Mingus Day #11. 5.25 x 12 in. watercolor on Arches 140 lb. cold pressed paper. © 2018 Sheila Delgado.
Officially caught up. Today, I will be painting right on schedule. Here is the painting. And the photo that I was working from. Loosely. Calling this done, but I am going to make a few changes.
Crags and Shadows. © 2017 Sheila Delgado.
All Caught up!
I went overboard with details. Too dark. Meant for Mingus to be bluish. But I am really happy with two-thirds of the painting. 🙂 I think I can go back in, and soften up the dark shadows, and get rid of some hard edges. Maybe I’ll just do a wash over the mountain, and start over.
I had fun though. Enjoyed the process. So it’s all good. I’ll keep you posted.
Here is yesterday’s sunrise for you. I waited, thinking it was going to get more vivid. But it just sort of evaporated. Became whitish, greyish, overcast mellow.
Mingus Sunrise. © 2017 Sheila Delgado.
Wonderful watercolor Sheila. Love the details on the hills and the clouds billowing behind the mountain ridge. So great that you have a view like that – and the inspiration to paint the view over and over. Hurray for you.
Aww thanks Corinne 😉 So glad you enjoyed this one. The clouds often get pushed up to the mountains, and they stay there. Which is why we sometimes don’t get rain. LOL. I love seeing them though 🙂
Ah yes, of course. I understand. Mountains do that to clouds and rain. I remember from my geography lessons. Rain on one side of a ridge, droughts on the other. I remember from the Pyrennees in France (green and wet). The other side in Spain is a different matter altogether.
It was that way in Colorado too. Of course those mountains are much higher 🙂 But it does make for pretty vistas 😉
Sheila, LOVE and am delighted by what you capture through tuning in to the now of Mingus each day. Today: the lines and dots, the puffs—the Morse code of Mingus!
LOVE THAT Dotty “Morse code of Mingus”! Brilliant 🙂 So happy you enjoyed today’s interpretation 😉
Just discovered your “lightbox” feature! Zooming in on your images. WOW! That surprise one, what a way to start the day. Day #11 perfect… move on girl! That sand is perfect!
Made me laugh Carol 😉 Ok, OK! Ha ha 😉 I am happy with the sand 🙂 It looks so much better than I thought it did while I was working. LOL 😉
I rather like the painting just as it is, Sheila. It has a nice springlike feel to it.
Thank you Val 🙂 It helps to see it through someone else’s eyes sometimes doesn’t it? 😉 Enjoy our day!
I think this is a beautiful watercolour!! The clouds are amazing as are the details in the hills and mountains. So here are all the ‘if’s’ I’m thinking about – what if you let if sit for a few days and then come back for a second look, what if you put a mat on and see what it looks like and what if you just left it and painted another? There are probably more but these are the top of my list. I am enjoying the art you art doing for this 100 Days of Mingus – fantastic!! Have a great day.
What if I believe you Janet? LOL 🙂 Looking at it again this morning (painted it last night) I see only two areas that I want to work more. The two dark stripes in the center, and the dark area at the bottom of Mingus. I will do that today and repost. Hope your day is fabulous too Janet!