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Day 27 & 28 in 30 of 30

4 x 5 watercolor on 140 lb. cold press paper.

A lot of nuthin’ much going on here today. I have painted a day ahead for most of this challenge. I thought yesterdays painting was done and posted, but it wasn’t. Duh.

Today has been a Donna Summer day. Been working hard for the money. I am sharing most of the rejects from today. These are the best of the worst.

Guess I should cut myself some slack. I went to the drive in last night, double feature. Then I came home and worked for a couple of hours. We saw Lone Survivor.

God Bless our American servicemen and women.

4 x 5 watercolor on 140 lb. cold press paper.

Lack of sleep is obviously detrimental to my creativity. Still, I think each of these has something that is redeemable. And I had fun, so not a total loss. All practice is good practice!

Enjoy!

5 x 5 watercolor on YUPO

Pineapple Palm – Day 26 of 30 in 30

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Pineapple palm. 5 x 7 watercolor on 140 lb. cold press paper. © 2014 Sheila Delgado

I am having too much fun painting palm trees. I love palm trees. I love watching them move in a gentle breeze. Listen to their soft rustling sounds.

My favorite, is the Pineapple palm. They are short and stocky, and just as the name implies, they look like a giant pineapple. No wonder they scream vacation to me. Sunny Island, colorful drinks with slices of fruit and little umbrellas. OK, so maybe I watched too much Magnum P.I., but can you blame me?

I am calling this done, but I think I may go back in and add a bit to the shadow on the trunk. Any opinions? That dark line is bothering me. I did go in and add some dark to the trunk, but maybe it needs more. I need to create more of a curve.

Pineapple Palm – Work in Progress.

I created an animation of my progress. Learned a few new things today! The only changes in the third slide are that I removed a stroke on the top frond, it was too long. I also connected the trunk to the fronds on the right side. Little tweaks that I think made a big difference.

Only five more days left in Leslie Saeta’s 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge.

Hope you like the slide show!

Sunset Shadows – Day 25 of 30 in 30

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Sunset Shadows. 4 x 5 watercolor on 140 lb. cold press paper. © 2014 Sheila Delgado

I’m late, I’m late, for a very important date.

I painted until the wee hours last night. And I did finish a painting. You can see it below. I was so “in the zone” that I arrived at my destination, without knowing how I got there. Does that ever happen to you? It’s like I got on the 76, missed my exit on the 15 north. And I ended up at the beach instead of the desert.

Not a bad thing. Just not my intention.

I woke up this morning, and couldn’t get excited about posting the painting. So I decided to keep trying. And painting. And painting. Finally got something worth looking at.

Ochre patchwork. 6 x 6 watercolor, pen on cold press paper. © 2014 Sheila Delgado

What I had intended for the patchwork, was something a bit more weathered and worn. I added the outlines digitally to see if I liked it before trying with a pen. Turns out even my darkest pen ends up looking a little grey. So the digital version won.

Now it’s time for some dinner, and then I am going to head over to Leslie Saeta’s blog, and see what my artist friends have been up to. Hope you will check it out as well.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend!