Category Archives: Pen

Day 8

I learned how to get the pink to read better in Photoshop today. I was trying to “up” the pink. And what I needed to do was enhance the whites. I used the image adjustments selective color to do this. Man I love it when I learn something new!

There is a lot of texture in this background. Below is a detail shot for you. after painting the area, I splattered both colors as well as clean water on top. I really like how it turned out.

Detail of Day 8 texture.

Yesterday I was asked to talk more about Mineral paper. I planned on sharing links with the posts I wrote previously. But after searching, I found that they were written at the end of September. My blog is missing September, as many of you know. Really a bummer, as I had also included links to several places mineral paper is available for purchase.

Corinna, give me one more day, and I will share some information with you.

Five minutes to spare before the midnight blast off!

My Pinterest board for this challenge is over 300 strong!

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Day 7 – 30 Paintings In 30 Days

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Day 7, Light and shadow. 8 x 8 watercolor and pen on Mineral paper. © 2016 Sheila Delgado

Is it really the end of week one? So soon! Yup, it is.

I named this Light and Shadow because I goofed. The highlight on the vase and the shadow are on the same side. No, you’re right. There is a good explanation. There is a lamp on the left of the vase, and the bright light is reflecting off a mirror on the right. Makes perfect sense to me.

Had a busy day, so I kept it simple and quick. I took a chance on trying the mineral paper again. And I have to say it is growing on me. I still like Yupo better. (Have some on order.)

On Yupo, the dark spots on the foreground would have spread more. The rust color was very wet at the time. Also, the background is actually two different shades. A pink, and a flesh tone. There should be pockets of each, but they mingled into one. No worries. This one was fun.

My Pinterest board for this challenge is inspirational!

Visit Leslie’s site, where all the daily art is posted.

Congrats to all the artists for one week done!

Day 6

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Again I am telling myself that it is the work that counts. There were many revisions on this, and I can see a few more changes I would like to make. But it is the end of a busy day, and tomorrow will be as well. I called it – it’s done.

I don’t know why I so often end up with bouquets that are square. What’s up with that? I started with loose flower shapes in watercolor. I added a soft blue, green and a creamy yellow acrylic to the background using a palette knife. Trying for an aged stone effect but it didn’t gel. So I covered most of that up with a soft white acrylic. THAT didn’t work either. Burnt orange watercolor to the rescue. A little better.

The vase was a soft blue, meant to look like glass filled with water. Laugh out loud. Covered that up right quick.

A for effort maybe. D for color and composition. A for having the huevos to post it for the world to see.