Category Archives: Gouache

Day Six – 30 Paintings In 30 Days

Birds and Beesl. 4 x 6 mixed media postcard. © 2015 Sheila Delgado

I forgot to stop and scan, so this starts about half way through the process. This is the card I spoke about yesterday, thought it was going in the wrong direction, to the land of yuck. I wanted to start something new, but I forced myself to try to salvage it. I may have gone to far, added too much. I am happy with it. What do you think?

I saw a little fish at the bottom, so I added another, didn’t want it to be lonely. Then I saw the tail of another, on the left side.

Birds and Bees, Final. 4 x 6 mixed media postcard. © 2015 Sheila Delgado

Join in the fun! My friend Sea Dean has invited all challenge participants to also post their daily paintings on her blog. She is giving prizes to the most active artist, AND to the most active voter. You can vote for three artists each day. That includes me, of course.

Leslie Saeta is the host of the painting challenge. Check out her site for a fabulous art show!

My Pinterest board for the event is filling fast! I am a couple of days behind and already there are 170 amazing paintings pinned. (Wish I had time to pin them all.)

Snow is finally gone! It’s official. Snow was on the ground for five days! Remember that the next time you are on Jeopardy! Might be the Daily Double!

Postcard Preference

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Time for me to decide which postcard I will send to the Visual Aids 17th ANNUAL POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE exhibition. I need your help, because I have six favorites and I can only send one card.

I just finished these two. They may seem totally unrelated. I have wanted to paint a tree in our neighbors back yard. It just glows all day long. It is taller than the rest of the trees, and it even seems to glow when the sky is grey and the sun is hidden.

Fall. 4 x 6 Mixed media postcard. © 2014 Sheila Delgado

I spoke with a friend in Montana the same day I painted this tree. It was snowing sideways, the winds were so strong. I started this next one as an abstract, trying to use some leftover paint. Obviously blustery was on my mind.

Winter. 4 x 6 Mixed media postcard. © 2014 Sheila Delgado

I actually think I like it better upside down. What do you think? I can see a hint of tall mountains, maybe a lake in the distance.

Winter. (Upside Down) 4 x 6 Mixed media postcard. © 2014 Sheila Delgado

Here they all are together. No particular order.

Postcards 2014 © Sheila Delgado

If you have time, let me know in the comments which you like best.

There is so much for me to be thankful for. I hope for you as well. I know I am thankful for all of you who follow my blog, and who take the time to comment. Your participation is a true blessing!

Happy Thanksgiving!

God Bless!

Jingle Jangle

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Jingle. 4 x 6 Postcard. Mixed media on 140 lb. Arches cold pressed paper. © 2014 Sheila Delgado

This postcard is a save. I started with burnt umber gouache and plastic wrap. The color dried to a yucky, blech brown, and I had no idea what I could do to make it better. I got the idea of barnacles, and used negative painting to bring out the shapes. Still blech. The tube of red acrylic was sitting in front of me… BAM.

embossing tools

I added green, blue, yellow. I used brushes, and embossing tools. The embossing tools make great, uniform shapes. The yellow dots on white were too close in value, so I added a black outline to get them to pop. I also outlined the card in black because I know it will be shown on a white wall

Copper acrylic highlights.

Finally I added copper dots to catch the light. The white dots are glossy acrylic. A mistake really, I picked up the wrong bottle, but I like the shine. I think this card would look great in the Visual Aids 17th ANNUAL POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE.

It’s beginning to look a lot like ChRiStMaS.