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#100DaysOfMingus – #86 And #1 WorldWatercolorMonth

Mingus #86. 5.5 x 12 in. watercolor on Arches 140 lb. cold pressed paper. © 2018 Sheila Delgado.

Oh, I like this! This was fun!

I had a few hours to kill while in Phoenix last week, and lucky me, there was a Hobby Lobby nearby. They are bringing in Christmas. No, that is not a typo. To make room, there were mark downs galore. My most awesome find? A bottle of Winsor & Newton Granulation Medium.

I recently read about this medium, and I looked online to order it. What I found was over twelve dollars. Hobby had it at $8.99. And mark down was $2.24! WOO-HOO!!

All of that, dark, dirty looking color at the bottom of this piece is what using this medium will do. I’ll talk more about it tomorrow. I am using it for the next Mingus.

#100DaysOfMingus Gallery

A Year In The Life Of Mingus

#WorldWatercolorMonth

Yes, you are right! Yes, I AM crazy! I said YES to another 31 days of daily painting. I lost track of my days, and thought I had one more to contemplate what I would paint, what size I would paint, and what tools I would use. Well, scratch that. Today is the day!

I was going to ask your opinion. Should I do ATC’s (2.5 x 3.5), 4 x 4, 6 x 4 or 5 x 7? It’s going to be 5.5 x 8. I scored a Strathmore Visual Journal with the Hobby Lobby 40% OFF coupon. Strathmore has several different types of journals. This one is 140 lb. cold press watercolor paper. The paper feels heavy, I think it would even work for hand-painted postcards. It is a spiral binder, and I am excited about that! It will lay flat for easier painting. AND, there are 44 pages. If I botch some, I won’t run out of paper.

I thought I would include the remaining Mingus paintings as part of this month’s event. I have decided to keep them separate though. That means for 11 days, I will be doing two paintings each day. Eeesshh! Today’s prompt is “sunny days”. I used my El Cheapo favorite Michaels pan set, and Neocolor crayons.

#1 WWM. 5.5 x 8 in. watercolor on Strathmore 140 lb. cold pressed paper. © 2018 Sheila Delgado.

Just in case anyone is interested, here is more from the Doodlewash website:

World Watercolor Month is an annual global charitable event featuring the ultimate challenge of 31 Watercolors is 31 Days! That’s right, 31 days when artists around the globe come together to paint the world with beautiful watercolor and help raise awareness for arts education to get art supplies for kids who need them via The Dreaming Zebra Foundation.

How To Join The Celebration

1. Post artwork on social media featuring watercolors (or gouache) in July
2. Add the hashtag #WorldWatercolorMonth each time you post
3. Repeat all month long!

Wishing you a JOY filled July!

#The100DayProject – #84 And #85 Revisions

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Mingus Day #84, revised. 3.5 x 2.5 in. watercolor on Arches 140 lb. cold pressed paper. © 2018 Sheila Delgado.

Mingus Day #84. 3.5 x 2.5 in. watercolor on Arches 140 lb. cold pressed paper. © 2018 Sheila Delgado.

I had time last night to rework these two ATC’s. I really wanted to start a new piece, but it was late, and sleep was calling me.

Another busy week. Rest and recovery after. I had an EGD done (Camera down my throat). looking for a cause for the chronic cough. Everything looks good, so no answers there. A couple more tests ahead. But, you know, checking things off the list. Getting closer.

It worked out great actually. Pete had appointments in Phoenix as well. He was fitted for his Proton Therapy mask. Those treatments might start at the end of the week.

Mingus Day #85, revised. 3.5 x 2.5 in. watercolor on Arches 140 lb. cold pressed paper. © 2018 Sheila Delgado.

Mingus Day #85. 3.5 x 2.5 in. watercolor on Arches 140 lb. cold pressed paper. © 2018 Sheila Delgado.

#100DaysOfMingus Gallery

A Year In The Life Of Mingus

I ordered samples of my Spoonflower patterns. Thirty designs. About half of them need alterations. Most just need a color change, they printed lighter than they look on-screen. Those changes will have to wait until next month, and the end of the #100. Here’s a look at the new designs available in my Spoonflower shop.

New in Sheila’s Spoonflower shop.

Printed on Basic Cotton Ultra.

Thanks for stopping by! Have an awesome weekend!

#100DaysOf Mingus – #83 Through 85

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Mingus Day #83. 5.75 x 5.5 in. watercolor and pastel on Arches 140 lb. cold pressed paper. © 2018 Sheila Delgado.

Forgot I had this to post. Or maybe I wanted to forget it. Ha. Not one of my favorites. I am still in catch up/get ahead mode. And on this, you can easily see it is affecting my work.

The sky saved it. Not great, but interesting. I tried to include a treeline. NOT my best attempt. You can see I even tried to cover the offensive area with some pastel. DOPE! Going for a little touch of abstract there, did not work. Ha ha ha.

Big Blue is interesting, and the front range, not so bad. I like the mix of colors on this one. Might be a tad too girly, but I had fun with it.

Thinking that I had nothing to post, I rushed late night to paint. All I could manage time wise was two tiny ATC’s. I intended to go back and “fix these”. But that didn’t happen. So here are two, wonky Mingi.