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Day Two Of Thirty

Water Sprite. 4 x 4 mixed media on panel. © 2018 Sheila Delgado

I considered adding a touch of indigo to this. Instead I drew tiny turquoise circles. Acrylic, Caran d’Ache, texture sheet, collage, some finger painting. Used a palette knife for the first layers. Random marks.

Feeling like this might be a work in progress. The collage shape is nudging at me. I may add more Flesh tone to balance or conceal. Loving the pinkish, peachy flesh color, “Natural Buff”. But it does not scan as well as it looks in person. It is warm, and not too feminine. Or maybe it is. What do you think?

Day two is through?

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February 30 Paintings In 30 Days

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L.Y.A. Envelope. 6 x 9 Acrylic on paper. © 2018 Sheila Delgado

Day one is done. And so is my Liberate Your Art postcard swap envelope. Two birds, one stone. Layers on layers here. At the end, I took a nail file and sanded off some of the top soil.

Ready for day two!

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Prepping for 30 in 30

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Eucalyptus Leaf, front and back. Watercolor on 140 lb. cold press paper. © 2013 Sheila Delgado

A few days ago I began getting ready for the start of what will be my ninth 30 in 30 event. Cutting paper to size, filling my watercolor pans, thinking about a theme. I think I actually have one this year! You will have to stay tuned to find out. (Sure hope you do, LOL) The painting challenge starts next month.

This leaf was day 30 of my first 30 in 30. You can click on the gallery tab above, and visit that first event if you would like. I painted pears mostly. Had fun with those. I was happy with 18 of the paintings I did that month. Not bad, just over half. Gave 7 as gifts.

That includes this Eucalyptus leaf. I loved this painting. Still do. Really enjoyed working on it, and very happy with how it turned out. They are not visible here, but there are little veins and “cracks” where some of the paint settled into the texture of the paper. Happy surprise that.

Looking forward to the happy surprises February might bring!