc7-sRTVknfZenyGybOWKjFmlnqx3KJs_Y3OJDLlqt5mgUMbxh3dg2xJK_wbBrCE/s640/blogger-image--367368380.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL0oXc22N4bvZZeDjEt7oZFMlF8MLiCQCyLLlXQL_8ROdH0jfKkIVc9zYS-H-bgQjzeHd-Xc7-sRTVknfZenyGybOWKjFmlnqx3KJs_Y3OJDLlqt5mgUMbxh3dg2xJK_wbBrCE/s640/blogger-image--367368380.jpg"></a></div>Think this looks a lot better colored. Love the bright yellow background. The white in Danny's sideburns was done with white correction tape. I like the effect! I went over the letters with my Pentel brush pen. <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibKGVPo6aOEKE-CssVnLt0i-36U5MktoirTG5Lieogy6EHM3Vu6Ncsw_crcOVZ06Nw_5X_wjdKP_i7NGyW0Enwzsw9dsuFvpnc3G4bf9CJM-dXWDf9NeS15xhATJpB4ERgoeo2/s640/blogger-image-503250673.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibKGVPo6aOEKE-CssVnLt0i-36U5MktoirTG5Lieogy6EHM3Vu6Ncsw_crcOVZ06Nw_5X_wjdKP_i7NGyW0Enwzsw9dsuFvpnc3G4bf9CJM-dXWDf9NeS15xhATJpB4ERgoeo2/s640/blogger-image-503250673.jpg"></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">A few happenings in my life yesterday. Watching CBS Sunday morning with my sons dog Livia. She kept trying to ignore me. I took my grandson the last of his Christmas yesterday. The toolkit was a hit. He and his dad are fixing things around the house together. He LOVES hanging out with his daddy. <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> Most of the letters are done with my Pentel brush pen.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTU39z6CGrEgIJK8WQQTMaYOQUyrQTiUMXuN1bBv3m94Ig7o3hMoH2gInDEjPQR4ld8X65OSKVnPHeFtsKvXp42-Si66Ne3cVIjC-iBlICRIGNhqJ3Xnir9CGK-FfJx2C7IKV9/s640/blogger-image-155676971.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTU39z6CGrEgIJK8WQQTMaYOQUyrQTiUMXuN1bBv3m94Ig7o3hMoH2gInDEjPQR4ld8X65OSKVnPHeFtsKvXp42-Si66Ne3cVIjC-iBlICRIGNhqJ3Xnir9CGK-FfJx2C7IKV9/s640/blogger-image-155676971.jpg"></a></div>And then I watched Downton while I colored my coloring book. Irresistible not to draw some of the denizens of Downton. Odd poor Miss Hughes looks all wrong yet she looks like herself. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">That's it for tonite. <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Most of the letters are done with my Pentel brush pen.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Thanks for looking. </div>Margaret McCarthy Hunthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16043152663750140749noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13375959.post-45728874187266328972015-01-04T20:15:00.001-05:002015-01-04T20:15:36.983-05:00Day 184 - I bet you know him<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">When I was in school I loved to read or doodle instead of paying attention. I guess not much has changed. I drew this while I was watching Danny Gregory doing his SBS Beginnings. Perfect? No- but recognizable I think. Drawn in ink in my S&B Alpha. Could not correct obvious goofs like one eye larger than the other but I was doing this at 11 pm. Usually I am asleep by then. And like our pets he kept moving. Sometimes there, sometimes a sketchbook or drawing shoes instead. No color because I was under a white i mean totally white quilt. Bulletproof ink was daring enough!! Time for another quick sketch before Downton Abbey!! Thanks for looking!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1LZT6hv_lkt8m4tGlKUQbvjcNQMYxhr7WTtEvMh3ptlZ9HTE2QTQu-gvbcW6o2z7KH77dqAcmb3y7j_SqzEpJEQupw3FsBuGKytKGKJuiLX_1-LYnqoa9GdHyAfHcncJHq24M/s640/blogger-image--114845226.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1LZT6hv_lkt8m4tGlKUQbvjcNQMYxhr7WTtEvMh3ptlZ9HTE2QTQu-gvbcW6o2z7KH77dqAcmb3y7j_SqzEpJEQupw3FsBuGKytKGKJuiLX_1-LYnqoa9GdHyAfHcncJHq24M/s640/blogger-image--114845226.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div>Margaret McCarthy Hunthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16043152663750140749noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13375959.post-47850944628858963162015-01-03T16:14:00.001-05:002015-01-03T16:14:02.300-05:00Day 183 - Still sketching<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">In my watercolor moleskine with my Noodler Creaper with Noodlers Bulletproof ink. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGt2nKZ3_1As_TFSuYJUH3oTEpL1eyrAD3xusXW4WxJWHKTnZ60VGxqhixIKy2H1PFJbKXnA8x3YeHoyclv9QVSpgzKv92jOAtaTqbXzIvI3JfsMLqG3gNlRYseEaWe_LnCu1T/s640/blogger-image-1541068986.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGt2nKZ3_1As_TFSuYJUH3oTEpL1eyrAD3xusXW4WxJWHKTnZ60VGxqhixIKy2H1PFJbKXnA8x3YeHoyclv9QVSpgzKv92jOAtaTqbXzIvI3JfsMLqG3gNlRYseEaWe_LnCu1T/s640/blogger-image-1541068986.jpg"></a></div>Setting about the layout of a moleskine watercolor that made me want to draw a double page iguana. <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The layout just called for one big iguana!! Y</span>es I admit I used pictures. They sit in the grass around the condos and I am extremely allergic to grass. Their heads poke up above the grass ever vigilant for food. There are so many they devour the vegetation to t<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">he ground. Think deer when u think iguana. I hear they taste like chicken. </span><div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjfIdrGEm4Dobkv7wviZ6V_gT5xY-gDDx1fPqo938LmBIOqN6yUwkvJaTgTAAHR_cl5vNRpxApESubXkxheL2kfsbYPJgxPnGgVGmaox9FHaan21Y4UW6UGg9YgZovVqCiGyxi/s640/blogger-image--186606880.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjfIdrGEm4Dobkv7wviZ6V_gT5xY-gDDx1fPqo938LmBIOqN6yUwkvJaTgTAAHR_cl5vNRpxApESubXkxheL2kfsbYPJgxPnGgVGmaox9FHaan21Y4UW6UGg9YgZovVqCiGyxi/s640/blogger-image--186606880.