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#WorldWatercolorMonth Continues

#17 WWM Rev.. 4 x 5.5 in. watercolor on Strathmore 140 lb. cold pressed paper. © 2018 Sheila Delgado.

#18 WWM. 4 x 5.5 in. watercolor on Strathmore 140 lb. cold pressed paper. © 2018 Sheila Delgado.

#19 WWM. 4 x 5.5 in. watercolor on Strathmore 140 lb. cold pressed paper. © 2018 Sheila Delgado.

#20 WWM. 4 x 5.5 in. watercolor on Strathmore 140 lb. cold pressed paper. © 2018 Sheila Delgado.

#21 WWM. 4 x 5.5 in. watercolor on Strathmore 140 lb. cold pressed paper. © 2018 Sheila Delgado.

I have kept up with the #WorldWatercolorMonth daily painting. I’m just behind on posting. I’ve gone to painting two pieces on one 5.5 x 8 sheet of paper. I will still be two short, and for those I will use the backside of earlier days.

Only ten days left now. Whoosh!

February Day 13 Of 30

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Day 13, 4 x 8 watercolor on Arches 140 lb. cold pressed paper. © 2018 Sheila Delgado

Palette knife practice. With watercolor. Just to see what would happen. I mixed puddles of paint, and then dipped the knife. Observations:

Mix thicker paint next time.
Mix more paint. (Larger puddle).
Don’t go back into a wet area.

OK, that last one was an accident. I thought the paint was dry. But I am not upset by the result, the yellow with the bloom. I have seen halos like that, in a misty seaside sunset.

And those are all things I knew. This little practice just reinforced them. I used a long rectangular knife. It covered more area, and helped to blend the transitions.

Palette Knife

Fabulous art at Leslie’s 30 In 30 Blog!

Sprightly Succulent

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Really excited about filling my Sketchbook. There are 110 pages to look forward to! This is Inktense pencils and water-soluble Neocolor crayons. I picked up this tiny, about 2.5 inches, pot at Michaels yesterday. They had double coupons, so it was about 95 cents. How could I resist. A smile and a bit of greenery for my desk.

I’d love to have a few small, live, succulents scattered around. I might try again. I can grow plants outdoors, but indoors is another story. And you do you know how hard it is to kill a succulent? Disaster. Ha ha.

I played with the greens, just because I could. Can you tell I had fun? The plant is actually more of a fresh celery green.

Happy weekend friends!