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Day Four Of 30

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

To the east, we have a view of Granite Mountain. There are a few other peaks, I still need to learn their names. Granite mountain is an hour away, still it looks huge. It is over 7,600 feet. These hills are not all part of the same range.

Happy Accidents

The cloud was a fluke, it is the white of the paper where my wash dried before meeting. The purple on the mountains was meant to completely cover them. But once I saw the shapes forming, I laid the tilted paper flat. I really like how the dark gives some structure to the hills. When the photo is enlarged on-screen, you can see the faintest red on the hills. I know it is an illusion, but it is an interesting one.

Granite Sunset, SMD

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Day 2 Of 30

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

Whew! Day 2!

I have 16, 4 x 4 gallery wrapped canvas. Had planned on using them for the challenge. But I have “ruined” 7 of them. So much for getting ahead. I am going to be out-of-town the last week of the challenge. Before then, I need to have my art painted and scanned.

Today I attempted to do an acrylic on one of the canvases. Using a palette knife. How much experience do I have painting with a palette knife? Uh huh. Next to none.

Still, parts were not too bad. I ended by scraping off most of the paint. And what I thought was a hideous shade of camouflage green (from the mixed paint), dried to a not-so-awful shade of yellow-green. There is a bit of interesting texture as well.

Not sure what I am going to do with it yet, but I am thrilled to know it can be saved.

I love this photo of the hills. The light revealed peaks that usually blend as a whole (on the right). I know I will use this photo as a reference again and again.

Mingus 11-2 2016

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Touching The Sky. 5 x 8 in. watercolor on Arches 140 lb. cold pressed paper. © 2017 Sheila Delgado

Whew! Way behind, and it is only day one. I started a weeks worth of paintings, hoping to begin ahead. Yes, you’re right. Way too ambitious. Stayed up late working, and still. Had nothing.

I had a plan. A theme. Well guess what. All shot to, heck.

So, going with the flow. And hoping very much that there will be a flow. If not a gusher, at least a slow, steady trickle. Yes. I would be very content with a trickle.

Sun setting on 2016, and it was glorious. I watched the light travel along the ridge from the south.

December 31, sun setting 1

Soon it caught hold of Mingus.

December 31, sun setting 2

Annoyed with my work, I looked up again.

Touching the sky, reference photo.

I said out loud, “The mountain is touching the sky!”

Glorious!

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