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Day 30 Of 30

Day 30, 6 x 6 acrylic on gessoed 140 lb. Arches cold pressed paper. © 2017 Sheila Delgado

There’s a sad sort of clanging from the clock in the hall
And the bells in the steeple too
And up in the nursery an absurd little bird
Is popping out to say, “Cuckoo”
Cuckoo, cuckoo
Regretfully they tell us cuckoo, cuckoo
But firmly they compel us
To say, “Goodbye”, to you

So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, good night
I hate to go and leave this pretty sight!

Lucky for us, it isn’t really goodbye. Just goodbye to the 30 Paintings In 30 Days Challenge. Until January that is! Do you think you will join again?

Stay tuned, tomorrow I will share a collage of all 30 paintings, and a collage of my favorites. And I will let you know which were viewer favorites.

But wait! There’s more!

I will be doing a giveaway!

If you get a chance, I have a favor to ask. Follow the links to comment, if you tried to, and were unable. Comments were down on the blog for two days, the 9th and the 10th. I think they were down on the 11th and 12th as well, but there are a few comments on those posts. I would be grateful!

Wishing you a JoY FiLLeD weekend!

Day 30 Of 30 Paintings In 30 Days

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Day 30. 4.25 x 8 in. acrylic on Arches 140 lb. cold pressed paper. © 2017 Sheila Delgado

I have noticed a pattern here. The canvas I posted yesterday, was the first in the batch of 4 x 4’s. I thought it was the best of those. This was the first of four, and again, I feel it is the best.

I need to stop trying so hard. I think that is the lesson. I think on these first attempts, I was just doing, and not thinking. Or maybe I was trying too hard on those that followed, to recreate the “magic” somehow. Which is impossible.

So happy to end on a positive note. January has been a productive month. Thank you Leslie Saeta! Tomorrow I will be posting a collage of my favorites. The artists who took part will also be posting their collage of 30 paintings.

Happy day thirty and happy Monday!

Take a peek at everyone’s day thirty!

Pinterest gallery over 1850
beautiful artworks by friends and favorites!

Day 30 of 30

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Purple Cactus Plant. 7 x 10 watercolor on Arches 140 lb. cold pressed paper. © 2016 Sheila Delgado

Can I say it. Already looking forward to Leslie’s January challenge. I know, I am nuts. But there it is. It’s not just about the painting. It’s about the conversations.

Still kind of blowing me away. I felt successful this month, more often than I didn’t. That’s a big change. I hope it sticks.

Tomorrow the challenge artists will each share a collage of their work for the month. So fun to see the paintings together. I did not have a theme in mind at the beginning, but a few seemed to develop as the month went on. They are subjects I will continue to explore.

Here is the side-show I promised. Thought a good name for this would be “A day in the life of Mingus”. But these were taken in the space of an hour. Really loving these partly cloudy days!

Mingus Montage.

Treat yourself to the Day 30 art on Leslie Seata’s 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge!
My Pinterest board for the event is bursting with over 1500 works of art!