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Days 12, 13 and 14 of 30

Day 12, 8 x 8 mixed media on paper. © 2021 Sheila Delgado.
Day 12, 8 x 8 mixed media on paper. © 2021 Sheila Delgado.
Day 13, 8 x 8 mixed media on paper. © 2021 Sheila Delgado.
Day 13, 8 x 8 mixed media on paper. © 2021 Sheila Delgado.

Watercolor over crayon on the vases. Watercolor and pen for the blooms. Digital splatter on the 13th. The colors look more neon than they are in life. I am having too much fun with crayons. Warning of what’s to come. Haha.

Day 14, 8 x 8 mixed media on paper. © 2021 Sheila Delgado.
Day 14, 8 x 8 mixed media on paper. © 2021 Sheila Delgado.

Art is the stored honey of the human soul,
gathered on wings of misery and travail.
Theodore Dreiser

Art is a pigment of your imagination.
Darcy Gerdes

Art is the unceasing effort to compete
with the beauty of flowers,
and never succeeding.
Marc Chagall

Day 10, 11 & 12 Of February’s 30

Day 10, Mixed Media on 6 x 6 Cradled Board. © 2021 Sheila Delgado.
Day 10, Mixed Media on 6 x 6 Cradled Board. © 2021 Sheila Delgado.
Day 11, Mixed Media on 6 x 6 Cradled Board. © 2021 Sheila Delgado.
Day 11, Mixed Media on 6 x 6 Cradled Board. © 2021 Sheila Delgado.
Day 12, Mixed Media on 6 x 6 Cradled Board. © 2021 Sheila Delgado.
Day 12, Mixed Media on 6 x 6 Cradled Board. © 2021 Sheila Delgado.
Trio, Mixed Media on 6 x 6 Cradled Board. © 2021 Sheila Delgado.
Trio, Mixed Media on 6 x 6 Cradled Board. © 2021 Sheila Delgado.

Paper, matte medium, board. Paint, grass, stems, sky, flowers. Details, pen, puffy paint, watercolor crayon, more paint.

I was not planning for them to be hung side by side. I did not plan ahead. Haha. The grass and stems are crinkled paper, I added dry watercolor crayon to add interest there.

I went too dark with the teal, a new brand of paint for me. When it dried I sanded some of it off. The lettering was still hidden, so I used a pen to accent it. I decided to do the orange flowers as well, even though it was showing through a bit better. The white centers and some of the black dots are puffy paint.

I am calling them done for now. I need to move on. But they look too flat to me. I should add some texture or smudging to the sky. And a few leaves would help as well. There is a texture from previous layers, these are recycled boards. Thought about adding puffy swirls to the sky, haha. Not quite sure I could pull it off. Stressed big time over the teeny tiny birds. Hahaha. Open to suggestions. 🙂

Artists are just children who refuse to put down their crayons.
Al Hirschfeld

Catching Up, Days 13 & 14 of 30

Day 13, 5 x 7, watercolor on paper. © 2020 Sheila Delgado.
Day 13, 5 x 7, watercolor on paper. © 2020 Sheila Delgado.
Day 14, 5 x 7, watercolor on paper. © 2020 Sheila Delgado.
Day 14, 5 x 7, watercolor on paper. © 2020 Sheila Delgado.

Just a couple of quick sketches. Thank you, Christine! Your sketchbook saved the day. 🙂 This was NOT the bleed proof pen, but I was pleasantly surprised to find that out.

There is unspeakable beauty and potential
to be found in nature. It entices me and is
an invitation I just have to accept.
Jil Ashton-Leigh

Every leaf speaks bliss to me, fluttering from the autumn tree.
Emily Bronte