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">This is a compilation of all things Key West. I blocked it in with a pencil but added bits and pieces as I thought of them to fill in the page. At some point I switched pens!</span></div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk-x5reEVs8TmzXyPNpLySm5x1bFKurRHLgb42-_q0jFUoJUl147yJWB9o1eVLYixTYCRQA2HKcKUo-SwNdxwIWNlLJBN-L2AlnuONVyWGnpI8EaME8OxXtMk_OkcRwVsVli-h/s640/blogger-image--2084658819.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk-x5reEVs8TmzXyPNpLySm5x1bFKurRHLgb42-_q0jFUoJUl147yJWB9o1eVLYixTYCRQA2HKcKUo-SwNdxwIWNlLJBN-L2AlnuONVyWGnpI8EaME8OxXtMk_OkcRwVsVli-h/s640/blogger-image--2084658819.jpg"></a></div>Here it is reinked. Think it will be a lot of fun when it's colored. </div></div>Margaret McCarthy Hunthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16043152663750140749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13375959.post-24566829273434383882015-01-02T20:49:00.001-05:002015-01-02T21:01:07.989-05:00Day 182 - in TransitBack to<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> the real world. Not nearly as much fun but lots more Key West sketches to share </span><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimvfOMc4IrcGlurTJ7NQzDXcAADf3jUJ5SwNpZRITmlLFQznzaXVrG6JD6gm86Le-0V9KPslQfQ__R5VuzOrBo_NglbPU0r4ZrVMgidlwtWNQPbGy2QIvo-OrqcJa6Aq8O6zbb/s640/blogger-image--173191125.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimvfOMc4IrcGlurTJ7NQzDXcAADf3jUJ5SwNpZRITmlLFQznzaXVrG6JD6gm86Le-0V9KPslQfQ__R5VuzOrBo_NglbPU0r4ZrVMgidlwtWNQPbGy2QIvo-OrqcJa6Aq8O6zbb/s640/blogger-image--173191125.jpg"></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The Bistro. Good breakfast. Not as good as Blue heaven but a laid back spot where you can people watch at the street front bar or dream the day away on the tucked away patio over a cup of coffee or tea. It will get watercolor not wc pencil so I c<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">an play with the colors. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-puSef8IlDHZhYNKr6hzwBdWSIw0f7oDz73e7pjV76rJp6ltNP5YAk-5N3l60tO6o8b9rNYvLCVpCkMfJXu_mfL9L7KN6XxRvGaUwK1i4Do0wFvt2uGu32CO4k4TawYvLJBhp/s640/blogger-image--1074042611.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-puSef8IlDHZhYNKr6hzwBdWSIw0f7oDz73e7pjV76rJp6ltNP5YAk-5N3l60tO6o8b9rNYvLCVpCkMfJXu_mfL9L7KN6XxRvGaUwK1i4Do0wFvt2uGu32CO4k4TawYvLJBhp/s640/blogger-image--1074042611.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">It's really a double page spread drawn with my Noodler Creaper Ahab Flex in my Wc moleskine. I have a whole moleskine I am u<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">sing for Key West. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">The next two ar</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">e s</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">ketches of every day Key West happenings to be added too. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRb1BP-zd0BmyXIK2o9bfoxfulFnkl6O6jSuKuzF6TzOpevX5SPofIHKY63i3g9Cq5OHQeIIX_q4n4iaxvFGuzpfaiTnTmnQfatW3lODZOUEC6yN8WMNpxg42wUBC8wyDmqSiH/s640/blogger-image--807910785.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRb1BP-zd0BmyXIK2o9bfoxfulFnkl6O6jSuKuzF6TzOpevX5SPofIHKY63i3g9Cq5OHQeIIX_q4n4iaxvFGuzpfaiTnTmnQfatW3lODZOUEC6yN8WMNpxg42wUBC8wyDmqSiH/s640/blogger-image--807910785.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Scooters. Can't wait to paint this a swath of bright red. Everybody rides scooters or bikes in Key West. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-PYofIA3esEEfXohsT3Q4u7PuclJd_Y8Jgv0tBbe1MuT3B56TMVo408eN2Fe1_3BBULc54vM_yAaVKBkOTDmAWP2LFbkjuk4Sx7tLkBJBYtiGoneA9Pf5KmHZfHmWCE_E2bDR/s640/blogger-image--1514776621.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-PYofIA3esEEfXohsT3Q4u7PuclJd_Y8Jgv0tBbe1MuT3B56TMVo408eN2Fe1_3BBULc54vM_yAaVKBkOTDmAWP2LFbkjuk4Sx7tLkBJBYtiGoneA9Pf5KmHZfHmWCE_E2bDR/s640/blogger-image--1514776621.jpg"></a></div>Chickens abound because they are protected. You say HUH?! The federal</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Government declared all birds on the island protected in their great wisdom forgetting it included the chickens brought over by him was it Bahamians or The Cubans?! No you can not have chicken for dinner!! How many ways can you spell illegal?! Thank goodness for the cats and hawks that help keep t<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">hem in check. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE3Pcc9CtmasosnzRnHqDPy3a_LoQWDToPAkCwzp12k8Dm-NzYn0Ql7GMnmh04JNgBIlXtcu8PtrpGcG52UT-AzopcjBJF29iYb4w2bROt9xew_UMfO9qaLRwW0vSeHEa3g2fG/s640/blogger-image-251060474.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE3Pcc9CtmasosnzRnHqDPy3a_LoQWDToPAkCwzp12k8Dm-NzYn0Ql7GMnmh04JNgBIlXtcu8PtrpGcG52UT-AzopcjBJF29iYb4w2bROt9xew_UMfO9qaLRwW0vSeHEa3g2fG/s640/blogger-image-251060474.jpg"></a></div>Original d<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">achshund parade pen sketch. Thought u might like to s</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">ee it. Hopefully not again!</span></div>Margaret McCarthy Hunthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16043152663750140749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13375959.post-21946876527372348032015-01-01T21:34:00.001-05:002015-01-01T21:40:43.968-05:00Day 181 -The TreesFirst post of the New Year! Hard to believe I started this blogathon over half a year ago now. Never thought it would last this long!! Watercolor pencil,Tombow pens in my watercolor Moleskine. <div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdFj_0UvyQD3WsU6QXKTju0KNwIvOK7OV9ByjfBfIFMO_K8XJwZlN8U2g1pWEO6Io10hXuRT57bbX9nZikCkvBBH1qy8SiCML8FXrH8FR_Q5oQ7aJaY2M4vu2PpZ54ByCqOUm7/s640/blogger-image--421726998.