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#100DaysOf Mingus – #83 Through 85

Mingus Day #83. 5.75 x 5.5 in. watercolor and pastel on Arches 140 lb. cold pressed paper. © 2018 Sheila Delgado.

Forgot I had this to post. Or maybe I wanted to forget it. Ha. Not one of my favorites. I am still in catch up/get ahead mode. And on this, you can easily see it is affecting my work.

The sky saved it. Not great, but interesting. I tried to include a treeline. NOT my best attempt. You can see I even tried to cover the offensive area with some pastel. DOPE! Going for a little touch of abstract there, did not work. Ha ha ha.

Big Blue is interesting, and the front range, not so bad. I like the mix of colors on this one. Might be a tad too girly, but I had fun with it.

Thinking that I had nothing to post, I rushed late night to paint. All I could manage time wise was two tiny ATC’s. I intended to go back and “fix these”. But that didn’t happen. So here are two, wonky Mingi.

Mingus Day #84. 3.5 x 2.5 in. watercolor on Arches 140 lb. cold pressed paper. © 2018 Sheila Delgado.

Mingus is poorly shaped, and I would have added pen or paint to shape the front range.

Mingus Day #85. 3.5 x 2.5 in. watercolor on Arches 140 lb. cold pressed paper. © 2018 Sheila Delgado.

I tried to do clouds, but it wasn’t working. Maybe I can wet it, and lift some color. Hmm.

Thanks for taking a look!

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#100DaysOfMingus – #81 And #82

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Mingus Day #81. 5.75 x 5.5 in. watercolor and pastel on Arches 140 lb. cold pressed paper. © 2018 Sheila Delgado.

Mingus Day #82. 5.75 x 5.5 in. watercolor and pastel on Arches 140 lb. cold pressed paper. © 2018 Sheila Delgado.

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Fun Finds

Keep meaning to share these. Ms. Clean strikes again. Dollar Tree loot. These clear envelopes are great for art supplies.

Out of sight, out of mind definitely is true for me. If I can’t see it, I forget I have it. The large envelopes, you get two to a pack. They have a three-hole tab so you can use them in a binder. The small envelope has two pockets. Great for collage papers and small bits!

Collage cache

Stencil stash

While in Phoenix this past month, I made a visit to Hobby Lobby. There is a HUGE one in Chandler. I always check out the clearance section, and this time I scored big time. I found two awesome books for about 75% Off!

Yay sale!

Visit the links for a peek inside. Acrylic Expressions by Staci Swider and Bird Art by Alan Woollette. Can’t wait to spend some time with them!

February – Day 14 Of 30

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Day 14. 6 x 8 Acrylic on canvas panel. © 2018 Sheila Delgado

I am still intrigued by this sparse style. It feels familiar to me. Reminds me of some of Georgia O’Keeffe’s work. Not my painting. The style.

There are a couple of things I would change about this. I did not realize I was painting with gloss navy blue. Sealing the piece would take care of that. And I did not add any line work. That might help. Or shading to show a rise on the front range.

There is both blue and turquoise in the sky, on this screen it is not showing at all unfortunately. Hope you can see it on yours. I think the sky came out rather nice.

Maybe it is a work in progress. Not unhappy with it. Taking a second look, those few details stand out. Fixable!