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February 2020 Day 5

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Day 5 Original, FEB C.G., 7 x 5, Acrylic on Yupo. © 2020 Sheila Delgado.
Day 5 Original, FEB C.G., 7 x 5, Acrylic on Yupo. © 2020 Sheila Delgado.

Today was an abstract day. Abstracts with a palette knife. I worked on four small pieces, 5 x 7 Heavy Yupo, 144lb. I really like the heavy Yupo. It does not buckle, even under thick layers of acrylic. I did not tape the sheet down, but it did not warp. Very nice!

I’m still undecided about this one. So much so, that I took to cropping it in Photoshop. The colors are muted, maybe that is what bothers me. Not sure. I do really like the colors. Happy for the practice,

think it would help to use a thick medium with the color. These are craft paints, and some a thicker than others. I need MORE palette knife practice. I like the 2nd and 4th images best. What do you think?

Day 5 crop, FEB C.G., 7 x 5, Acrylic on Yupo. © 2020 Sheila Delgado.
Day 5 crop, FEB C.G., 7 x 5, Acrylic on Yupo. © 2020 Sheila Delgado.
Day 5 crop 2, FEB C.G., 7 x 5, Acrylic on Yupo. © 2020 Sheila Delgado.
Day 5 crop 2, FEB C.G., 7 x 5, Acrylic on Yupo. © 2020 Sheila Delgado.
Day 5 crop 3, FEB C.G., 7 x 5, Acrylic on Yupo. © 2020 Sheila Delgado.
Day 5 crop 3, FEB C.G., 7 x 5, Acrylic on Yupo. © 2020 Sheila Delgado.

Sometimes you win.
Sometimes you lose learn.

Christina Pagnoncelli

February 2020 30-Day Creative Challenge, Day 4

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Day 4, FEB C.G., 8 x 8, watercolor on Arches 140 lb. cold-pressed paper. © 2020 Sheila Delgado.
Day 4, FEB C.G., 8 x 8, watercolor on Arches 140 lb. cold-pressed paper. © 2020 Sheila Delgado.

This is my Paddle Plant. Also known as a Flapjack It is a succulent, with thick leaves. I will be painting this again, from a side view. Some of the larger leaves curve downward. That is supposed to be a bad sign, but they are healthy. The leaf edges often turn red in winter. Mine have not.

Whew! I finished. Not sure if I pulled it off, but I had fun in the process. Values kick my butt every time. I painted the soil, brownish with details. But it was distracting. And the background was lighter, with multiple tones and some really cool blooms. Those were distracting as well.

Day 4 reference photo, SMD
Day 4 reference photo, SMD

Thinking of going back in and lifting the background. then adding the color of the table in the reference photo. What do you think?

Day 3 – 30-Day Creative Challenge

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Day 3, FEB C.G., 4 x 6, watercolor on Arches 140 lb. cold-pressed paper. © 2020 Sheila Delgado.
Day 3, FEB C.G., 4 x 6, watercolor on Arches 140 lb. cold-pressed paper. © 2020 Sheila Delgado.

This is a pencil cactus. But really, it is a succulent. The stems are round like a dowel. During cooler months, they glow in vivid shades of pink, orange, and yellow. How fun is that? Their nickname is “Sticks On Fire”.

Even I’m amazed by My achievement
but I confess that there were disappointments.
Cacti, for example. I never really got them right.
Can’t imagine what I meant them to look like,
but certainly, they turned out wrong.
Maybe I had the plans upside down.

… from God: The Ultimate Autobiography.