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdFj_0UvyQD3WsU6QXKTju0KNwIvOK7OV9ByjfBfIFMO_K8XJwZlN8U2g1pWEO6Io10hXuRT57bbX9nZikCkvBBH1qy8SiCML8FXrH8FR_Q5oQ7aJaY2M4vu2PpZ54ByCqOUm7/s640/blogger-image--421726998.jpg"></a></div>These are two of the indigenous trees on Key West. I drew them while I sat on Whitehead St waiting for my my sister who was on the phone. You never have a chance to be bored of u have a sketch book. </div><div><br></div><div>These two trees are fascinating. The Kapoks can be huge. Covered with pink mimosa like flowers or pods that actually can be used to stuff life preservers because kapok floats. The trees are very twisty and often have huge winglike butresses to hold the big trees up. The Banyan at banyan House covers the entire yard. ONE tree. It spreads by dropping runners which root and become tree trunks. This one is huge and is swallowing the yard and the house. You can stay in the house a bnb called the Banyan house. </div><div><br></div><div>Happy New Year!! Thanks for looking!!</div>Margaret McCarthy Hunthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16043152663750140749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13375959.post-81046397128620774982014-12-31T21:26:00.001-05:002014-12-31T21:41:53.485-05:00Day 180 - the Annual Dachsund Parade<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdN0Dffzm9CkDtojxIzf1bygJGXmVotlibW88jYI1EwnW2dARRccg6A4mkDgUOkWhje-Lck2NhL8CMRFOA5EfWBVpjE_F-_rAUfRRNA5hGMqBrDL91W8uQa9ATWFlUfDXQ6dWl/s640/blogger-image-893048564.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdN0Dffzm9CkDtojxIzf1bygJGXmVotlibW88jYI1EwnW2dARRccg6A4mkDgUOkWhje-Lck2NhL8CMRFOA5EfWBVpjE_F-_rAUfRRNA5hGMqBrDL91W8uQa9ATWFlUfDXQ6dWl/s640/blogger-image-893048564.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">They celebrate New Years in spectacular ways in Key West. A drag queen drops in a red sequin show. A conch is the crystal ball here. They also have an Annual Dachsund Parade. There were hotdogs. There were fairies. And strollers. Dogs and people in every conceivable costume. I sat on the corner in the middle of the hubbub of 200 plus sausage dogs and just about every other kinds of dog drawing this with my Noodler Creaper Ahab. Colored w watercolor pencils. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpzzUfaPOE-Yq7RuQFHsOs1ANczjDpxvM0mgO4-I09uY1U34FXdLtWB3m3ZaEblmpEUIBy0T5yZ1SuHIgnJ1j4JCo5mp8jlhxx3kp4vNjy13VB9KonnJER5Ob_DCHdZ91UCtFx/s640/blogger-image-1629146703.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpzzUfaPOE-Yq7RuQFHsOs1ANczjDpxvM0mgO4-I09uY1U34FXdLtWB3m3ZaEblmpEUIBy0T5yZ1SuHIgnJ1j4JCo5mp8jlhxx3kp4vNjy13VB9KonnJER5Ob_DCHdZ91UCtFx/s640/blogger-image-1629146703.jpg"></a></div>They marched in the street around a one block section. It was a hoot. And the mobs were thick. Cameras were clicking. Everybody had their favorite. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIGUl9PoOttETuRw3Qnm3S2CJmsVUK-iDgW2Os44kKNKd4SykepSrBOnd9oXk8_1HxaPYdZhOx7xfLEHc_aod2iX5YB-us-ZiaMJ8nA0j0fmh-TbMk_vwv494Uu5rIu2E-Y6iZ/s640/blogger-image-665732268.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIGUl9PoOttETuRw3Qnm3S2CJmsVUK-iDgW2Os44kKNKd4SykepSrBOnd9oXk8_1HxaPYdZhOx7xfLEHc_aod2iX5YB-us-ZiaMJ8nA0j0fmh-TbMk_vwv494Uu5rIu2E-Y6iZ/s640/blogger-image-665732268.jpg"></a></div>This is the double page spread. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7hp2MEUxiEzYyF4rLYzDWNU8D8I7r1t8V98xaY9Kwb7vsOkm7yGVkrAdq5vYY7w8KS1yDa7RwsktEmGNUOqlhMH8kPR3GhykwSMqJL3QAv2lrGOm3ZMGjK1dgf-Zq8ygjOZQI/s640/blogger-image-716373893.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7hp2MEUxiEzYyF4rLYzDWNU8D8I7r1t8V98xaY9Kwb7vsOkm7yGVkrAdq5vYY7w8KS1yDa7RwsktEmGNUOqlhMH8kPR3GhykwSMqJL3QAv2lrGOm3ZMGjK1dgf-Zq8ygjOZQI/s640/blogger-image-716373893.jpg"></a>A hot dog but then you knew that's what they are!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvosjrV9RLHbxmcxu1usPQR0YqikRvOjK2lOjCJXzT5hNOt6_8IR0w8pTL6HzLJJRwBpouKkNOIMs1yVI5P9LcmbN74I1uPo7mXBNpQAq1QcIQqxOD9s6UMokrZuNYitHhTJV4/s640/blogger-image--1548294329.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvosjrV9RLHbxmcxu1usPQR0YqikRvOjK2lOjCJXzT5hNOt6_8IR0w8pTL6HzLJJRwBpouKkNOIMs1yVI5P9LcmbN74I1uPo7mXBNpQAq1QcIQqxOD9s6UMokrZuNYitHhTJV4/s640/blogger-image--1548294329.jpg"></a>Chihuahuas were there!! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCvjQ0XR5eC8VXUR9u-vw3ukPjsw4gd5TkXR1OqRjyZuacziVIQcKiuTxH3nCeGJkDKCquDS7Imp5c5rDRoOIFVMU_SzSiGLI15i99-u76BZ1HlGcIqGc3XIuxgGBO0Ef3N54o/s640/blogger-image-1756514742.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCvjQ0XR5eC8VXUR9u-vw3ukPjsw4gd5TkXR1OqRjyZuacziVIQcKiuTxH3nCeGJkDKCquDS7Imp5c5rDRoOIFVMU_SzSiGLI15i99-u76BZ1HlGcIqGc3XIuxgGBO0Ef3N54o/s640/blogger-image-1756514742.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">My sis managing the crowds. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUnploZOeC9uWoctziCzlQQ0HfO8XrafSBHa9IdzNnW3njgHVjtuS1BShCamph2ihQhoV-IjFc-cfzf_HUyMuoRApzpeRDo4HdKau5IZa5qHBu3I391so2qf9ZoXqtjjJSCgPL/s640/blogger-image-2055942204.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUnploZOeC9uWoctziCzlQQ0HfO8XrafSBHa9IdzNnW3njgHVjtuS1BShCamph2ihQhoV-IjFc-cfzf_HUyMuoRApzpeRDo4HdKau5IZa5qHBu3I391so2qf9ZoXqtjjJSCgPL/s640/blogger-image-2055942204.jpg"></a></div><br></div>My fav dog Moby Dick. A Jack Russell of course!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho7lCNpEheQF8d38Ai21puxAX2kJ6VdIf2wQQMbuU_LUz8YN61bAHWbcQOUqcn5IK4C2QLf6tj-aFkbnr7XBpwwIYNtYyYOdrYO8B8enCBC_b6qwaPh0xzyrIJl_-ARz49wPDE/s640/blogger-image--1037767066.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho7lCNpEheQF8d38Ai21puxAX2kJ6VdIf2wQQMbuU_LUz8YN61bAHWbcQOUqcn5IK4C2QLf6tj-aFkbnr7XBpwwIYNtYyYOdrYO8B8enCBC_b6qwaPh0xzyrIJl_-ARz49wPDE/s640/blogger-image--1037767066.