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February 30-Day Creative Gathering

Artwork Sampling

This is a small collection of the work that was created during the gathering. The group has grown to 132 members. In the past month, there were over 19 thousand posts, comments, and reactions shared within the group. That’s a lotta sharin’, talkin’, and cheerin’!

700 pieces were posted in the daily albums. 119 images were posted elsewhere. The day 1 album had the most posts, 31. The remaining daily album posts ranged between 17 and 30. This count is incomplete, however, due to misclassified posts.

The group was started as a continuation of the 30-Day challenge tradition. Many of the artists involved have been doing a bi-annual painting challenge for over 7 years. I am thrilled that so many choose to keep the challenge alive!

I am so honored to be among this group of creative talents. Your work is amazing! I applaud your learning and experimenting. Your desire for growth. Your generosity and graciousness with fellow group members. Congratulations everyone on our second fabulous event!

Thank you all for granting permission to share your work here and on the group Pinterest board. There are just over 100 images on the board. It is a fabulous gallery!

The art is shown in no particular order. You can click on the galleries (side by side images) to view the work without the title along the bottom. It will not, however, increase the size of the image. There is more art on the board from artists who write blogs. (They are directly pinable.)

Enjoy!

Laurelle Cidoncha Male — Laurelle Cidoncha

Val van der Poel Owl — Val van der Poel Day 22

Vicki-Reid-Southwest — Vicki Reid Southwest

Natasha Papousek Henna — Natasha Papousek

Laurie Sayward Weaving — Laurie Sayward Day 22

The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious.
It is the source of all true art and science.
Albert Einstein

April M. Rimpo Let's Dance @aprilrimpo — April M. Rimpo Day 24 @aprilrimpo

Beth Farabough Bolay Collage 2 — Beth Farabough Bolay Collage 1

Christine Brooks Fox — Christine Brooks Bubbles

Corinne Bekker Scribbly Guy — Corinne Bekker Day 15

Creativity gives hope that there can be a worthwhile idea.
Edward de Bono

Diane Whittaker Glitter Bugs — Diane Whittaker Flamingo

Francine Bennett Day 24 — Francine Bennett Lucy

Ginny Butcher Silly Billy — Ginny Butcher Day 20

You don’t take a photograph, you make it.
Ansel Adams

Louise Mamet Serenity — Louise Mamet Characters

Lucie Trepanier Day 17 — Lucie Trepanier Day 28

Cindy Williams Day 1 — Cindy Williams Day 2

Lynne Forrester Door 19 — Lynne Forrester Door 18

Jennifer Spray Doering View — Jennifer Spray Doering Day 13

Diane Scott Wilde FEB 2020 C.G. Collage — Diane Scott Wilde Day 26

Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes.
Art is knowing which ones to keep.
Scott Adams

Johanne Boisvert Day 21 — Johanne Boisvert WIP

Martha Heimdahl Slavin Day 3 — Martha Heimdahl Slavin

Marcela Strasdas WIP's — Marcela Strasdas WIP’s

Marcela Strasdas Watercolors — Marcela Strasdas WIP’s

Linda Lovisa Day 18 — Linda Lovisa Day 26

Don’t be dismayed at good-byes.
A farewell is necessary before you can meet again.
And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes,
is certain for those who are friends.
Richard Bach

February 2020 30-Day Creative Gathering Collage

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What a difference a month makes! February flew by. I didn’t feel a loss of momentum until the final week. Being in pain will do that. In preparation for the challenge, I put together a file full of images to paint. I still have enough for another 30 paintings. Haha. Ideas abound. I intended to paint more abstracts. Planned on using Yupo more. Never enough time.

Each time I do the 30-day challenge, I wonder if I “grew” or developed new skills. I can never see it until some time has passed. I did try new subjects. Some that I never attempted before. The Cholla image, day 28, I took in 2012. WOW! I meant to paint it, and it has taken me this long. A little bit, out of sight out of mind. But also fear of painting so many spines. My first Cholla is not great, but it is better than I expected.

February 2020 30-Day Creative Gathering Favorites Collage, Sheila Delgado

Thanks so much for following along this month. I hope I did not bore you with my fascination with pointy things and desert natives. I appreciate your support and enjoy your comments and suggestions. 🙂 Thank you! It means a lot!

Congratulations and high five to the group artists. Whether you did 3 or 30, high five for making the bold attempt. For getting your art out into the world, and for encouraging others on their artistic journey! Thank you for taking part, and for making the group so lively and diverse! You ROCK! Hope to see you in September! HaPpY creating to you!

The February 2020 30-Day Creative Gathering, Day 27

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Day 27, FEB C.G., 8 x 8, watercolor on paper. © 2020 Sheila Delgado.

I had fun with this piece. I’ll be honest and tell you, the cliff was a complete accident. After the first drip, I just went with it. I used Yellow ochre at the top, and it is very sedimentary. I went over it with some Burnt sienna, that is why it appears more orange than ochre.

The cacti I painted with gouache. I did enjoy the fact that I did not need to plan their location first. It gave me the opportunity to place them, so they did not hide the best parts of the rough stone.

The slideshow below shows some of the Saguaro cacti that can be seen while driving south on the 17. The images are borrowed from Google Maps. Thank you, Google! They really are more noticeable as you are driving. It’s hard to miss them, there are so many! Zoom in to see them better.

The barrel cactus is a friend for lost travelers in the desert. It grows tilted to the southwest. One type of barrel is in fact named Compass Barrel Cactus! Here are some photos I took at the Mayo’s Cacti garden while Pete was having his treatments.

In the desert a fountain is springing,
In the wide waste there still is a tree,
And a bird in the solitude singing,
Which speaks to my spirit of thee.
LORD BYRON

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Tag Archives: #dailypainting

February 30-Day Creative Gathering

Artwork Sampling

Enjoy!

The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious.
It is the source of all true art and science.
Albert Einstein

Creativity gives hope that there can be a worthwhile idea.
Edward de Bono

You don’t take a photograph, you make it.
Ansel Adams

Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes.
Art is knowing which ones to keep.
Scott Adams

Don’t be dismayed at good-byes.
A farewell is necessary before you can meet again.
And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes,
is certain for those who are friends.
Richard Bach

February 2020 30-Day Creative Gathering Collage

The February 2020 30-Day Creative Gathering, Day 27

Artwork Sampling

Enjoy!

The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious.It is the source of all true art and science.Albert Einstein

Creativity gives hope that there can be a worthwhile idea.Edward de Bono

You don’t take a photograph, you make it.Ansel Adams

Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes.Art is knowing which ones to keep.Scott Adams

Don’t be dismayed at good-byes.A farewell is necessary before you can meet again.And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes,is certain for those who are friends.Richard Bach

The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious.
It is the source of all true art and science.
Albert Einstein

Creativity gives hope that there can be a worthwhile idea.
Edward de Bono

You don’t take a photograph, you make it.
Ansel Adams

Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes.
Art is knowing which ones to keep.
Scott Adams

Don’t be dismayed at good-byes.
A farewell is necessary before you can meet again.
And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes,
is certain for those who are friends.
Richard Bach