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Day 12 Of 30

Sunny Surprise, Day 12. 8 x 8 Acrylic on paper. © 2017 Sheila Delgado

Surprise, surprise, surprise. I am surprised at how well this turned out. It was a horrible catastrophe the entire time I was working on it. The late hour and pure determination got it done. Or maybe it was laziness. I did not want to start over.

Long list of fixes that could be made. The vase is perfect on the left, and NOT on the right. The shadow should wrap around the side, instead of sit underneath the vase. The right side of the table edge is higher than the left. (Hmm, thought there was more.)

I painted the table 4 times. Tried different textures that goofed or splotched or made a mess. Finally I just pressed a credit card into the wet paint to make a check pattern.

The same with the background. Mess 3 or 4 times. Scraped on paint with a credit card first, Didn’t like the hard edges. Covered that with paint, and pressed a texture sheet on to it. Nuthin’. The rust color was looking, orange. So I covered it with more bisque and pressed the dots texture sheet on. Almost worked. Looked really good while it was still wet. I was disappointed when it dried. But looking at it now, I do like the subtle effect.

At the end I was sure I had a piece of yuck. But I was going to post it anyway. Then I thought, maybe some black would save it.

There it is. Pretty sunflowers. Whew!

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Day 11 Of 30

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I Think I Do, Day 11. 8 x 8 Acrylic on paper. © 2017 Sheila Delgado

I had fun with this, and I like the softer palette. I am starting to like the painting. But I am having a hard time convincing myself that it is good.

Ever have that problem? Hands in the air.

Thought so!

I love the soft texture on the table. Botched the shadow though. Goofed again using white flowers. HELLO! Goofed on the nearly fluorescent green. (I do like it in the splatter.) Seriously thinking of doing the flowers over. I’ll see how I feel about it tomorrow.

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Day 10 Of 30

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All Around You, Day 10. 8 x 8 Acrylic on paper. © 2017 Sheila Delgado

This title came to me out of the blue. I was looking for something to relate to “round”. Lot’s of round going on here. I kept thinking the title sounded familiar. Asking myself, “Where have I heard that?”

After much thinking, it came to me. It’s the opening song in Love Actually. I have watched that movie more times than I can count. A quick search, and I learned the original is by The Troggs. There’s my learn something new for today.

I had never heard their version.

This painting did not come together as effortlessly as Day 9. Naturally. I was trying too hard. You know I have run into that many times. Instead of using subtractive painting, the background went down first. I thought a light color would better show the green. I am not sure it worked.

My flower shapes are not as loose and organic as yesterday’s. And I think I overdid the splatter. The lavender shows much lighter in person. It was the first to go on and I felt that I needed the spots to be deeper, so I added more colors. And more and more. I may go back in and delete some digitally.

The vase has scratch marks, that barely show. I used three different colors. One appears lighter, and one appears much darker on the white porcelain palette, but they are all basically the same value. HUH? At some point, I decided to scrub out some of the base vase (LOL) color, and it left just a hint of darker edge. WHICH I think gives a subtle impression of shadow and form.

Also on the vase, I used two texture sheets to add large dots, and small dots, but again, that was a value fail. I covered my mistake with a lighter shade, the same flesh tone that is in the background. I used a stylus to apply the paint, and I LOVE how the dots turned out. There are different sizes. I dipped in paint, and then made dots until the paint ran out.

The blooms are all basically the same value. Another value fail. I could go back in with some white, or add some pen outlines, or add darker blooms…

So maybe I should say this is a work in progress. I will set it aside and see what comes to me.

Thinking also that the lines on the table should be covered in black pen.

Having said all that, I like this piece. I would hang it as is. Looking at it from four feet away, the splatter is not nearly as invasive.

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