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

Day 6

Again I am telling myself that it is the work that counts. There were many revisions on this, and I can see a few more changes I would like to make. But it is the end of a busy day, and tomorrow will be as well. I called it – it’s done.

I don’t know why I so often end up with bouquets that are square. What’s up with that? I started with loose flower shapes in watercolor. I added a soft blue, green and a creamy yellow acrylic to the background using a palette knife. Trying for an aged stone effect but it didn’t gel. So I covered most of that up with a soft white acrylic. THAT didn’t work either. Burnt orange watercolor to the rescue. A little better.

The vase was a soft blue, meant to look like glass filled with water. Laugh out loud. Covered that up right quick.

A for effort maybe. D for color and composition. A for having the huevos to post it for the world to see.

My Pinterest board for this challenge is inspirational!

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Happy Painting Wednesday!

Day 5 ~ Birthday Bouquet

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Named this Birthday Bouquet because today is my birthday. Keep it simple silly.

Can you tell these are ranunculus? I like ranunculus better than roses. The petals seem unending. I know I will offend some, but to me roses are overdone. People always think to give roses. But they never think to give ranunculus. Or at least, I have never received a bouquet of ranunculus.

Isn’t Google great: Ranunculus generally start to appear at the Market in November/December and are at their best from January, with their main season usually coming to an end in May/June.

Learn something new every day.

Happy Day to one and all!

My Pinterest board for this challenge keeps growing.
Makes me happy just to see so much pretty art!
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Happy New 30 in 30!

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Thinking of Spring. 8 x 8 Mixed media. © 2016 Sheila Delgado

Happy New Year y’all! Welcome to another 30 in 30 challenge! I have looked forward to this since the end of September. O.K., I think it took me a month to recover from that challenge enough to think about doing it all over again!

But I have looked forward to January 2016 since December of 2015! DOWNTON! So while I might start to look forward to the end of the painting challenge at some point, I will also be simultaneously hoping that January goes on forever!

I have several ideas for a theme. Had. Have had. I can’t decide, and I am not really sure if I will have theme this time. I did not have a chance to prep in advance. But I did start painting a few days ago. I tried a few landscapes, as well as a few abstracts. Nothing very post worthy, so I thought it might be a good idea to stick with a subject I know.

I painted most of this with my fingers. Started with abstract yellow shapes, then green. Roughed in a pot. Spread colors around in the background. I used a brush to shape the pot. Also to lay down the purple base in the foreground, and the dark centers of the blooms. I added a last layer of a creamy white to the background and defined shapes with a pen.

Whew! Number one is done!