Thunder at Midnight. 8 x 8 Acrylic on paper. © 2017 Sheila Delgado
Up late painting. And yes, there was thunder at midnight.
My tools included a brush, a credit card, a paint comb, and a stencil.
Day 8 First Layers
I thought about making this a landscape after the second layers were added.
I could see a hint of hills along the horizon.
Day 8 Second Layers
Week two begins!
Smiling at God. 6 x 8 watercolor on Arches 140 lb. cold pressed paper. © 2016 Sheila Delgado
At the Chapel of the Cross in Sedona, there is a patch of small flowers with a sign that reads, “Please don’t pick us, we are smiling at God…”
Such a nice thought. My friend got such a kick out of it, she took a photo, and mentioned it several times on our drive home. She is a crafter, and I have a feeling I will see a sign like that pop up in her yard soon.
Chapel Cactus Do-over. 5 x 5 watercolor and gouache on Arches 140 lb. cold pressed paper. © 2016 Sheila Delgado
I made several attempts to improve my cactus piece. But I think I just need to move on, and start fresh. I just can’t get the foreground to look decent. I washed off the area, started that over. But it is not an improvement.
I added some darker areas, but the values still look pretty much the same.
Here is the original.
Chapel Cactus. 5 x 5 watercolor and gouache on Arches 140 lb. cold pressed paper. © 2016 Sheila Delgado
I had fun, and I am looking forward to painting more succulents!
Take a look at day 8 on Leslie Seata’s 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge!
My Pinterest board for the event is bursting with flowers, and skies,
and campers, and cats…
Day 8, Branches. 9 x 9 watercolor and pen on Mineral paper. © 2016 Sheila Delgado
I learned how to get the pink to read better in Photoshop today. I was trying to “up” the pink. And what I needed to do was enhance the whites. I used the image adjustments selective color to do this. Man I love it when I learn something new!
There is a lot of texture in this background. Below is a detail shot for you. after painting the area, I splattered both colors as well as clean water on top. I really like how it turned out.
Detail of Day 8 texture.
Yesterday I was asked to talk more about Mineral paper. I planned on sharing links with the posts I wrote previously. But after searching, I found that they were written at the end of September. My blog is missing September, as many of you know. Really a bummer, as I had also included links to several places mineral paper is available for purchase.
Corinna, give me one more day, and I will share some information with you.
Five minutes to spare before the midnight blast off!
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