Tag Archives: Leslie Saeta’s January 2016 30 paintings in 30 days

Day 25 Of 30 In 30

Day 25. 6 x 6 in. Acrylic on paper. © 2016 Sheila Delgado

I started two 6 x 6 acrylic pieces today. Worked one, and then the other just to the hideous stage. Promptly decided to take a break. Not to give up, just to let the paint dry. Told myself I would come back to them with fresh eyes.

Well I think it helped with this one. I have this gnawing feeling that it is unfinished. But that could be due to the fact that I have been “outlining” things.

This was painted with my fingers, except of course for the splatter. I am very happy with the textured background. It is much warmer in person. The “skin” tone is not showing well here.

While I was debating about defining the flowers, I thought to try adding splatter. First the green, then turquoise. Hmmm. Maybe some watered down white. O.K. A little better.

Still, it was not quite… there. I splattered some thinned indigo, and that was it. The minute the color hit the paper I knew. It brought everything together, and hinted at some depth.

Let me know what you think. Should I add some definition?

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Day 24

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One more postcard for the LYA swap. I had lots of fun painting these flowers. Thanks to my Robert Simmons 3/8″ Angle Shader brush. I purchased that and a Winsor Newton #8 round a couple of months ago. I bought from different lines to try them out. I really like them both. They hold their shape well and hold water nicely. Seems like I can paint forever on one load. They have a nice feel to them as well.

Day 23 Revised

I think I have finished yesterday’s flowers. Fixed. They are better. I added some rust to help define them. May have missed the mark. Here is a look at the revisions and a slide show close-up of the flowers.

Day 23 close-up.

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Day 23 – WIP

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Day 23. 4 x 6 in. watercolor on Arches 140 lb. cold pressed paper. © 2016 Sheila Delgado

I am happy with today’s painting. Finally. The majority is completely overworked. Experiments gone awry. But I think I have salvaged it. I intended for the background and foreground to be lighter. Much like yesterday’s.

I guess that will teach me to work backwards. I most often begin with the flowers. The shapes. And then the container. The foreground and finally the background. Don’t know why I worked differently this time.

Day 23, WIP.

Here is a peek at part of the process. The foreground was looking sort of “pillow” or cloud like. Not what I wanted. Blooms gone bad.

In the background, you can see that the section on top was much too dark. So I wet a paper towel, and blotted out some of the color. Truth be told, some other areas were also too dark and I did the same with those.

To get those darker areas, I spread some paint on a piece of plastic wrap, and then placed it on the paper. I like the odd, angular shapes created.

I had completely flubbed the shadows on the vase. To fix it I just went back in and darkened the entire section. After I scanned it, I saw that there were some shapes that could work as a suggestion of shadow. So I went in again, and darkened them just a bit. I think it works now.

I am going to call this done for today. But I had intended on adding pencil lines to define the flowers and vase.

Have you been by Corinna Woodard’s blog? She has been doing wonderful felting art this month. Hearts and flowers, abstracts. Take a look! I was fortunate to be the recipient of her giveaway. How cool is that! Thank you Corinna!