Category Archives: Gouache

Day 3 Of 30 Paintings in 30 Days

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Day 3, Purple Flower, Mixed media on Aquabord. © 2016 Sheila Delgado. sheiladelgado.com

Day 3, Purple Flower, Mixed media on Aquabord. © 2016 Sheila Delgado

Not sure if this even looks like… anything. Not sure if it is post worthy, or done. I AM sure that I enjoyed painting it. I spent a good deal of time, just focused on the color, the tip of my brush, and having fun.

I was quite far along before I “saw” petals. And the one on the bottom was too small. Made me think of Nemo’s tiny fin. I went back in with water to make the petal larger. To “erase” color. Looking at it now, I think I need to go back in and round it out more.

I also played with the idea of cropping it to a square, and deepening the entire background with the indigo. This was a quick digital sketch, just to see how it felt.

Digital sketch, Day 3, Purple Flower, Mixed media on Aquabord. © 2016 Sheila Delgado. sheiladelgado.com

Digital sketch, Day 3, Purple Flower, Mixed media on Aquabord. © 2016 Sheila Delgado.

What do you think?

Feeling better now that I am caught up! I have started my Pinterest board for this challenge, still need to add today’s . Check it out! And take a look at Leslie’s site, where the daily art is posted.

Happy Painting everyone! And Happy Downton returns Day!

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Doing the work.

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2 x 2 inch watercolor sketch. 2015 Sheila Delgado

2 x 2 inch watercolor sketch. 2015 Sheila Delgado

 

9 x 12 Mixed media. 2015 Sheila Delgado

9 x 12 Mixed media. 2015 Sheila Delgado

Busy all week with decorations for a friends bridal shower. Still more to do. Sneaked in some painting. Just playing really and quick bits of time.  But I did take a while with this larger image.  I cropped it close. For some reason while painting, I kept circling her face with color. Closing in. Not sure what that was about.

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Happy weekend to you!

 

 

Purple Tulips

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Purple Tulips. 4 x 6 watercolor and gouache on 140 lb. Arches cold pressed paper. © 2015 Sheila Delgado

Purple Tulips. 4 x 6 watercolor and gouache on 140 lb. Arches cold pressed paper. © 2015 Sheila Delgado

This painting came together quickly. Nice surprise that. I goofed on the right leaf. Big time goofed. Wrong color choice. I mixed a green that was much too blue. I re-wet the area, and lifted it out (Thanks CheyAnne for the reminder.)

Two more layers of green there, and it was feeling kind of blah. So I added another, and it just was not complimenting the other greens. So I tried a layer of white gouache. And another. And then it was too white.

Work in progress, too much white.

Work in progress, too much white.

If you take a look at tulip leaves, they often do have a white-ish, grayish cast to them. and are more on the blue side of green. But I really love the other greens, I did not want to change them at all.

The solution was to take some of the spring green that was still on my palette, and glaze over the leaf. Voila! You can see I also added some highlights to the bud on the right.

I am debating adding a brilliant color to the background. I was thinking of doing a series of four with the tulips in the previous post being the first. But I think that may detract from these flowers. I did a digital background, to try it out.

Purple tulips digital experiment

Purple tulips digital experiment

Maybe this color is not the right one. I am eager to hear your opinion. To add or not to add!

I am house sitting for friends this weekend, starting this afternoon. I apologize in advance, I may not be able to respond to comments or on Google+ until Monday.

Happy weekend y’all!