Category Archives: Gouache

Day 27 Of 30

Day 27, 8 x 8 watercolor on Arches cold pressed paper. © 2022 Sheila Delgado.
Day 27, 8 x 8 watercolor on Arches cold pressed paper. © 2022 Sheila Delgado.

Color is my day-long obsession, joy and torment.
Claude Monet

This was a highly successful learning tool. A successful painting. Not so much. In my opinion it is stiff, dark and lacks the organic quality a scene like this should have. In my mind was my Day 8 field of flowers. The loose arrangement, bright colors, the free flowing forms.

I was too in my head with this one. And I started backwards. Major mistake. I started with the greens, and then added the blooms. Because it was not going the way I had planned, I decided to try, cartoony. Well, sometimes mix and match works. And sometimes it doesn’t. Haha.

It counts as creative. Because I kept going. I didn’t quit. I experimented. I went with the flow.
I did the work. And the sky is not too bad. Haha.

Happy creating everyone! We made it through another challenge. We set a goal, and made the commitment. The end of the tunnel is near. That is something to smile about. 🙂

Everybody born comes from the Creator trailing wisps of glory. We come from the Creator with creativity.
I think that each one of us is born with creativity.
Maya Angelou

Whether you succeed or not is irrelevant,
there is no such thing. 
Making your unknown known is the important thing.
Georgia O’Keeffe

Day 21 of February’s 30-Day Creative Gathering

Day 21, 3 x 4.25 in.  watercolor on Arches cold pressed paper. © 2022 Sheila Delgado.
Day 21, 3 x 4.25 in. watercolor on Arches cold pressed paper. © 2022 Sheila Delgado.

The roots of all things are holding hands.
When they cut down a tree in the jungle,
a star falls from the sky.
— Lacandón proverb

Love what you do and do what you love.
Don’t listen to anyone else who tells you not to do it.
You do what you want, what you love.
Imagination should be the center of your life.
Ray Bradbury.

I have spread my dreams beneath your feet;
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.
William Butler Yeats

Day 18 Of 30

Day 18, 4 x 4 watercolor on Arches cold pressed paper. © 2022 Sheila Delgado.
Day 18, 4 x 4 watercolor on Arches cold pressed paper. © 2022 Sheila Delgado.

She sprouted love like flowers,
grew a garden in her mind,
and even on the darkest days,
from her smile the sun still shined.
Erin Hanson

Don’t wait for someone to bring you flowers.
Plant your own garden and decorate your own soul.
Luther Burbank