Sea and Sand. 6 x 6 watercolor on 140 cold press paper. © 2014 Sheila Delgado
I finished painting early today. Had visions of going to bed early too, but it didn’t happen. Here are three pieces I worked on. Works in progress. Beginnings.
Just playing with paint, trying to create textures like the background in Day 23. Yellow ochre and indigo were calling me. I am counting this as my painting for today, but I don’t think it is in any way finished. Maybe I can add a bird, birds on the shore, or some sunlight reflecting. Hmmm…
Each of these came out looking like a landscape, but I wasn’t thinking of any in particular. The first column is how I painted them.
Works in progress. watercolor on 140 lb. cold press paper.
When I scanned them in, I rotated each of them, to see if an idea would jump out at me. Does anything come to mind for you?
You can see, I painted the first one with the yellow as a sky, but it did not work as well as flipping it upside down. Duh, this works better as sand than sky.
The one in the middle, I think might be a total loss. This last one crashed and burned. I liked it the best, so that was a bummer.
Looking at them lined up like this, I got the idea to do a cheater quilt in these colors for my Spoonflower shop. So that was one good thing that came from goofing around.
I may not have finished the day with a painting, but I did play with color, and texture. I did not focus on an end result. So I can call it a play day, and give myself a yellow ochre star for letting go!
Hey, is today Friday? Woo-whoo! Only two more days until Downton! Happy Friday!
Leslie Saeta’s 30 Painting in 30 Days Challenge
I love all of these. The ones at the bottom look like they have a crackle to them, do they? I love the color combination, too. Isn’t it great just playing around and letting the painting tell you what it wants to be? I love that!
Thanks so much Jaime 🙂 I painted those line in and then painted over them. I love how that turned out as well. I tried to recreate it on Day 25, but it may just have been a happy accident. Gonna keep trying. 🙂 thanks so much for visiting!
I too see a quilt with all these pieces in a 9 patch grid. An impressionist art quilt, perhaps. Thank you again for all of your help yesterday.
You are welcome Pam. let me know when you are ready to do more. 🙂 Hope your painting is going well this weekend 🙂
Wow! Sea and Sand is absolutely Stunning! It truly reminds me of the Washington and/or Oregon coast with all the beautiful rock formations you created on the right. That sparkling water is beautiful. I honestly believe this one would have to be my all time favorite in this 30 in 30!! You have truly captured a very serene landscape! Congratulations. Have a wonderful weekend, and enjoy the next 30 in 30 days!
Thanks so much Joan. It was a very happy accident. I might have to think about always painting water upside down, ha ha ha
Hope you have a happy painting weekend too!