Author Archives: Sheila

Day 30 of 30

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Purple Cactus Plant. 7 x 10 watercolor on Arches 140 lb. cold pressed paper. © 2016 Sheila Delgado

Purple Cactus Plant. 7 x 10 watercolor on Arches 140 lb. cold pressed paper. © 2016 Sheila Delgado

 

Can I say it. Already looking forward to Leslie’s January challenge. I know, I am nuts. But there it is. It’s not just about the painting. It’s about the conversations.

Still kind of blowing me away. I felt successful this month, more often than I didn’t. That’s a big change. I hope it sticks.

Tomorrow the challenge artists will each share a collage of their work for the month. So fun to see the paintings together. I did not have a theme in mind at the beginning, but a few seemed to develop as the month went on. They are subjects I will continue to explore.

Here is the side-show I promised. Thought a good name for this would be “A day in the life of Mingus”. But these were taken in the space of an hour. Really loving these partly cloudy days!

Mingus Montage.

Mingus Montage.

 

Treat yourself to the Day 30 art on Leslie Seata’s 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge!
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Day 29 – Begin Again

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Purple Cactus 2. 6 x 6 in. watercolor on Arches 140 lb. cold pressed paper. © 2016 Sheila Delgado

Purple Cactus 2. 6 x 6 in. watercolor on Arches 140 lb. cold pressed paper. © 2016 Sheila Delgado

The colors are not showing true. the top paddle has more green, the bottom a bit more blue. They look the same to me here. This is the second piece I worked on today. The first just needs more time. I will finish it tomorrow. This was my response to the detail in that. K.I.S.S.

My plan for this post was to include a slide show of the mountains today. But just when I thought I had it all ready, it wasn’t. Again, I will have that for tomorrow. Lots of starts today, without endings. But I did manage to make a delicious chicken soup. From start to finish.

Almost finished with Leslie’s challenge. This time it went by fast.

 

Treat yourself to the Day 29 art on Leslie Seata’s 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge!
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Day 28 – Purple Cactus

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Purple Cactus. 5 x 10 watercolor on Arches 140 lb. cold pressed paper. © 2016 Sheila Delgado

Purple Cactus. 5 x 10 watercolor on Arches 140 lb. cold pressed paper. © 2016 Sheila Delgado

Only two more days in Leslie Saeta’s 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge. I feel like I am just getting started. I have paintings in my head that want to come out! I think the trip, and break in painting schedule has me feeling like it shouldn’t be over yet. How ’bout you? Are you ready for October?

Yesterday’s piece had a nice wonky feel to it. Today’s is a little too clean and… staged. The drawing took forever, and I am still not happy with the composition. I spent more time painting this than on yesterday’s, and I think the lack of spontaneity shows.  It was fun though!

It was another beautiful Mingus Mountain day. Love the light on the front range.

 

The Hills Today. Mingus Mountain.

The Hills Today. Mingus Mountain.

 

Treat yourself to the Day 28 art on Leslie Seata’s 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge!
The Pinterest board has grown to over 1400 fabulous pieces of September art!

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