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Liberating My Art

They won’t go out until Monday, but I have finished preparing my postcards for Kat Sloma’s exchange. I finished decorating the envelope today. This is the fourth year for the exchange.

There is still time to take part if you are interested. You can see art from the previous exchanges, and get all the details here for Kat Sloma’s Liberate Your Art Postcard Exchange. She has two great video’s of all the participants art.

2014 Liberate Your Art Envelope

It is so much fun getting everything ready for this event. But the real fun will start in about a month, when I start receiving postcards from fellow artists and photographers.

I will be sharing the postcards I receive as they come in, it will be like Christmas in March! I hope you will join me, you can sign up to receive my posts by email. (To the right, under my photo.)

Join me in this international exchange! You will receive five postcards from around the world, and one from Kat Sloma. Kat has a goal to reach 250 participants this year. Be one! You can order printed postcards with your art, or you can make your own. If you decide to make your own, comment on this post, and I will send you my template for the back of the postcards. Send your art out into the world!

I have made new friends each year in this exchange, and that is really the best part. There are always “extra” swap requests on the Facebook page too. I included extras for the volunteers who help her as well.

Stay tuned!

Enjoy your Sunday, and happy creating to you!

Cloudy With a Chance of Sunflowers

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Just a dreary day. And still no rain. Lots of cold, but no rain. Ok, so southern California cold does not compare with below freezing slush, snow and gusting wind cold. But my feet are still like bricks of ice. Puts me in the mood for comfort food. Doesn’t a warm, roasted pear sound like a bit of heaven. HOT from the oven. I still have a craving for these, I never did get around to trying them. Maybe I just have a craving for a warm kitchen, heat oozing from the open oven door.

silky faille swatch

I received my sunflower sample from Spoonflower today. And I am not happy with it. Their new fabric is great! Silky Faille. The colors printed bright and lively, but the center is off. It is as green as a leprechaun’s new breeches!

Sunny Day. Watercolor, pen, gouache. 4 x 5, 140 lb. cold press paper. © 2014 Sheila Delgado

Makes perfect sense. The under painting is yellow ochre and the last layer was indigo. Well, heck. The original scan IS on the green side. In person, the originals are much deeper, much more indigo blue.

Hmmm. So I will have to try again. And that means painting more sunflowers. Someone’s got to do it, I guess.

Enjoy your Friday everyone!