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Day 9 Of 30 Paintings In 30 Days

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.

Paper-Comparison

Mineral paper with different media…

More-Mineral-Musing-2

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.

Finally catching up, my Pinterest board
for this challenge is over 450 strong!

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

I sure do appreciate you visiting my blog!

Day 7 – 30 Paintings In 30 Days

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Day 7, Light and shadow. 8 x 8 watercolor and pen on Mineral paper. © 2016 Sheila Delgado

Is it really the end of week one? So soon! Yup, it is.

I named this Light and Shadow because I goofed. The highlight on the vase and the shadow are on the same side. No, you’re right. There is a good explanation. There is a lamp on the left of the vase, and the bright light is reflecting off a mirror on the right. Makes perfect sense to me.

Had a busy day, so I kept it simple and quick. I took a chance on trying the mineral paper again. And I have to say it is growing on me. I still like Yupo better. (Have some on order.)

On Yupo, the dark spots on the foreground would have spread more. The rust color was very wet at the time. Also, the background is actually two different shades. A pink, and a flesh tone. There should be pockets of each, but they mingled into one. No worries. This one was fun.

My Pinterest board for this challenge is inspirational!

Visit Leslie’s site, where all the daily art is posted.

Congrats to all the artists for one week done!

Day 6

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Again I am telling myself that it is the work that counts. There were many revisions on this, and I can see a few more changes I would like to make. But it is the end of a busy day, and tomorrow will be as well. I called it – it’s done.

I don’t know why I so often end up with bouquets that are square. What’s up with that? I started with loose flower shapes in watercolor. I added a soft blue, green and a creamy yellow acrylic to the background using a palette knife. Trying for an aged stone effect but it didn’t gel. So I covered most of that up with a soft white acrylic. THAT didn’t work either. Burnt orange watercolor to the rescue. A little better.

The vase was a soft blue, meant to look like glass filled with water. Laugh out loud. Covered that up right quick.

A for effort maybe. D for color and composition. A for having the huevos to post it for the world to see.