Category Archives: Mineral paper

Day 11

I have to be honest and say, this came together quickly. I painted a day ahead, to free up time for working on the invites. I am curious to find out if I can duplicate it on a larger scale.

2016 Liberate your Art

Kat Sloma’s annual Liberate Your Art postcard exchange is coming around again. All are invited. You can make your own cards, as I do, or have them professionally printed. Each year I have been fortunate to exchange many “extra swaps” with friends. I have taken part since 2011, long before I had a blog.

The goal for the exchange is to get your art out into the world. Interested? Take a look at the 2015 LYA, or click on the links below in the sidebar.

How I Make My Postcards

I use Photoshop, and publisher. You can also use Gimp, perhaps even Word. Using an 8.5 x 11 sheet of paper yields four cards. You can print double-sided onto heavy card-stock, or glue separate pieces together (front to back). Here are some samples from previous years.

You can include handwritten greetings, or inspirational quotes, or both!

Post cards front and back. sheiladelgado.com

Very simple, and such a joy to receive art in your mailbox! Think about it.

My Pinterest board
for this challenge is over 560 strong!

Visit Leslie’s site, where all the daily art is posted,
and see her terrific abstract art as well.

Day 10

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Keeping it small for the weekend. I need to work on wedding invites for a client. The foreground is not showing true to life. It is a deep rust. The two colors, rust and brick-red, are much closer in value on paper.

My Pinterest board
for this challenge is over 550 strong!

Visit Leslie’s site, where all the daily art is posted,
and see her terrific abstract art as well.

Hope you are enjoying your weekend!

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Day 9 Of 30 Paintings In 30 Days

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Day 9, Branches ll. 9 x 9 watercolor and pen on Mineral paper. © 2016 Sheila Delgado

I wanted to try again with this idea. Yesterday, I felt that the flowers were much to dark after adding the pen. These are better, but now I think they look very Dr. Seuss. I love Dr. Seuss, but that was not the look I was going for. There is a lot of great texture in the branches and the background. 72 ppi smooths it out unfortunately.

This time, on the background I did 7 or 8 layers of splatter. Pink, orange, and water. I let that dry and did them all again. Once or twice more for good measure. Oh and I added a watery dark rust color, hoping for a sort of, dirty aged effect. I really like how it turned out. I wanted to show a detail, but it just does not translate in the scan well.

As a study, this was successful. As a painting I am not so sure.

MINERAL PAPER

Yupo and Mineral paper are both sort of plastic in feel. Yupo is very smooth and slick while Mineral paper has a soft, “fuzzy” feel. Sort of like a peach, or velvet. Yupo is a synthetic paper made from polypropylene pellets. You can learn more about Yupo here.

There are a lot of artists who use Yupo. Two of my favorites are Yevgenia Watts, and Sandy Sandy. Connie Cagley sometimes works on Mineral paper.

Mineral paper is made from rocks. You can find it online and at Hobby Lobby.

When I first tried Yupo, I wasn’t sure I would like it. But now, after painting on it all month during the September challenge, I feel more comfortable with it. I am feeling more at ease with Mineral paper each time I use it as well.

A few of my observations:

Yupo can easily be wiped clean and reused, as seen below. Mineral paper stains more easily, but you are still able to wipe it off, and reuse it. (Middle image on the bottom.) It also tears easily, which could be great for mixed media and collage.

Mineral paper with different media…

I hope that answers some of your questions Corinna. Let me know if there is anything else you are curious about. My number one tip for anyone who tries these papers, is to use them several times, to get accustomed to their individual properties.