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Well what can I say!! Crazy every New Years Eve!!! Be there!! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Thanks for looking!!</div><br></div></div>Margaret McCarthy Hunthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16043152663750140749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13375959.post-76160335627473068792014-12-30T20:17:00.001-05:002014-12-30T21:19:26.629-05:00Day 179 -Sketching Key West<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzaH7BWFYZ-RkyCG_ECELRQlyvLfsEK9PTRVMSap2J27uqIjTMWBgvbEz51lT8R85T5D1XQ02yc3G5O9OYcri-rRJgqduWKFzPn6HzfiTmjGQ-zQDI1YgVGH561iymauUuHzgR/s640/blogger-image-1207793975.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzaH7BWFYZ-RkyCG_ECELRQlyvLfsEK9PTRVMSap2J27uqIjTMWBgvbEz51lT8R85T5D1XQ02yc3G5O9OYcri-rRJgqduWKFzPn6HzfiTmjGQ-zQDI1YgVGH561iymauUuHzgR/s640/blogger-image-1207793975.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><br></div><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzaH7BWFYZ-RkyCG_ECELRQlyvLfsEK9PTRVMSap2J27uqIjTMWBgvbEz51lT8R85T5D1XQ02yc3G5O9OYcri-rRJgqduWKFzPn6HzfiTmjGQ-zQDI1YgVGH561iymauUuHzgR/s640/blogger-image-1207793975.jpg"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Watercolor pencil and sharpie marker.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM7DTtTJJkC_79Di6OOf6VNkij1IcwXQ_udkmGKXLPsHE5NCXWQJj7SFXQ1vM4eOoNmCVvi04VhlnnNoLmqJqEXOGzIqoIE3_1hJOvhI9qY1RYuAcs5Lu9vRCnqwtaNLYVeNVx/s640/blogger-image-1054168075.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM7DTtTJJkC_79Di6OOf6VNkij1IcwXQ_udkmGKXLPsHE5NCXWQJj7SFXQ1vM4eOoNmCVvi04VhlnnNoLmqJqEXOGzIqoIE3_1hJOvhI9qY1RYuAcs5Lu9vRCnqwtaNLYVeNVx/s640/blogger-image-1054168075.jpg"></a></div>And here I added Pentel brush pen. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Blue Heaven where we ate breakfast today. My favorite meal so far. And just a fascinating spot. A lot of negative painting to make the yellow croton leaves show up. More sketches of it to come. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjQeqAQX7GTwOr7lbHd7k55AB-L08hbLYasuHcjtX8PAb1KH5-CtSVb1BVwALLFrQqh9MVIQg6BMvJrKY41NZEkVk7QUIUI3inbnI0b2OTbDRHJbjWj7CUqFAOpeY5PKHyL2_q/s640/blogger-image-654983806.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjQeqAQX7GTwOr7lbHd7k55AB-L08hbLYasuHcjtX8PAb1KH5-CtSVb1BVwALLFrQqh9MVIQg6BMvJrKY41NZEkVk7QUIUI3inbnI0b2OTbDRHJbjWj7CUqFAOpeY5PKHyL2_q/s640/blogger-image-654983806.jpg"></a></div><br></div>On the back deck at the Hyatt where we had breakfast yesterday. <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The grounds here are really beautiful. Immaculate tall palms. A tropical paradise. </span><font color="#000000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL-sMMpPiDfIpiKMU8moIuzhFT9qpZqIIIvmBqfgAdP4DCpNHGYjKzoc-x0ttXflYz30fnoQHPUv2HOM-hni9OQR-pByIRoiEgfbmR6aE5lh6D78O4E08fYACV8OhzCuYIGXtV/s640/blogger-image-1862446624.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL-sMMpPiDfIpiKMU8moIuzhFT9qpZqIIIvmBqfgAdP4DCpNHGYjKzoc-x0ttXflYz30fnoQHPUv2HOM-hni9OQR-pByIRoiEgfbmR6aE5lh6D78O4E08fYACV8OhzCuYIGXtV/s640/blogger-image-1862446624.jpg"></a></font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">A fun spot on Stock Island. Atmosphere and waterside tables. We love it!!! The island seems to use license tags as wallpaper. More tomorrow. Day 180 on New Years. How did I do that?! What good timing!! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Thanks for looking!!!</div>Margaret McCarthy Hunthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16043152663750140749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13375959.post-18851761782532647402014-12-29T19:37:00.001-05:002014-12-29T19:46:15.907-05:00178- A little off the beaten pathWell I am in Key West so why not?!<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM-dEPqhekgYZ_LDRvEC46yZVOf42lRMORFcXKanJfVvZHcyQ-2jtEWDPwv5XXemn97MpA291ZedUxesXBv3p-tI5wnMU4dp-BljFe1rH6JvGaB4E4hhI40faDCw__nd-WytvQ/s640/blogger-image--803867562.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM-dEPqhekgYZ_LDRvEC46yZVOf42lRMORFcXKanJfVvZHcyQ-2jtEWDPwv5XXemn97MpA291ZedUxesXBv3p-tI5wnMU4dp-BljFe1rH6JvGaB4E4hhI40faDCw__nd-WytvQ/s640/blogger-image--803867562.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Where I rocked my morning away!! The view from our condo's screened porch. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9XP_9pMFKvBUHSekte0G2khcWquIlawoTkKHM1gTJn97UySVuNFxScQcw0VewAry8cogtsYjnGu4EUeZl9BCKgS5w9TbvQRqi89bpEPmxWwC8hKKBJyKjFh-ko1Q_-Td8L7vb/s640/blogger-image--414221262.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9XP_9pMFKvBUHSekte0G2khcWquIlawoTkKHM1gTJn97UySVuNFxScQcw0VewAry8cogtsYjnGu4EUeZl9BCKgS5w9TbvQRqi89bpEPmxWwC8hKKBJyKjFh-ko1Q_-Td8L7vb/s640/blogger-image--414221262.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div>Purple hanging orchid tree that we tried to park under. The plants here are incredible. Huge lush palms line the streets. Some we can only grow as house plants growing tall like the Scheffelerra and Norfolk Pine trees 20 feet in the air. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-nsYyeBFBA2TiYoM034Fc37UzWKri1Y0HenOdBwvKr8sytJ8CylKdqZHV33OR921kq01ddAEJ4YKeZO2srX2n7Y8dyc0hDAvAfpPrlzAXXNPi0TbQ0aoG204BdYOaRifltY1n/s640/blogger-image-1508196554.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-nsYyeBFBA2TiYoM034Fc37UzWKri1Y0HenOdBwvKr8sytJ8CylKdqZHV33OR921kq01ddAEJ4YKeZO2srX2n7Y8dyc0hDAvAfpPrlzAXXNPi0TbQ0aoG204BdYOaRifltY1n/s640/blogger-image-1508196554.jpg"></a></div>Huge Crown of Thorns bursting from</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Their pots. