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Day 19 Of 30

Day 19, So Lucky. 8 x 8 Acrylic on paper. © 2017 Sheila Delgado

I was so lucky with the dots on the vase. Perfectly imperfect. Don’t know how I managed it, but I love the mix of small and large, and fading. Not so lucky with the texture in the Shiraz. Some of the dots show through, and that’s fine. I pressed a piece of gauze into the wet paint to create pattern. Didn’t work as well as I hoped. The paint had already dried too much. It’s there, but I am not sure you can see it well enough on the screen.

I goofed and forgot to add the second color to the petals on the left bloom. I didn’t notice until I scanned it, which meant the head was already done and dry. Another goof, well, just a decision really. I think I need to darken some of the pencil lines on the petals. But I had to make enough adjustments to get the colors showing true to life, that it wasn’t worth it time wise to start over. I may feel differently tomorrow.

Shared this on Instagram today.

Another Mingus Afternoon. SMD 9.2017

Sad news to share with you. We’ve known for months, but it still was a shock. Lost the view of Granite Mountain out back.

Going…

Going…

Gone.

Here is what it looked like before the building started.

View of Granite Mountain.

Day 19 Of 30

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Red Sunset. 4.25 x 8 in. watercolor on Arches 140 lb. cold pressed paper. © 2017 Sheila Delgado

Painted this today. My second try. I am happy with it. Wish all the clouds had turned out the same hue. Oh well. I learned a lot from the first attempt. And also from editing this in Photoshop. Gotta love learning!!

Below is yesterday’s. Blech! The clouds look dirty, as do the hills. I could not get the colors adjusted correctly, so I “Photoshopped” this by adding a layer of red over the hills. That still was not working, so I added low percentage of blue over that. Both layers were not at full opacity, so the painting remained visible. I used a brush tool, and you can see above the peak on the left, that I went over the same area twice, making the blue visible. That was a mistake, but I kind of like it.

Red Sunset l . 4.25 x 8 in. watercolor on Arches 140 lb. cold pressed paper. © 2017 Sheila Delgado

This is the sunset view I wanted to recreate. The photo does not do justice to the glowing light.

Red Sunset Hills. SMD

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Day 19 – Noble Nopales

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Noble Nopales. 4 x 6 watercolor on Arches 140 lb. cold pressed paper. © 2016 Sheila Delgado

Every time I see cactus flowers or prickly pears, I think “crown of thorns”. And sometimes I even hear Sandra Bullock saying it, like she did in Hope Floats. (Oh my gosh, that movie was made in 1998, I can’t believe it is that old!)

The luscious purple/magenta bulbs look like jewels to me. I am sure they do to the rabbits and birds too! Juicy fruit filled jewels.

I don’t know why, and I was unhappy with the fact that these came out dusty looking. Like there is a layer of white gouache. I only used watercolor, so it is a mystery. After a while, the next day, I decided it was not a bad thing. They do in fact look dusty or washed out, in life.

I spent the better part of the weekend cleaning and organizing. I felt like I was working in the middle of a pig pen. I was only using a small part of my desk, and the rest was covered in a mess of supplies. And you know how it goes, the mess always gets worse before it gets better! I am still at the “worse” stage. But there is always tomorrow!

Happy Monday everyone!

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