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September Painting Challenge Review

 

 

Sheila Delgado September Challenge Collage 9 2016

 

The September painting challenge was a salvation for me. Your kind and generous support has lifted me up, and enabled me to have a productive month. From the bottom of my heart, I thank you.

The move in July and August was exhausting, and threw me into a Lupus flare. Everything that could go wrong, did.  (See list below.) My energy level was in the negative. I woke up depleted, and counted the hours until it was time for bed. When it was, I couldn’t fall asleep before 2 am. I lost my appetite, was short of breath and had no strength. I lost fifteen pounds.

It was a full month (August) before I had enough energy to even think about unpacking. During that time, we had workers in and out of the house. Unpacking had to wait until some of that work was completed. My goal was to be settled and ready to paint by September first. And guess what, I was!

I did not have a theme planned, nor was I able to prep or start painting before day one. Mountains, cacti, flowers and a bunny. A few themes there. All sure to be revisited. You can see my favorites from this month below.

 

Sheila Delgado - Favorite pieces from 9. 2016 challenge

 

Viewer favorites by post visits:

Day 29
Day 5
Day 14
Day 30
Day 6

The most used colors in my palette continued on from the September 2015 challenge. Many more colors I enjoy, and many I would like to try. I just find myself reaching for these staples.

Sheila Delgado Palette September 2016

 

Thanks again to all of you who followed along with me this month – you are a blessing!
I am so thankful for your friendship and support!

 

 

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Treat yourself to a look at the artist collages
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Leslie Seata’s 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge!
My Pinterest board for the event is bursting with over 1600 works of art!

 

 

Some of you had asked about the how the move went.
Moving complications list:
truck that arrived was too small
moving crew arrived late and without needed equipment and only 2 movers, not 4
rented 2nd truck which was too small, had to exchange it
moving crew took longer to load than stated
still loading trucks as new owners were moving in
after full day of loading and cleaning, drove to Prescott
arrived at midnight, had to wait for room, which was on 2nd floor, no elevator
changed room after 2 days as we had requested the first floor (moving coolers, suitcases, and supplies needed for our two-week stay)
new house not ready when promised
19 days in hotel room

But for all that stress, we have been BLESSED since we have been in the house (19th of August). We found movers that were above all expectations. Helping to place and unwrap the furniture. They even returned a couple of times just to help move heavy pieces.  The crews – landscaping, closet installers, electrician, tile, pantry woodworker – have all been supreme! We consider all of them friends.

The neighbors on our street are all from California. And with potlucks and a neighborhood garage sale today, there is no shortage of activity.

Thanks again, I am so thankful for your friendship and support!

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Day 30 of 30

 

 

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

 

Can I say it. Already looking forward to Leslie’s January challenge. I know, I am nuts. But there it is. It’s not just about the painting. It’s about the conversations.

Still kind of blowing me away. I felt successful this month, more often than I didn’t. That’s a big change. I hope it sticks.

Tomorrow the challenge artists will each share a collage of their work for the month. So fun to see the paintings together. I did not have a theme in mind at the beginning, but a few seemed to develop as the month went on. They are subjects I will continue to explore.

Here is the side-show I promised. Thought a good name for this would be “A day in the life of Mingus”. But these were taken in the space of an hour. Really loving these partly cloudy days!

Mingus Montage.

Mingus Montage.

 

Treat yourself to the Day 30 art on Leslie Seata’s 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge!
My Pinterest board for the event is bursting with over 1500 works of art!

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Day 29 – Begin Again

 

 

Purple Cactus 2. 6 x 6 in. watercolor on Arches 140 lb. cold pressed paper. © 2016 Sheila Delgado

Purple Cactus 2. 6 x 6 in. watercolor on Arches 140 lb. cold pressed paper. © 2016 Sheila Delgado

The colors are not showing true. the top paddle has more green, the bottom a bit more blue. They look the same to me here. This is the second piece I worked on today. The first just needs more time. I will finish it tomorrow. This was my response to the detail in that. K.I.S.S.

My plan for this post was to include a slide show of the mountains today. But just when I thought I had it all ready, it wasn’t. Again, I will have that for tomorrow. Lots of starts today, without endings. But I did manage to make a delicious chicken soup. From start to finish.

Almost finished with Leslie’s challenge. This time it went by fast.

 

Treat yourself to the Day 29 art on Leslie Seata’s 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge!
The Pinterest board has grown to over 1500 fabulous pieces of September art!

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