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiy27faUBHFpO3AAHjbUh6dn0FckuwuqJ-J4OQUvlL1Ud97FfWdO3eRzQV0jXnZcFdv6WnsQZPLh5f-KeBz1KojYEcqaXMOD-CBD0j191nrJJtBuFWh5h6ztTqgjlh-5H2BHq0/s640/blogger-image-990211413.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiy27faUBHFpO3AAHjbUh6dn0FckuwuqJ-J4OQUvlL1Ud97FfWdO3eRzQV0jXnZcFdv6WnsQZPLh5f-KeBz1KojYEcqaXMOD-CBD0j191nrJJtBuFWh5h6ztTqgjlh-5H2BHq0/s640/blogger-image-990211413.jpg"></a></div>Incredible Banyan trees. This is a small one. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVUVsa0f6JxeQBUe460zg4MRXjIQSCKgXYB7y48NZKnlcKJxw0x0AZDrCIHjlKj9cuMGnMolXESFik49kznulMwEctttbyI3GK8sUAb38zN4-cYqLJAaKb7w-9VEh5wgDrH507/s640/blogger-image--1859302860.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVUVsa0f6JxeQBUe460zg4MRXjIQSCKgXYB7y48NZKnlcKJxw0x0AZDrCIHjlKj9cuMGnMolXESFik49kznulMwEctttbyI3GK8sUAb38zN4-cYqLJAaKb7w-9VEh5wgDrH507/s640/blogger-image--1859302860.jpg"></a></div>Great sunsets. <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHIwU-wvXMQnQs6cAP3miXQ2-yLU7eIUHAEUtlQrwE9i7Ml4CUYUzZRMLWtuRq4vs5jFUy5vJend7pLV-ptSyjrtiPhlpz7FmR5o2TTz9Yp9Jbsx-iYNNgwxNdQPmHoxulUgKQ/s640/blogger-image-1377367478.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHIwU-wvXMQnQs6cAP3miXQ2-yLU7eIUHAEUtlQrwE9i7Ml4CUYUzZRMLWtuRq4vs5jFUy5vJend7pLV-ptSyjrtiPhlpz7FmR5o2TTz9Yp9Jbsx-iYNNgwxNdQPmHoxulUgKQ/s640/blogger-image-1377367478.jpg"></a></div>Eating dockside at Hof Fish Grill on Stock Island. More tomorrow. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Thanks for looking!!!</div>Margaret McCarthy Hunthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16043152663750140749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13375959.post-59831623186609503832014-12-28T10:27:00.001-05:002014-12-28T10:40:26.255-05:00Day 177 from the Florida Turnpike<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">A lot of quick gesture sketches as I sat in the middle of the breakfast area at the Hampton Inn in Vadosta Ga. Done in my Stillman and Birn Alpha w my Lamy Safari. Posted from the Florida Turnpike near Orlando. Only 437 more miles to go. Arrival time about 6 pm. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjePgihWgPjSSX6YQEAph7r-0MOrKSAL_YnRaDD8O_lEf9vHW2PJu3y3n8Mf2AD0Omrr8lUH7eQZlBbE_YDEB4s6oD0Xjge9KZQJpU6XbS_MkcVR24dwKydZVwV4f6din_97iib/s640/blogger-image-1590566034.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjePgihWgPjSSX6YQEAph7r-0MOrKSAL_YnRaDD8O_lEf9vHW2PJu3y3n8Mf2AD0Omrr8lUH7eQZlBbE_YDEB4s6oD0Xjge9KZQJpU6XbS_MkcVR24dwKydZVwV4f6din_97iib/s640/blogger-image-1590566034.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">This took maybe 5 min to draw. I start with the shoulders when I draw the figures. Judge the angle and draw it with a pen slash. I generally do the same thing with the rest of the figures. Judge the angle of the arm and draw it w 1-2 lines. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Lettering done with my Pentel brush pen. I lost my old one somewhere and had to run to Sam flaxs to buy another. Thank goodness for Christmas $$$!!! Colored with my watercolor pencils. It took longer to color them than to draw them. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9R9OkYd86cqWfQEcSY1NyzfNgeI-1XIjdJFmKjOEWonQy_XIrGJrnlyGaNhX-GXOnsIuOPa9izj8LzbpFVSfAIGJ4w538Yvmz2lNVFSy85rspDcPJqWK5qcE8kE_TUkCd8_po/s640/blogger-image--1916182067.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9R9OkYd86cqWfQEcSY1NyzfNgeI-1XIjdJFmKjOEWonQy_XIrGJrnlyGaNhX-GXOnsIuOPa9izj8LzbpFVSfAIGJ4w538Yvmz2lNVFSy85rspDcPJqWK5qcE8kE_TUkCd8_po/s640/blogger-image--1916182067.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">This young man was using his phone. Took off just as I was finishing up. <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9R9OkYd86cqWfQEcSY1NyzfNgeI-1XIjdJFmKjOEWonQy_XIrGJrnlyGaNhX-GXOnsIuOPa9izj8LzbpFVSfAIGJ4w538Yvmz2lNVFSy85rspDcPJqWK5qcE8kE_TUkCd8_po/s640/blogger-image--1916182067.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOeJNUG0jFU_KAa7Dbd30j2QTB2fQOUpBnqiuqr-Ik3MxjEnsEYOG1l7EimCSIGyON6NRUJsq2hczGU-TaS7geEmag6MC0WvQ6dqYFNTH213qt1YHcXZD_N0iYR7QjoXnxz8aw/s640/blogger-image-327605193.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOeJNUG0jFU_KAa7Dbd30j2QTB2fQOUpBnqiuqr-Ik3MxjEnsEYOG1l7EimCSIGyON6NRUJsq2hczGU-TaS7geEmag6MC0WvQ6dqYFNTH213qt1YHcXZD_N0iYR7QjoXnxz8aw/s640/blogger-image-327605193.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The original uncolored pen sketches. I thought u might like to see them. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK5mrGh_UKHd0zeDeNpCPCUpEkF3lrgebQ3id5RHWikR2ROAdzYYzi3MqSq1Sase3pN6QZT8rYHfx-Ruer6FXannqSIwBVd4vWiRz3_03NWRQBGrdl50kQ2yd0737idZugE4-7/s640/blogger-image--1820868038.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK5mrGh_UKHd0zeDeNpCPCUpEkF3lrgebQ3id5RHWikR2ROAdzYYzi3MqSq1Sase3pN6QZT8rYHfx-Ruer6FXannqSIwBVd4vWiRz3_03NWRQBGrdl50kQ2yd0737idZugE4-7/s640/blogger-image--1820868038.jpg"></a></div><br></div></div><br></div>Margaret McCarthy Hunthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16043152663750140749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13375959.post-572371501533173412014-12-27T17:47:00.001-05:002014-12-27T17:50:59.316-05:00Day 176 - Sketching at Whole Foods<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">These were drawn directly with a Noodler Creaper in my Stillman and Birn Alpha. And posted from the middle of I 75 in South Georgia as we drive to Key West. A late start what can I say?? </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtE3GIkl5IZXZRtNaykbpKI3ZVJx22mB5H-lsujiH_KvpV4gAgXmZoobSP73yRASNS0VXmiE2P_vqrH5Uq_LqAhjTyjLK1nA11Yvx0HYgvPE2NClRUsgPJpvXFLoIf1iK9OYoY/s640/blogger-image--773786686.