Liberate Your Art Blog Hop 2018

L.Y.A. 2018 Postcards. SMD

No! No! Say it isn’t so! The 2018 Liberate Your Art Postcard Swap can’t be over! Well, it isn’t really. The official swap has concluded, but NOW the side swapping begins. Well, truth be told some of the artists sent out their sides a month ago. Yes, YOU know WHO your are 🙂

This is my 8th LYA event. If you would like to see Kat’s videos from previous years, click the Liberate Your Art link under the gallery tab at the top of this page. I am pretty sure I forgot to post my cards in the LYA Facebook group. Only did two this year. A couple of my favorites from the 30 in 30 challenge.

Here are this year’s stats, from Kat:

804 pieces of art liberated
134 artists
10 countries
31 US states

Way to go Kat!
High five LYA artists!

My first arrival came from Sue Brinner in Springfield VA. You know, it actually has a few chunks missing, but I didn’t even notice. I guess love is in the eye of the beholder. Her photo features Chihuly glass on display at the New York Botanical Gardens. I LOVE his work. Aren’t these beautiful?

LYA #1 Sue Brinner

Karen Koch’s card came next. Karen is in Hudson Ohio and you can find her at LifeNeedsArt.com. I love map art. If you do as well, check out my Pinterest board. I also have a board on postcards, naturally. Nature and nostalgia inspire Karen. She uses modern and vintage paper, book pages, paint, and thread to create her awesome art. Her work is rich in texture and meaning. Karen’s message:

Believe in your creativity!
Let it shine!

So glad you followed your own advice Karen, and joined in the swap!

LYA #2 Karen Koch

The next two postcards arrived on the same day.

“Serene Poppies” by Fran Stamper, and “Angel Of Courage” by Cathy Clement.

Fran Stamper lives in Little River South Carolina. Her poppies are alcohol inks. I love the loose, simplified forms! Gorgeous! Fran’s Message:

An artist has to be a little like Lewis & Clark,
Always exploring in new, uncharted directions.
C.W. Mundy

Cathy Clement’s greeting came from the beautiful icy shores of Lake Superior. The message around the angel, “Step into the light and trust, trust, trust.” How wonderful is that!

On the back:

An angel told me you want to Liberate Your Art!
Today… Liberate your inner awesome!

LYA #5 Chrisann Risser

My fifth card is from Chrisann Risser. You can see more of her terrific photos at the link. Her image is so peaceful and quiet. I Love Chrisann’s message:

Be the weirdo who dares to enjoy!
Liz Gilbert, Big Magic

Anomalous, Kat Sloma

Kat’s coveted card closes out the correspondence. Isn’t this awesome! Kat’s message:

Creativity takes courage.
Henri Matisse

You have proved yourself courageous!

You can see more of Kat’s amazing work at Kat Eye Studio. If you would like to take part in next years LYA, sign up for her newsletter. Do be sure to visit Kat’s post on the swap. Her awesome, art filled video is there, and news of her swap giveaways. More enticement for you to consider signing up!

As always, each card I received reinforces my believe that we are all connected. Common interests with each of these. Trees, maps, Chihuly, mixed media, alcohol inks, photography, ocean appreciation.

HUGE thanks Kat, for another awesome Swap! For the terrific video, and most of all, for all your time and efforts! Thanks to the LYA helpers! Thanks to all the L.Y.A. swappers! I love each card I have received, and I am grateful you have shared your fabulous art with me!

I will be sharing the side swaps as they come in. They are really too wonderful to keep to myself 😉 Follow the links below to see more wonderful postcard art.

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#100DaysOfMingus – Day 11

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Mingus Day #11. 5.25 x 12 in. watercolor on Arches 140 lb. cold pressed paper. © 2018 Sheila Delgado.

Officially caught up. Today, I will be painting right on schedule. Here is the painting. And the photo that I was working from. Loosely. Calling this done, but I am going to make a few changes.

Crags and Shadows. © 2017 Sheila Delgado.

All Caught up!

I went overboard with details. Too dark. Meant for Mingus to be bluish. But I am really happy with two-thirds of the painting. 🙂 I think I can go back in, and soften up the dark shadows, and get rid of some hard edges. Maybe I’ll just do a wash over the mountain, and start over.

I had fun though. Enjoyed the process. So it’s all good. I’ll keep you posted.

Here is yesterday’s sunrise for you. I waited, thinking it was going to get more vivid. But it just sort of evaporated. Became whitish, greyish, overcast mellow.

#100DaysOfMingus – Day 10

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Mingus Day 1. 5.5 x 12 in. watercolor on Arches 140 lb. cold pressed paper. © 2018 Sheila Delgado.

I find I am getting thrown off on which day I am to label the paintings. #The100DayProject started on the 3rd. I keep thinking I am two days behind. (Counting the 1st and 2nd). I have a feeling it might get really confusing later in the project.

I know I have said this before, might be a running theme. I have two starts on the table. One that needs a lot of work, and one that is almost finished. So while I am not ahead yet, I feel good about having WIP’s. I hope to get two or three days ahead, in case of emergency distraction.

Mingus is more often the darker mountain range. But now and then, the front range dominates as the dark. Today’s painting was loosely inspired by this photo.

The more I study nature, the more I stand
amazed at the work of the Creator.
Louis Pasteur, French chemist

We have a couple of Doves. I mean a Dove couple in the backyard. Soon there will be baby Doves. They are called squab or squeakers. I love that! Hey there little squeakers!

If you look close you can see Mom and Pop (bottom) and Mama Dove butt (top), keeping the nest warm. The dark spot is the tip of her tail feather. These are American Mourning Doves, or Rain Doves. I think they are mourning because there is no rain.

They are protected under the Federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act. The act allows states to conduct managed hunts. Both the male and female incubate and care for the young. They are monogamous and can fly up to 88 mph.

New Neighbors.

So glad to have you follow my #100DaysOfMingus! Say hello, and let me know which Mingus you like best so far!

My good friend and mentor Sea Dean has honored me with a featurette on her blog today. She has also started a Pinterest board called, “Inspired By Mingus”. I hope you will take a few minutes to check them out. Sea has many inspiring boards!

I have added a #100DaysOfMingus gallery page, for easy viewing as project progresses.

See you soon!