Sprightly Succulent

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Sprightly Succulent. 4 x 6 watercolor on paper. © 2018 Sheila Delgado

Sprightly Succulent. 4 x 6 watercolor on paper. © 2018 Sheila Delgado

 

Really excited about filling my Sketchbook. There are 110 pages to look forward to!  This is Inktense pencils and water-soluble Neocolor crayons. I picked up this tiny, about 2.5 inches, pot at Michaels yesterday. They had double coupons, so it was about 95 cents. How could I resist. A smile and a bit of greenery for my desk.

I’d love to have a few small, live, succulents scattered around. I might try again. I can grow plants outdoors, but indoors is another story. And you do you know how hard it is to kill a succulent? Disaster. Ha ha.

I played with the greens, just because I could. Can you tell I had fun? The plant is actually more of a fresh celery green.

Happy weekend friends!

 

 

 

 

Sketchy Sunflowers

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Sketchy Sunflowers. 4 x 6 mixed media on paper. © 2018 Sheila Delgado

Sketchy Sunflowers. 4 x 6 mixed media on paper. © 2018 Sheila Delgado

 

Started out light and, sketchy. Then I added another layer. And a bit more. I love artists that have a light, delicate touch. So often want to paint that way. But I always end up heavy on the color. So I have to face it. That is me.

This is the first in my birthday Sketchbook gift from Jerry’s Artarama. I used pencil, Inktense, Neocolor and a waterbrush. The paper buckled while I was working, but I left it overnight with a weight on it, and I have to say I am pleased with how flat it dried.

Somehow this 4 x 6 book seems smaller than a 4 x 6 postcard. Weird. Just my brain. I have wanted to start a sketchbook for a while. I so admire the sketch books I see by those of you who keep them. So shout out to Jerry’s – Thank you!

This was fun!

 

 

 

 

 

Finished And Happy With It

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Winter Bouquet. 6 x 6 mixed media on paper. © 2018 Sheila Delgado

Winter Bouquet. 6 x 6 mixed media on paper. © 2018 Sheila Delgado

Walking through the floral stems in Hobby Lobby is what inspired this painting.  Glorious ranunculus, ever unfolding.  You can scroll down to see where this came from, the changes made. I washed off the watercolor blooms I had before. Went back in with acrylic to cover up the muddy mess that made. Started fresh with more watercolor and acrylic.

Tried to fight the lizard brain, but I still ended up with some rows. Added greenery, (duh, leaves, why didn’t I think of that?) And tried for texture in the blooms.  Still some things I would change, but calling it done, and I am happy with it. With a little help from my friends, Sea, Val, and Lana. And of course Dotty’s consistent, cheerful, critiques.  Thank you all for your helpful comments on the earlier version of this.