Day 5, Birthday Bouquet. 5 x 7 mixed media on aquabord. © 2016 Sheila Delgado. sheiladelgado.com

Named this Birthday Bouquet because today is my birthday. Keep it simple silly.

Can you tell these are ranunculus? I like ranunculus better than roses. The petals seem unending. I know I will offend some, but to me roses are overdone. People always think to give roses. But they never think to give ranunculus. Or at least, I have never received a bouquet of ranunculus.

Isn’t Google great: Ranunculus generally start to appear at the Market in November/December and are at their best from January, with their main season usually coming to an end in May/June.

Learn something new every day.

Happy Day to one and all!

My Pinterest board for this challenge keeps growing.
Makes me happy just to see so much pretty art!
Visit Leslie’s site, where all the daily art is posted.

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

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

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!