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Day 26 Of 30

Day 26, Far. 4.25 x 8 in. acrylic on Arches 140 lb. cold pressed paper. © 2017 Sheila Delgado

I was in a hurry and discombobulated the day this was created. I thought I was ahead, and had my last week complete. But when I counted again, I was three short! What? How? So I started on four pieces, and this is one of them.

I had some interesting drips as the first layer on this. But then I over poured onto another piece, and had to redistribute the color. That color, clay, obliterated the drips. OK, so what now?

With the palette knife I spread paint, made lines going this way and that. Spread more paint. Made a mess in my opinion. Trying not to panic, I made more lines with an indigo, white mix. Bummed when huge blobs occurred.

I digitally cropped from all sides, and felt better, less mess. Almost cropped out the blue on the bottom, but testing in increments, I saw that a shoreline was there. And then a map. Then a starting point and destination. All righty then. Named it far for the lines leading into the distance.

So not me, this composition. Major step out of the comfort zone!

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Day 25 – Better Days

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I have had so much trouble getting these soft colors to show correctly on screen. This one scanned near perfect. I only had to bring out the rust.

Some of the canvases I am using were older, and were painted on before. This one is part of a newer batch, and it is wrapped tightly. Crisp edges and corners. I like that. And the canvas texture is more pronounced. I like that too. I don’t know if it is a difference in the gesso, or the canvas cloth itself.

On this you can see small dots of color, in addition to all the larger, “blobs”. I really like the contrast of the combination. Grains of sand, chunks of clay. White washed walls that have seen better days.

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Day 24 Of 30

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Day 24, Elemental. 4.25 x 8 in. acrylic on Arches 140 lb. cold pressed paper. © 2017 Sheila Delgado

I had fun working on this. Had no idea what to do when I started. So I just plopped some color on the clean white paper. I had chunky blocks of clay and then I REALLY didn’t have an idea. I set it aside and started another piece.

Little by little, I added more color. I added white lines, then shiraz, and finally the indigo. It didn’t feel complete. I splattered lime to break up the dark areas. Next, white splatters and then indigo.

I didn’t realize until the end, that I had the makings of an abstracted flower.