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Day 14 Of 30

 

 

Lavender Dreams. 6 x 6 in. watercolor on Arches 140 lb. cold pressed paper. © 2017 Sheila Delgado

Lavender Dreams. 6 x 6 in. watercolor on Arches 140 lb. cold pressed paper. © 2017 Sheila Delgado

 

Another glorious sunset. And my attempt to capture it.  I can say I had fun working on this. And it came quickly.  Still, there are several things I’d change if I could.

The wash in the sky is far too light, and the clouds far too dark. The wash actually looks deeper in person, and the moon does stand out a bit more. When I started with the clouds, the colors were much too light, and I just overcompensated.

The pink on the top cloud was drying too dark, I added more white gouache to the mix, and you can see the result.

My first photo of the sun setting, I thought “WOW! Look at that!”

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Moon rise over Mingus. SMD

And then it got better!

Sunset-Moon

Moon rise over Mingus #2. SMD

Any wonder ancient Egyptians worshipped the sun?

 

 

Moon rise over Mingus #3. SMD

Moon rise over Mingus #3. SMD

Wishing you all a super weekend! Thanks so much for visiting, always great to hear from you!

 

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Day 13 – Ten Minute Sketch

 

Day 13. 6 x 8 in. watercolor on Strathmore 400 Mixed Media paper. © 2017 Sheila Delgado

Day 13. 6 x 8 in. watercolor on Strathmore 400 Mixed Media paper. © 2017 Sheila Delgado

Had some errands today, so I did not have time to work on the clouds. Sat down to paint at 10 pm. Getting later and later aren’t I? Spent a half hour thinking about starting a painting. Decided to do a sketch and see if it would be worth posting. Maybe not, but it is Day 13.

I pulled out my waterbrush, watercolor crayons. Oh, and a couple of watercolor pencils. This is the result. I have a pad of the mixed media paper, bought on sale, and this is the second sheet I have used. I really like it. Wondering why I haven’t used it more often.

I added a bit to the foreground of yesterday’s work. I just felt like I had three separate pieces, instead of an integrated painting. Sky, hill, grass. So just a bit of indigo, to add shadow, and reflect a bit of the hills. Don’t know if it was successful, but I like it better.

Sunset Sky, touch-up. 4.25 x 8 in. watercolor on Arches 140 lb. cold pressed paper. © 2017 Sheila Delgado

Sunset Sky, touch-up. 4.25 x 8 in. watercolor on Arches 140 lb. cold pressed paper. © 2017 Sheila Delgado

Here is the original.

Sunset Sky. 4.25 x 8 in. watercolor on Arches 140 lb. cold pressed paper. © 2017 Sheila Delgado

Sunset Sky. 4.25 x 8 in. watercolor on Arches 140 lb. cold pressed paper. © 2017 Sheila Delgado

Maybe it is too busy now. Do you think it should just be a light solid wash over the entire area?

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Day 12 Of 30 WIP

 

Sunset Sky. 4.25 x 8 in. watercolor on Arches 140 lb. cold pressed paper. © 2017 Sheila Delgado

Sunset Sky. 4.25 x 8 in. watercolor on Arches 140 lb. cold pressed paper. © 2017 Sheila Delgado

More work to be done on this, time slipped away. I finished four of the small canvases. Not much work needed. I spent more time prepping the scans for posting, than I did on painting.

Started this late, seems to be my pattern in this challenge. I need to deepen the front range, it seems out-of-place to me. I also meant to add the moon and some clouds, but that will get done tomorrow.

Feeling  much more relaxed now that I have my goal in sight.

Put the finishing touch on yesterday’s piece. Added some detail to the left side. Better.

Mingus Red touch-up. 4 x 8 in. watercolor on Arches 140 lb. cold pressed paper. © 2017 Sheila Delgado

Mingus Red touch-up. 4 x 8 in. watercolor on Arches 140 lb. cold pressed paper. © 2017 Sheila Delgado

This is the before.

Mingus Red. 4 x 8 in. watercolor on Arches 140 lb. cold pressed paper. © 2017 Sheila Delgado

Mingus Red. 4 x 8 in. watercolor on Arches 140 lb. cold pressed paper. © 2017 Sheila Delgado

Hey, we are almost half way there!

 

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