Category Archives: 30-Day Creative Gathering

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Tulips, 4 x 6 in. watercolor on Arches cold pressed paper. © 2022 Sheila Delgado.

Happy Tulip Day!

Tulips are proof that even the most delicate bloom
can withstand the harshest winter and emerge stronger in spring.
Anna Held

It’s time once again! Our 8th year of flocking together begins soon!
Follow the link above to sign up now.
If you have participated before, you are good to go.

The 30-Day Creative Gathering is an informal gathering of creators. Just paint each day in February. Or sketch, or take a photo. We welcome all levels, all mediums. Creating each day does not have to mean completing a finished piece. Work in progress is welcome!

You can choose to follow a theme, experiment with new tools, use a new palette. Or not. At the end of the month, each artist will create a collage of their works. If you have not done that before, we will show you how.

Gathering together allows us the opportunity
to connect with others, make new friends,
and cheer each other on.
Hope to see you there!

Happy Birthday, Dad!
Thinking of you!

Frank Delgado
January 17, 1945 - July 14, 2020 — Frank Delgado January 17, 1945 – July 14, 2020

Group Gallery, The Creative Gathering

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Welcome to October! We just finished another month of creative challenges together. This marks the completion of our seventh year as a group. Thanks to our curiosity and perseverance, we created 368 amazing pieces of art. Great job, everyone!

The group gallery video runs just over four minutes.
You can pause, adjust the volume, and expand it to full screen if you’d like.

Congratulations!
You did it.
With style & spirit.
Showing generosity to others, and grace to yourself.

The Gathering would be nothing,
without your creativity & enthusiasm!
Thank you, for sharing your talent with us!

Wishing you JOY & boundless creative energy!

It’s an honor to share this time with you!

If you would like to take a look back at previous galleries, links are below.
You can also visit our Pinterest page. Enjoy!

FEBRUARY 2025

SEPTEMBER 2024

FEBRUARY 2024

For the artists: I have copies of all of the images. They have been cropped, & brightened as needed. Many of the collages have been realigned. If you would like a copy of your slides, message me in the group, and I will happily send them to you. 🙂

The Creative Gathering, September Collage

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30-Day Creative Gathering, Collage. 9-2025. © 2025 Sheila Delgado.

OOPS! I goofed! I was so caught up in prepping the group gallery video, I forgot to post.
I was having too much fun, I suppose. 😉

The collage is a way to remember, to see the scope of what was achieved with small daily steps. It is a way to commemorate our dedication, and learning achieved. It is for ourselves. A small piece of our history. Our story.

The collage is also an important learning tool. It’s an opportunity to learn how to present your work. How to edit: crop out rough edges, insure proper lighting levels, arrangement, how to work with a grid. It’s our visual essay.

Below is my Favorites collage. I do this for myself. As I put it together, I revisit each piece. I think about the ideas I had in mind. What worked, what went wrong. Where I can make improvements. What I can try differently the next time. The happy accidents, and how I might “create” them again. Each series from the month is represented. A nice surprise. 🙂