Winter Bouquet. 6 x 6 mixed media on paper. © 2018 Sheila Delgado
We had rain for most of last night. I worked quickly while listening to soft rain drops and an occasional boom of thunder. Another start from weeks ago.
WIP. 6 x 6 acrylic on paper. 2017 Sheila Delgado
I had no clue what to do next, where to take it. I just wanted to paint. Grab a brush and get in the zone.
Two lines became a vase. And where there is a vase, well, you get the idea. The first layers were acrylics. I added Neocolor and more acrylic.
After I scanned the image, I felt it was top-heavy. So I made some changes in Photoshop. I added some of the background around the blooms. I tried several times, in different areas. But I wasn’t thrilled with this either.
WIP, Winter Bouquet. 6 x 6 mixed media on paper. © 2018 Sheila Delgado
NOW, I can see that I have rows of blooms. is that what I don’t like? Next step, I think I am going to go back in, and make larger blooms. Fewer, blooms.
Stay tuned.
More late Christmas/Birthday loot. Our Christmas celebration was this past weekend. These were from my brother and his wife. The book covers five different mediums, with beginning to advanced techniques. I had a hard time putting it down! Just looked on Amazon, and there is a companion book for painting as well.
As we were in Phoenix, I had the chance to visit Jerry’s Artarama. If you are on their email list, they offer a free gift for your birthday. Thought it would be colored pencils, or markers. Turned out to be a 4 x 6 hardbound sketch book. How cool is that! I also picked up a few more Neocolors, a bottle of alcohol ink, watercolor paint, Three 6 x 6 Da-Vinci coarse textured panels, and 10 4 x 4 mixed media panels. Yay for seasonal sales!
Color me excited!
Love your use of negative spaces and the textures! Wow what a load of goodies….
That was a fun day. Art supplies have a way of brightening things up don’t ya’ think?
It’s the lizard brain. We constantly fall back on organization and structure. That’s OK if you’re a pattern maker, but for the most part, artists have to battle against it, because catagorization, lines, objects of equal size etc don’t ctreate interest in a painting: You need some spice. That can be as simple as making one flower bigger than all the rest, or a different color. Nevertheless, I like the intentional patterns like the dots, scratches and prints.
Lizard brain, Yes! LOL, 🙂 Spice on the way, already started. Thanks my friend 😉
Wow! looks like quite a haul from Jerry’s – have fun Sheila!. I think it is too bad that you covered up most of the design from your underpainting as some of it would have been a nice look in your flowers. It is always so hard to know what to do with background pieces as most of them don’t shout out what they could be. At least you got in the zone for a while and painted.
I know what you mean Val. In fact, that is why I chose the watercolors. I was hoping they would be more transparent, and some of the texture would show through. But you are right, the act of painting is always worth the time spent 😉
Color ME excited, too! Can’t wait to see what emerges from all your new playthings, Sheila.
Thanks for taking us along on the ride through the growth and development of Winter Bouquet. I loved seeing the familiar start from late 2017 and then discovering where you’ve taken it now.
Oh, that pile of goodies from Jerry’s!
LOL, and all for about $20 smackaroos Dotty! With sales and member discount. 😉 I can’t wait to try the panels with rough texture 😉 So glad to know you will be “tagging” along Dotty 🙂 He he
Maybe it needs a couple of leaves hanging down to balance it out. I love how you worked the design in the vase.
hey, there you go, I like that idea Lana 😉