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Pencils4tea live from Milan Italy

Marcia always a lovely pose from Miss Marcia. 3 min 14 live Sketches in an hour! 😳 @pencils4tea Thanks Ilairia and Kirsty and all of our models. Live on instagram from Italia aka Italy!! Always fun and challenging. Our hostess Ilaria in Milan Italy 6 min. Used 1 paint brush a 3/8” Princeton dagger brush. My cheap general HB charcoal pencil drawing w watercolors over it instead of pencil. Ruth…

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Day 112! So i cant count 🥴

Day 112! The Mermaid. A conundrum painting someone under water. A big experiment!! The reference photo How do you paint light skin tones covered w green water. Hmmm. Had to think abt it for a while. Like a week or more. Lol. The sketch For skin tones Quin rose and quin burnt sienna lightly covered with andrews turquoise which is an opaque color if you get too heavy handed. First washes Hair…

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Day 113 Raul

Day 113! Raul. Always love playing with hair. Really like the fluffy look of his which i got by painting it wet on wet into the background w ivory black paint. The photo The sketch First washes. Ivory black not watered down into the wet background to soften the hair. Rarely ever do the lips first but the hair was so wet couldn’t go near it for quite a while. Cobalt ultramarine and quin rose…

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pencils4tea today

Andrew. His always turn out well. Just 13 live Sketches in an hour! Positively relaxing. 😳 @pencils4tea Thanks Jane and Kirsty and all of our models. Live on instagram from the Uk!! Always fun and challenging. My cheap general HB charcoal pencil drawing w watercolors over it instead of pencil. 9×6” Superaquabee sketchbook David one of my favs Can’t decide if i like the quin gold roughly…

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Day 107! The Red Feather

Don’t ask. Obviously i cant count. 🥴😵 Don’t forget tomorrow. Free every Thursday on zoom thru @pencils4tea on ig. Link on her bio. Just show up 1 pm est. @pencils4tea last week Day 107! The Red Feather. The fifth of the 7 I speed drew Friday and painted four of them including this one. Really like him. Quin rose, quin burnt sienna, ultramarine all the usual skin colors. Quin rose. Cerulean…

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Day 103! Carla the Cat Lady!

Day 103! Carla the Cat Lady! Day 103! Carla the Cat Lady! 1 of the 7 I speed drew Friday and painted four of them including this one. Quin rose, quin burnt sienna, ultramarine all the usual skin colors. Quin rose. Cobalt shadows The photo Hair yellow ochre and cerulean w burnt sienna to make shadows. Her cat is ivory black, burnt umber, and ultramarine paunted w my big Charles Reid da vinci…

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Day??? Pete and Thea

Day 102! Pete The name is Peter Bond. In my head that was funny. Maybe not.There are 4 more portraits done and all of the sketches for the other three.Quin rose, quin burnt sienna, ultramarine all the usual skin colors. Quin rose. Cobalt shadowsHair cerulean and andrews turquoise w burnt sienna to make greys.Shirt cerulean and cobalt. Striped done w a splayed chinese brush.Ultramarine and yellow…

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Day 93! Zoey

Day 93! Zoey A sweet selfie! Ready for a party! Quin rose, quin burnt sienna, ultramarine all the usual skin colors. Quin rose. Cobalt shadows Andrews turquoise and yellow ochre left background. Other side is cerulean and burnt sienna. Burnt sienna and ultramarine for the dress. Makes a more vibrant brown than just burnt umber. Ivory black hair, cobalt shadows. 9×12” superaquabee…

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Thursday is @pencils4tea day

Link @pencils4tea in her bio On ig. Every TH at 1 pm EST in the US. Andrew Always a charming sketch @pencils4tea Thanks Kirsty and all of our models. Live on instagram from Dundee Scotland!! Always fun and challenging. Anna w a hale brush . Her hair is white. Michelle from California w a handful of butterflies My cheap general HB charcoal pencil drawing w watercolors over it instead of…

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Day 99 Dan

Dan The actor The photo The sketch First wash. Quin rose yellow ochre burnt sienna ultramarine all the usual skin colors. Quin rose. Cobalt shadows Almost done. Cerulean and burnt sienna background. just the pesky plaid shirt to do. Burnt sienna and ultramarine for the plaid. Makes a more vibrant brown than just burnt umber. Cobalt shadows. Margaret off to Asheville for the night! xoxoxo

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Day 101! This model has great panache. Love her glasses, the jaunty beret her tartan scarf. Beret is burnt umber, ultramarine, with quin burnt, sienna and mineral violet. The photo Glasses are the same colors plus yellow ochre. The scarf well i think it was a crash and burn but finally settled on hookers green, ultramarine and some burnt umber. Cobalt in the blue green squares. Cad red light…

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Day 100. Hurrah I made it!

She looks glorious under my ott light. She just glows. Day 100! I thought this would be an awful painting but I really like her alot. First wash and sketch. Almost forgot to take pics. All those stripey shadows. I started w her hair then a coat of very light skin color. Let it dry and added the stripes working my way down. She just glows in person. Shadows mostly ultramarine w quin burnt…

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Pencils4tea today

The 3 annoying sketchbooks. Try juggling 3 books while madly drawing. Two full sketchbooks. Waiting for amazon to deliver new ones. Will NEVER use three books again. What an aggravation!! Michelle joan of Arc! Daniel Connie Katherine 3 min Sugar in trouble w Pam 3 min Jeni Daniella 3:12 min John 3:36 min Patricia 3:30 min @JohnG one of my favs3:52 min Robin 3:52 min. Another favMore…

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Day 97 Alice

@Pencils4tea tomorrow on instagram 1 pm EST Live from Dundee Scotland on zoom last week. Fun zany poses with crazy hats or objects a frequent challenge on this zoom portrait hour. Alice @alicesulsul Day 97. Three more to go. Trying to catch up. Eeekk. All about the curly hair and the drips. The photo The sketch First layers. Loving the drips. Burnt umber ultramarine and mineral violet for the…

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Drawing is free yesterday.

Chloe 6 min. Hurrah. We had lots of time. Hmm just noticed has three fingers. Oops Almost forgot to post. Another zippy hour. 150 attendees across the world. Of course we are all at loose ends since our fearless leader Chloe is going on hiatus for August vacation. Such a French thing to do. Janice. 4:26 minI was sad the top of her head did not make out screen. Such a great challenging pose. At…

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Drawing is free yesterday.

Chloe 6 min. Hurrah. We had lots of time. Hmm just noticed has three fingers. Oops Almost forgot to post. Another zippy hour. 150 attendees across the world. Of course we are all at loose ends since our fearless leader Chloe is going on hiatus for August vacation. Such a French thing to do. Janice. 4:26 minI was sad the top of her head did not make out screen. Such a great challenging pose. At…

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Day 87 Andrea Eleana

Day 87! #jyportraitchallenge Andrea Eleana @ humana_lince was not wild abt the photo but rather like the painting alot. Thinking Eve in the Garden of Eden. The photo The sketch Skin is quin burnt orange and quin rose. Andrews turquoise shadows. Hair yellow ochre w burnt sienna cerulean and burnt umber. Leaves sap green, cad yellow, cobalt, ultramarine, cobalt teal and peacock blue. Almost…

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