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February – Day 18

Bobby's Girl, Day 18. 6 x 8 Mixed Media on Canvas panel. © 2018 Sheila Delgado

I think two roads diverged in the woods. I started with one color story. And ended with another. Not sure if I merged them amicably. Yesterday I started three panels, all with the same palette. What I added today, is more muted.

Overall I am happy with this. I am holding it as a WIP though. The lines on the right are sort of bothering me. Sharp diagonals, and the horizontal line of the striped area at the top. Let me know what you think. Are they a problem?

The title comes from this long mind trip… I wanted to do more of a Burridge type bouquet. Bob reminds me of my Dad. Dad loves music from the 50’s and I grew up listening to that. The song popped (Yes Dotty, popped, he he.) into my head, and there you have it.

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Day 28 of 30

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Day 28. 8 x 8 mixed media on paper. © 2017 Sheila Delgado

Two more days. WOW! This challenge went by so fast for me. Not saying it was easy. I just can’t believe it is almost over. Almost think this is a WIP. But for tonight, it is done.

Happy last day eve painting to you!

Day 21

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Thought about naming this Girls Just Wanna have fun. But that seemed really long for a title. Instead I took a line from the same song. Saved myself one word. Two if you count the grammatically correct title. But I think most would remember the “wanna” better.

I feel like I should call this a WIP. I am not sure what yet, but it feels like it needs… something. It turned out completely different from what I had in mind. Was thinking soft and wispy, dreamy. Ethereal. HA! Got cartoony-folksy instead.

So if anyone asks. I will say, I meant to do that. 😉

I had fun working on it. Until my back started hurting and my eyes decided they wanted to shut. But really, had fun with the process. I meant for the small patches of green to be more of a large solid block, fading in and out. HA!

I painted the green on to some gauze, and then pressed it on the paper. And you can see, I basically got green-gauzy fingerprints. Needed a brayer.

I applied the background with balled up gauze, and I really like how the edges show the texture in some areas. Maybe I need to add a few leaves to the stems, side view. Oh, and I meant to add some black random lines…

So. Had fun. Not unhappy. Merely contemplating. Happy to have any suggestions that come to mind!

Ok Karin, I have to fess up. The answer to your question is yes. Yes I am bleary eyed. I forgot to post the links the last two days. I am way behind on visiting blogs and pinning to my board.

But I am going to get to bed a bit early tonight. And I am several paintings ahead. (Still painting because I am not sure I really like them.) Road trip on Friday, back on Sunday. Trying to get my posts written and ready to go.

Does this read rambly? It does. I sound like I am on a Will-Smith-Benadryl-High!