Category Archives: Yupo

Day 29 of 30

Day 29 #2, 2.5 x 3.75 ATC,  watercolor on Yupo. © 2020 Sheila Delgado.
Day 29 #2, 2.5 x 3.75 ATC, watercolor on Yupo. © 2020 Sheila Delgado.

I painted this last night. Reworked it today, not sure if it’s a save or a blotch.The original is below. Whaddya think?

The foreground obviously needed something. So I went in with a small brush. I had in mind that I would soften some edges. You can do that with watercolor on paper. On Yupo, rewetting is more like erasing. I used thicker paint. More pigment, less water. That helped a bit.

I really like this technique. I want to get better at it. This was painted using a credit (gift) card instead of a brush. You don’t have control, but you also get lots of happy accidents. 🙂

Day 29 #1, 2.5 x 3.75 ATC, watercolor on Yupo. © 2020 Sheila Delgado.
Day 29 #1, 2.5 x 3.75 ATC, watercolor on Yupo. © 2020 Sheila Delgado.

Every canvas is a journey all its own.
Helen Frankenthaler

Day 26 Of 30

Day 26 #3, 2.5 x 3.75 ATC,  watercolor on Yupo. © 2020 Sheila Delgado.
Day 26 #3, 2.5 x 3.75 ATC, watercolor on Yupo. © 2020 Sheila Delgado.
Day 26 #1, 2.5 x 3.75 ATC, watercolor on Yupo. © 2020 Sheila Delgado.
Day 26 #1, 2.5 x 3.75 ATC, watercolor on Yupo. © 2020 Sheila Delgado.
Day 26 #2, 2.5 x 3.75 ATC, watercolor on Yupo. © 2020 Sheila Delgado.
Day 26 #2, 2.5 x 3.75 ATC, watercolor on Yupo. © 2020 Sheila Delgado.

You don’t want a million answers
as much as you want a few forever questions.
The questions are diamonds you hold in the light.
Study a lifetime and you see different colors
from the same jewel.
Richard Bach

I get the same charge from the juxtaposition of colors
as I do from the juxtaposition of chords.
Joni Mitchell

Color is a power which directly influences the soul.
Wassily Kandinsky

Day 17 Of 30

Day 17, 5 x 7, watercolor on Yupo. © 2020 Sheila Delgado.
Day 17, 5 x 7, watercolor on Yupo. © 2020 Sheila Delgado.

Maybe cropped is better…

Day 17, cropped, 5 x 7, watercolor on Yupo. © 2020 Sheila Delgado.
Day 17, cropped, 5 x 7, watercolor on Yupo. © 2020 Sheila Delgado.

What induces you, oh man, to depart from your home in town, to leave parents and friends, and go to the countryside
over mountains and valleys,
if it is not for the beauty of the world of nature?
Leonardo da Vinci

Study how water flows in a valley stream,
smoothly and freely between the rocks.
Also learn from holy books and wise people.
Everything – even mountains, rivers, plants and trees
– should be your teacher.
Morihei Ueshiba