Day 30 Of 30 Paintings In 30 days

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Idle. 4 x 4 acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas. © 2015 Sheila Delgado

Idle. 4 x 4 acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas. © 2015 Sheila Delgado

 

Wind blows cold, alone
they stand, branches reach as if
they are holding hands.
S.M.D.

 

We made it! High fives all around! Yes, that means everyone who took Leslie’s challenge, even if you did not post everyday, or produce a full 30 paintings. Effort counts!

My painting today is another save. Actually I think I started three different times on this canvas. It has been sitting for months in between.

There is a grungy black, mucky mix as the base. I had too much turquoise from a piece I was working on the other day. Can’t waste paint. So I spread it on the canvas with a palette knife. I let it dry a bit, and then made scratch marks. I just now am realizing, I maybe should delineate the trunks that are overlapping.

I started the trunks by dripping paint, for a random placement. Then went back with a brush to add width to them.  The branches and trunks wrap around the sides and top.

 

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Tomorrow all the participants will post a collage of their work. Today, I would like to share the collections I have from this month. There are also some odds and ends, I’ll show those tomorrow in the collage.

 

Flower Fields

Flower Fields

Oh Lolly

Oh Lolly

Flowers and Trees

Flowers and Trees

Fantasia

Fantasia

Feme

Feme

Bloom

Bloom

Friends

Friends

Two more floral pieces have been started, to complete Fantasia. And I have finished pieces for the last three collections, Feme, bloom and friends. I will share those with you soon.

 

Hop on over to Sea Dean’s blog and vote, each vote is a chance to win!

Visit Leslie’s site for a look at the artwork created today.

Visit Cindy Williams and read one or more of her artist interviews!

My Pinterest board for this event is bursting with over 1200 pieces of art.

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30 thoughts on “Day 30 Of 30 Paintings In 30 days”

  1. Cindy Williams

    High FIVE Sheila!!! Yay Im glad you were in this challenge, your art is fab and I enjoyed the daily paintings. thanks for all your support and going on holiday with me down Route 66! 🙂

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    1. Sheila Post author

      High five back Cindy! Thanks for the road trip, and for featuring me in our artist interviews 🙂 I look forward to following your journey next month as well:) Enjoy!

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  2. Joan Tavolott

    Congrats on finishing!!! I think we all worked hard to complete the challenge. I have enjoyed seeing your paintings! I did several visits over the month and enjoyed seeing the variety of work you produced.

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    1. Sheila Post author

      That is so kind of you Joan. I have enjoyed seeing your work as well, and voted for you many times in Sea’s party 🙂 I am still catching up on visiting sites. I had time to vote, but not always to visit and comment. Best of luck to you in the art party 🙂

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  4. Connie

    Sheila, I think this may be my favorite painting of yours over these 30 days! Great job!
    I love your little compilations too – it’s fun to see the groupings together.
    Thanks for all your comments and support. Let’s continue…

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    1. Sheila Post author

      So glad you like it. Thank you Connie, your friendship means a lot to me too 🙂 Looking forward to seeing your collage tomorrow 🙂

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  6. spiritartartist

    OMG! I love your grand finale! And the Collections look so great as such! What do you mean delete overlapping trunks? It looks perfect as is. My my, “Idle” is a stout little fellow isn’t he? I was surprised to see the stature of this painting! LOL. I think you should try this one really BIG!

    I love your collections. The only one that left me a little cold was Feme. Maybe that was the intent or maybe I’m just not sophisticated enough to understand or appreciate it yet. 😀 Lollipops, Trees & Flowers and Friends were my favs. Your work has a subtle whimsical simplicity and a closeness that draws me right in, and I really like that. Thank you so so much for your many many gifts, Sheila! xo SS

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    1. Sheila Post author

      Maybe I am not sophisticated enough to pull it off Sandy! ha ha ha I like the lily, and the first form. Tried to recreate that but it didn’t quite work out. Thanks so much for the gift of your friendship, and honesty! I do have a huge canvas tucked under my bed, and these colors are in my duvet… so I am thinking I need to do it large too!

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  7. Val van der Poel

    Well done! I like the trees the way they are without detailing where they cross each other. Such a small canvas! Are we really supposed to make a collage of our work and post it? I don’t know how so I might skip that part.

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  8. Jim Carpenter

    This is a lovely painting, Sheila. I can never see birch trees without thinking of one of my favorite poems, Robert Frost’s “Swinger of Birches” – are you familiar with it?

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    2. Sheila Post author

      Thanks for sharing it with me Jim, I read it several times. I do not remember having read it before. Amazing imagery 🙂

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    1. Sheila Post author

      🙂 Thanks so much Pam! I am thinking I will do this again on a larger canvas. You got that right, I am looking forward to going to bed early 🙂

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