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtE3GIkl5IZXZRtNaykbpKI3ZVJx22mB5H-lsujiH_KvpV4gAgXmZoobSP73yRASNS0VXmiE2P_vqrH5Uq_LqAhjTyjLK1nA11Yvx0HYgvPE2NClRUsgPJpvXFLoIf1iK9OYoY/s640/blogger-image--773786686.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Yesterday I went to Whole Foods to pick up some supplements, some magnesium lotion and a green smoothie. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br> A young couple sat down opposite me. The young lady was long and slim her boyfriend very square and wide. Quite the opposites. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtE3GIkl5IZXZRtNaykbpKI3ZVJx22mB5H-lsujiH_KvpV4gAgXmZoobSP73yRASNS0VXmiE2P_vqrH5Uq_LqAhjTyjLK1nA11Yvx0HYgvPE2NClRUsgPJpvXFLoIf1iK9OYoY/s640/blogger-image--773786686.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqdL9SmcuG6LyPhF2L4kszdsmt5-V0AfTtjhIN4RVrstc9Sv2AIgFrTh9bcvSR0TfEZw9az2u4oA8F1mBa4Jd9WvBnrr7W-gJCkCNHUTIYJvL3IX6OXbwysRSlYdCTaf586Z7r/s640/blogger-image--1231982514.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqdL9SmcuG6LyPhF2L4kszdsmt5-V0AfTtjhIN4RVrstc9Sv2AIgFrTh9bcvSR0TfEZw9az2u4oA8F1mBa4Jd9WvBnrr7W-gJCkCNHUTIYJvL3IX6OXbwysRSlYdCTaf586Z7r/s640/blogger-image--1231982514.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">These are a few of the diners who sat opposite me. The lettering was done with my new Isabey #6. I have never had a brush that holds a point so well. I am in love!! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> Hopefully I will be able to upload this. I am typing this in the middle of I 75 in south Georgia. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Thanks for looking. </div></div>Margaret McCarthy Hunthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16043152663750140749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13375959.post-89994099379453795022014-12-26T19:41:00.001-05:002014-12-26T19:45:24.384-05:00Day 175 - Hanging out with Ben<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggUwdHAX5-uPU37MBN_YPr5Mx8rSaJAYcSOPCqxMhtaVVz5d1Tzzu8vp1eGbh20MeKEa6glj27M0QyEgL1o8LSraCN8mnip0VSFuViOuUOIqlUE79Tf-w24ndfY5A2HBWILz-Z/s640/blogger-image-585280856.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggUwdHAX5-uPU37MBN_YPr5Mx8rSaJAYcSOPCqxMhtaVVz5d1Tzzu8vp1eGbh20MeKEa6glj27M0QyEgL1o8LSraCN8mnip0VSFuViOuUOIqlUE79Tf-w24ndfY5A2HBWILz-Z/s640/blogger-image-585280856.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a>My son Ben aka the Patient bought a Playstation 4 and two games because his doctor told him he needed to use his thumb more now that he has a regular cast. He holds still making him a good subject to draw. These were drawn directly with a Noodler Creaper in my Stillman and Birn Alpha. I really like the Alpha. Like it so much bought two more today in different sizes. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdFk6K_Sfjaoxe6-BnWGwD217HiRXzToGRTRPwTPblFpanIRmnOPyedhyfsdO9Bw4RRETWPo_aA-qYQUfEc8GYWQcRzT7gBWJwcdYLvWXbZ8h7Wdejv_wsANNMhLAtAGT42LYB/s640/blogger-image-1689586491.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdFk6K_Sfjaoxe6-BnWGwD217HiRXzToGRTRPwTPblFpanIRmnOPyedhyfsdO9Bw4RRETWPo_aA-qYQUfEc8GYWQcRzT7gBWJwcdYLvWXbZ8h7Wdejv_wsANNMhLAtAGT42LYB/s640/blogger-image-1689586491.jpg"></a>The game is similar to the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings. The graphics are pretty incredible and require a l<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">ot of concentration which keeps him from wiggling as usual. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">I would fix those two unfortunately positioned spikes in the hair but my paint is packed for the drive to key west in the morning. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Colors - flesh is a touch of alizarin and Quin red watered down a lot, hair is </span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">ultramarine blue and burnt umber, greys are </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">cobalt and raw sienna, pants cerulean and cobalt, and the </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">sweater is piemonite in the darks olive green and green apatite. </span></div><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggUwdHAX5-uPU37MBN_YPr5Mx8rSaJAYcSOPCqxMhtaVVz5d1Tzzu8vp1eGbh20MeKEa6glj27M0QyEgL1o8LSraCN8mnip0VSFuViOuUOIqlUE79Tf-w24ndfY5A2HBWILz-Z/s640/blogger-image-585280856.jpg"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Bear one of his two pit bulls has given up til the game is over and do what Bear does best. Sleeping. Grey on the bed is cobalt and raw sienna. Dog is painted with raw sienna and piemonite. The shadows are ultramarine blue and burnt umber. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Happy Boxing Day.!! Thanks for looking!!</div>Margaret McCarthy Hunthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16043152663750140749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13375959.post-32320646506688909512014-12-25T19:34:00.001-05:002014-12-25T19:34:07.962-05:00Day 174 - Roo Time<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrpXvUbwhxk03WwZ_Ig1OZgvN4xquMTO6BnfZDA9jWC08rqOJ77P9ouwmKs4ntaXmI-g-lButK80evhEiqo9rQRQbIJqzKuoJ9LNTznm319qNLPG_zwKQQYyBmBYWUg4Sc4sy0/s640/blogger-image-864279088.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrpXvUbwhxk03WwZ_Ig1OZgvN4xquMTO6BnfZDA9jWC08rqOJ77P9ouwmKs4ntaXmI-g-lButK80evhEiqo9rQRQbIJqzKuoJ9LNTznm319qNLPG_zwKQQYyBmBYWUg4Sc4sy0/s640/blogger-image-864279088.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglmlz2dxrj5ugng96AGNdnoBxIvlidxztlPyduNKhIgj0CccqPl_Q28DezPeJtkO9wmvSxPbrvG3BA5jRr7mdEmHZZ_zL3IdtpEpl2b5nmi_K50KC8T1SvkNsDJrlPZLJYiBsC/s640/blogger-image-1067445249.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglmlz2dxrj5ugng96AGNdnoBxIvlidxztlPyduNKhIgj0CccqPl_Q28DezPeJtkO9wmvSxPbrvG3BA5jRr7mdEmHZZ_zL3IdtpEpl2b5nmi_K50KC8T1SvkNsDJrlPZLJYiBsC/s640/blogger-image-1067445249.