I have tried for a week, to get ahead. I stayed up later than I should have last night. Painting and playing with color. I am actually ahead a couple of days now. That has never happened before. I was so tempted to show you all the paintings today.
I really like this piece. So much so, that I am going to show it to you two ways. Let me know which is your favorite.
This is how I painted it, using gravity as a tool.
The Sky is Crying. Watercolor and gouache on Yupo. 4.5 x 6 in. © 2014 Sheila Delgado
I left it to dry upside down, when I came back to it, this is what I saw.
Blue Seaweed. Watercolor and gouache on Yupo. 4.5 x 6 in. © 2014 Sheila Delgado
I was trying for more of those little “explosions”. When that didn’t work, I added more blue and let it work its way down.
I also went back and added more of a shadow to yesterdays heart. It is not showing as well in the scan. It shows as a thin line, but the color blends out into the surrounding area nicely.
Heart on Blue revised. Acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas. 4 x 4 in. © 2014 Sheila Delgado
Heart on Blue. Acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas. 4 x 4 in. © 2014 Sheila Delgado
Happy weekend everyone! Don’t forget to check out todays artwork gallery!
I just like the colors! Love blue and green–so soothing. I’m making a wedding quilt for my niece with this same color scheme plus white. Right now it’s still in pieces, but your painting confirms to me that it will make a striking quilt.
I Look forward to seeing it when it is finished, your work is beautiful Pam 🙂
I like both “drippy” visions. Perhaps I like blue seaweed more. It does sort of feel like backlit underwater “landscape,” and…well, I am the mermaid! 🙂
Well, if a mermaid says it is seaweed, then seaweed it is! Thanks for stopping by Sue!
The sky crying looks to me like a coral reef with the ocean in the background 🙂 and the heart one is great now, it floats off the background, waiting for someone to come and steal it and keep it safe 🙂 Have a great day Sheila!
Sylvie, you are amazing… now that you said that, I can totally see the reef. I couldn’t before.
I think I like the sky is crying best on this one. I love those colors… The purple helps the heart stand out more, definitely.
Thank you Karin, have a super weekend!