Category Archives: Acrylic

Day 3 Of 30 Paintings in 30 Days

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Day 3, Purple Flower, Mixed media on Aquabord. © 2016 Sheila Delgado. sheiladelgado.com

Day 3, Purple Flower, Mixed media on Aquabord. © 2016 Sheila Delgado

Not sure if this even looks like… anything. Not sure if it is post worthy, or done. I AM sure that I enjoyed painting it. I spent a good deal of time, just focused on the color, the tip of my brush, and having fun.

I was quite far along before I “saw” petals. And the one on the bottom was too small. Made me think of Nemo’s tiny fin. I went back in with water to make the petal larger. To “erase” color. Looking at it now, I think I need to go back in and round it out more.

I also played with the idea of cropping it to a square, and deepening the entire background with the indigo. This was a quick digital sketch, just to see how it felt.

Digital sketch, Day 3, Purple Flower, Mixed media on Aquabord. © 2016 Sheila Delgado. sheiladelgado.com

Digital sketch, Day 3, Purple Flower, Mixed media on Aquabord. © 2016 Sheila Delgado.

What do you think?

Feeling better now that I am caught up! I have started my Pinterest board for this challenge, still need to add today’s . Check it out! And take a look at Leslie’s site, where the daily art is posted.

Happy Painting everyone! And Happy Downton returns Day!

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Day Two ~ And A Short Tale

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Day 2, 1.2016. Three buds, 8 x 8 Mixed media on paper. © 2016 Sheila Delgado. sheiladelgado.com

Day 2, 1.2016. Three buds, 8 x 8 Mixed media on paper. © 2016 Sheila Delgado

“I am on a roll!” Sheila said out loud. “Too bad it is going downhill and gaining speed fast.”

She had struggled all day. Painting, reworking. Ripping the failures into shreds. She worked through lunch. Skipped supper too. But the harder she worked. The worse the paintings became.

She decided it was time to stop. Time to admit defeat, for tonight anyway. She would face tomorrow just as Scarlet had – with hope and determination. Tomorrow is another day, after all!

 

 

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Happy New 30 in 30!

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Thinking of Spring. 8 x 8 Mixed media. © 2016 Sheila Delgado

Day 1, 1.2016. Thinking of Spring. 8 x 8 Mixed media. © 2016 Sheila Delgado

 

Happy  New Year y’all! Welcome to another 30 in 30 challenge! I have looked forward to this since the end of September. O.K., I think it took me a month to recover from that challenge enough to think about doing it all over again!

But I have looked forward to January 2016 since December of 2015! DOWNTON! So while I might start to look forward to the end of the painting challenge at some point, I will also be simultaneously hoping that January goes on forever!

I have several ideas for a theme. Had. Have had. I can’t decide, and I am not really sure if I will have theme this time. I did not have a chance to prep in advance. But I did start painting a few days ago. I tried a few landscapes, as well as a few abstracts. Nothing very post worthy, so I thought it might be a good idea to stick with a subject I know.

I painted most of this with my fingers. Started with abstract yellow shapes, then green. Roughed in a pot. Spread colors around in the background. I used a brush to shape the pot. Also to lay down the purple base in the foreground, and the dark centers of the blooms. I added a last layer of a creamy white to the background and defined shapes with a pen.

Whew! Number one is done!

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