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a>Finally getting the Roos painted from my sketchathon at the Atlanta Zoo. Interesting to paint because almost e<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">verything was grey. </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm1qNAfxtD8-1Jr3AaqEnjvVhIEQ32Z4RIE2OkcQIACEgIuwwznjkOPO7p_bzJnatuldh1E9lmCFCxaEymbywSxN6RxZHEamWgMNx8ZoS0Wjn49LhQvRLbCmVgkALYCEQfAj8x/s640/blogger-image-1938120746.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm1qNAfxtD8-1Jr3AaqEnjvVhIEQ32Z4RIE2OkcQIACEgIuwwznjkOPO7p_bzJnatuldh1E9lmCFCxaEymbywSxN6RxZHEamWgMNx8ZoS0Wjn49LhQvRLbCmVgkALYCEQfAj8x/s640/blogger-image-1938120746.jpg"></a>This guy was in charge of the look out. I think it is a male. A very large kangaroo. He was very vigilant. The greys were made by mixing either cobalt and Quin raw sienna or cerulean with Quin raw sienna for transparency. I don't know about you but I can ge heavy handed and loose that lovely transparency which is what I like about watercolors. They were also painted wet in wet. The very dark blacks were made with ultramarine blue and burnt umber like the nose. The grass is a combo of yellow o<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">chre and Quin raw sienna which is very red. </span></div><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglmlz2dxrj5ugng96AGNdnoBxIvlidxztlPyduNKhIgj0CccqPl_Q28DezPeJtkO9wmvSxPbrvG3BA5jRr7mdEmHZZ_zL3IdtpEpl2b5nmi_K50KC8T1SvkNsDJrlPZLJYiBsC/s640/blogger-image-1067445249.jpg"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Most of the Kangaroos laid around making them not too difficult to draw but the big one in the first pic. He hopped over to the right of the pic and kept moving up and down. So I drew him again both standing up and tipped over. </div><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrpXvUbwhxk03WwZ_Ig1OZgvN4xquMTO6BnfZDA9jWC08rqOJ77P9ouwmKs4ntaXmI-g-lButK80evhEiqo9rQRQbIJqzKuoJ9LNTznm319qNLPG_zwKQQYyBmBYWUg4Sc4sy0/s640/blogger-image-864279088.jpg">Here's the full double page spread. Drawin in my Moleskine watercolour with a fine nib Lamy. Lettering done with my Pentel Brush pen currently missing. Have you seen it??</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Thanks for <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Looking!! Merry Christmas!!</span></div>Margaret McCarthy Hunthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16043152663750140749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13375959.post-7640261374439458342014-12-24T13:53:00.001-05:002014-12-24T14:34:08.092-05:00Day 173 - the Nutcracker!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFpO_txeMZKdpxmrF5EI1lcMe35end0ZrBeDUQlv0L5s1QfjkrOneotGAlISdNOxf2FUaP-3TZ3NdmVOO9mKYWrjEhxgHtTgLhxN63twcHMYfEDUyxjP49IQJv4aVVxZjjvZKD/s640/blogger-image-570665991.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFpO_txeMZKdpxmrF5EI1lcMe35end0ZrBeDUQlv0L5s1QfjkrOneotGAlISdNOxf2FUaP-3TZ3NdmVOO9mKYWrjEhxgHtTgLhxN63twcHMYfEDUyxjP49IQJv4aVVxZjjvZKD/s640/blogger-image-570665991.jpg"></a></div>Popped out of bed this am hot toget this done. No i<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">dea why the painting is blurry. It's not on my phone. Anyway in my Stillman and Birn Alpha drawn with my Noodler Creeper. Cheap pen but I LOVE the lines it makes!! Noodlers Bulletproof ink. Daniel Smith and Holbein watercolors! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdj4Bo2hq6RKzR2vfOFg4Va9TDRhYtVNGRqaQ-LySsAFgcLVOygB70s4ve3L8PiUpP869bNsVSTuKtvqlOebaozJ1IAmwfroPGYJQl9Cx1BhheOfpMHXHkJ_q1gD4BbVpb4kJG/s640/blogger-image--1735260982.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdj4Bo2hq6RKzR2vfOFg4Va9TDRhYtVNGRqaQ-LySsAFgcLVOygB70s4ve3L8PiUpP869bNsVSTuKtvqlOebaozJ1IAmwfroPGYJQl9Cx1BhheOfpMHXHkJ_q1gD4BbVpb4kJG/s640/blogger-image--1735260982.jpg"></a></div><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Just the ink. I drew it with a light grey watercolor pencil which washed away when u paint it. Feel like I cheated. Oh well!! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><b><i>Merry Christmas!! </i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Thanks for looking!!</span></div>Margaret McCarthy Hunthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16043152663750140749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13375959.post-25022605087390265272014-12-23T18:16:00.001-05:002014-12-23T18:40:07.100-05:00Day 172 - Merry Christmas<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEityjNUN-2enYldPTQbeAdmBE1muCKQSf3G030pDZI4YII0sJqTNUTkdYi1LAi8WQB7sD5hYnSy5z7KCb58NvI0ypXZuuiiTMzQu02h_qwlXfSmoJBpTI_dwJKS4kmvPw2sul7w/s640/blogger-image--1674058703.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEityjNUN-2enYldPTQbeAdmBE1muCKQSf3G030pDZI4YII0sJqTNUTkdYi1LAi8WQB7sD5hYnSy5z7KCb58NvI0ypXZuuiiTMzQu02h_qwlXfSmoJBpTI_dwJKS4kmvPw2sul7w/s640/blogger-image--1674058703.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 23px; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">Merry Christmas!! One of the new tea pots at Inner Bean cafe. Consider this your card!!