Tag Archives: Leslie Saeta’s January 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge

Day 25 – Better Days

 

 

Day25, Better Days. 4 x 4 in. acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas. © 2017 Sheila Delgado

Day 25, Better Days. 4 x 4 in. acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas. © 2017 Sheila Delgado

I have had so much trouble getting these soft colors to show correctly on screen. This one scanned near perfect.  I only had to bring out the rust.

Some of the canvases I am using were older, and were painted on before. This one is part of a newer batch, and it is wrapped tightly. Crisp edges and corners. I like that. And the canvas texture is more pronounced. I like that too. I don’t know if it is a difference in the gesso, or the canvas cloth itself.

On this you can see small dots of color, in addition to all the larger, “blobs”. I really like the contrast of the combination. Grains of sand, chunks of clay. White washed walls that have seen better days.

 

 

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Day 24 Of 30

 

 

Day 24, Elemental. 4.25 x 8 in. acrylic on Arches 140 lb. cold pressed paper. © 2017 Sheila Delgado

Day 24, Elemental. 4.25 x 8 in. acrylic on Arches 140 lb. cold pressed paper. © 2017 Sheila Delgado

 

I had fun working on this. Had no idea what to do when I started. So I just plopped some color on the clean white paper. I had chunky blocks of clay and then I REALLY didn’t have an idea. I set it aside and started another piece.

Little by little, I added more color. I added white lines, then shiraz, and finally the indigo. It didn’t feel complete. I splattered lime to break up the dark areas. Next, white splatters and then indigo.

I didn’t realize until the end, that I had the makings of an abstracted flower.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Day 23 – Palms

 

 

Day 23 , Palms. 4 x 4 in. acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas. © 2017 Sheila Delgado

Day 23 , Palms. 4 x 4 in. acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas. © 2017 Sheila Delgado

 

Sometimes less is more. And sometimes more is what it takes.  This is another of the abstracts I worked on a couple of weeks ago. I started playing, to see if I could create shapes with the palette knife. What the heck right?

Day 23 , Palms, before. 4 x 4 in. acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas. © 2017 Sheila Delgado

Day 23 , Palms, before. 4 x 4 in. acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas. © 2017 Sheila Delgado

I need the practice if I am ever going to get better. And I can always paint over it, again. You can see how this started. There are two slides.  I liked it with just the slim ground line. Then I didn’t. I added more indigo, and then some white and dusty rose to soften the area. Set it aside.

Purple Cactus Plant. 7 x 10 watercolor on Arches 140 lb. cold pressed paper. © 2016 Sheila Delgado

Purple Cactus Plant. 7 x 10 watercolor on Arches 140 lb. cold pressed paper. © 2016 Sheila Delgado

Came back to it, and decided I wanted more color in the sky area. I really like that mix of peachy pink, you might remember from earlier challenges.

I am really happy with how the trunks turned out. Pure luck that!

I am on the road to San Diego today. Posts and art are ready to go, but I will not be visiting blogs or pinning to the board for a week. I will catch up when I return. I am going to miss seeing the artworks!

Have fun everyone, I know you can do it! Thanks so much for following my progress, and for your generous comments. God Bless!

 

 

It is the nature of the strong heart, that like the palm tree
it strives ever upwards when it is most burdened.
Philip Sidney

 

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