Margaret 2/6

Margaret 2/6

Finally finished this painting. If I look at it any longer I’ll start painting over it again. I decided to start fresh and paint a painting of the painting in the style of Gabrielle Munter. This is my great grandmother Maryann and a great uncle. She was born in...
Margaret 1/30

Margaret 1/30

We were driving through Madison Maine and there is  an old paper mill that has begun producing insulation from wood products. It was quitting time and by around the 50th worker crossing I saw a painting!!! Of course my husband decided to wash the windshield at that...
Margaret 1/26

Margaret 1/26

I was hoping to finish but ,alas, it keeps making me make more marks! One thing I learned this week- the face was red red red and every time I knocked it down it got pasty. The problem was the background was green which kept making it pop more. Backgrounds matter!...
Margaret 1/19

Margaret 1/19

I almost quit since kids heads are sooooo hard! I pulled out the Andrew loomis book of proportions (figure drawing for all it’s worth)free download pdf online which was very helpful and I’m not going to quit! See below:
Margaret 1/12

Margaret 1/12

4. I’ll try to spare the redundancy, this is very slow! Hope you survived the storm. Lots of damage here and old docks damaged/destroyed around here. Keep painting!  5. 6.
Margaret 1/9

Margaret 1/9

Here are a few pictures from my challenge. This is an old painting of my great grandmother that wasn’t quite what I wanted. I have been studying masters so decided to apply what I have been learning by redoing this one. I sanded down the old painting and started to...