🎅🎄🎅</div><div style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 23px; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></div><div style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 23px; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">Stillman and Birn Alpha with Noodlers Creaper Ahab Flex and Noodlers Bulletproof Ink. I also used a kuretake brush marker, a silver gel pen and a red tombow marker on the letters as well as the Kuratake on the drawing. Watercolor?! Hematite for grey, Quin red, alizarin, manganese blue, cobalt purple, and cobalt and burnt umber for shadows. </div></div>Margaret McCarthy Hunthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16043152663750140749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13375959.post-82489405179167828122014-12-22T19:59:00.001-05:002014-12-24T14:35:32.046-05:00Day 171 - Lee Anne - A portrait<br><center><a href="http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=14/12/22/485.jpg"><img src="http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/14/12/22/s_485.jpg" border="0" width="120" height="120" style="margin:5px"></a></center><br>My youngest sons Christmas present, a watercolor of his lovely wife Lee Anne. I was trying to channel Charles Reid but no luck except with the hair. I even watched his portrait video before I started. It helped but everytime I want to do one I get uptight. Too demanding?! Too stressful at least!! <br><br><center><a href="http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=14/12/22/491.jpg"><img src="http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/14/12/22/s_491.jpg" border="0" width="120" height="120" style="margin:5px"></a></center><br>I started with a good line drawing. <br><br><center><a href="http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=14/12/22/492.jpg"><img src="http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/14/12/22/s_492.jpg" border="0" width="120" height="120" style="margin:5px"></a></center><br>Then an overall wash of cad red and cad yellow medium. <br><br>Sorry I didn't take more pics but the process goes pretty quickly once you start painting. I need to set a timer to remind me to breath!! <br><br>Final Colors used. Cad red light, raw sienna OR cad yellow medium, cerulean, cobalt, cobalt violet. Burnt sienna in the shadows w a touch of cerulean. <br><br>A lot of alla prima painting. That means first strike. Painting it and you are done. I think I spent two - two and a half hours on her total. Loose the edges. Loose all the edges. <br><br>Use burnt sienna for the shadows with small amounts of cerulean because it will go opaque. <br><br><br>Largest paint brush possible. Used a fat lovely kolinsky Cheap Joes Legend 12 on the hair, shirt and background and anywhere else I could. And a fat kolinsky sable size 8 where I couldn't use the 12. And a Cheap Joes kolinsky Legend size 4 for the details. <br><br>Put the color down and spread it out. Don't mix the colors a lot. That last is the hardest bit. Since I have mixed colors on my pallette for years. <br><br><center><a href="http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=14/12/22/487.jpg"><img src="http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/14/12/22/s_487.jpg" border="0" width="120" height="75" style="margin:5px"></a></center><br>A quick pen sketch of my moms China I know own. Just Flowers by Mikasa. <br><br>Thanks for looking. Back to making cheese crackers and knitting scarves. Something I do know how to do!! <br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>Margaret McCarthy Hunthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16043152663750140749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13375959.post-19693736825730584512014-12-21T18:47:00.001-05:002014-12-21T18:58:16.430-05:00170 - Painted the Inner Bean DrawingsDay 170 - thinking hard about quitting at 180. Getting not to be a lot to say. <br /><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=14/12/21/597.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/14/12/21/s_597.jpg' border='0' width='156' height='120' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br />The Discussion <br /><br />These two guys were having a political debate. And since this is not a political blog I won't discuss their conversation. The guy on the right was quite aggressive and much bigger than the other guy. Odd that I caught that. <br /><br /><br />However. I love these sketches painted with watercolor. So far really liking the Stillman and Birn Alpha. It performs well with washed. I just wish it would lay flat. It's a little heavy in my purse but worth it for the great paper. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=14/12/21/598.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/14/12/21/s_598.jpg' border='0' width='90' height='150' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br /><br />This page got dirty with ink from the last page. The lettering didn't dry quickly. The lady in red kept hopping up blocking my view of the other two ladies. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=14/12/21/599.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/14/12/21/s_599.jpg' border='0' width='77' height='120' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br /><br />This older gentleman kept pursing his lips at his phone. He was waiting for a friend. Should be called Gentlemen who lunch!! I think he needs a second eyebrow oops. <br /><br />The ladies are my fav. Which is yours? Thanks for looking. <br /><br />Back to my knitting melt down. <br /><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=14/12/21/600.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/14/12/21/s_600.jpg' border='0' width='120' height='120' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br />An 8 foot scarf for one of my kids modeled by my jack Russell Zoe. <br /><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=14/12/21/601.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/14/12/21/s_601.jpg' border='0' width='120' height='120' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />My sweet granddaughter Livias stocking. <br />Margaret McCarthy Hunthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16043152663750140749noreply@blogger.com0