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Day 21 – Squared

Thought I was done with this. It was sitting on my desk, and I decided it still needed work. I added more texture and I like it better now. The spot on the top left edge looks terrific in person. It looks like the paint has been chipped away.

I am not sure this is interesting or attractive, or balanced. Not sure it even matters to me. I had fun scratching into the white paint. I had fun playing with color and trying something new!

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Day 20 Of 30

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Day 20, Dusk. 4.25 x 8 in. mixed media on Arches 140 lb. cold pressed paper. © 2017 Sheila Delgado

Long day. Productive, thank goodness. So busy painting away, I couldn’t even remember yesterday’s post. Going a little 30 in 30 loony. Anyone else?

This is acrylics, Caran d’Ache Neocolor Crayons, and watercolor pencils. I started by making marks, then painted over them. Like a lasagna, I repeated those layers three or four times. Using a palette knife, I spread the paint, and sometimes scratched into it. The light layer you see, took a few spritz of water, before I continued to scrape most of that layer off.

I went over some of the linear marks, and used a wet brush to activate the color. I left some of the previous marks untouched, just hints under the layer of scraped paint. I added more venetian red in areas, and used water to move the color there as well.

I had no idea what to do at that point. Turned the paper and looked at it from each angle. Decided to take a piece of crumpled plastic wrap and use it like a sponge to apply paint. I have sponges, but the wrap had already been used and was next to me on the desk. I applied several tints of the same color.

Maybe this could use something more, but I like it.

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Day 19 Of 30

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Red Sunset. 4.25 x 8 in. watercolor on Arches 140 lb. cold pressed paper. © 2017 Sheila Delgado

Painted this today. My second try. I am happy with it. Wish all the clouds had turned out the same hue. Oh well. I learned a lot from the first attempt. And also from editing this in Photoshop. Gotta love learning!!

Below is yesterday’s. Blech! The clouds look dirty, as do the hills. I could not get the colors adjusted correctly, so I “Photoshopped” this by adding a layer of red over the hills. That still was not working, so I added low percentage of blue over that. Both layers were not at full opacity, so the painting remained visible. I used a brush tool, and you can see above the peak on the left, that I went over the same area twice, making the blue visible. That was a mistake, but I kind of like it.