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30-Day Creative Gathering, Days 25 – 27

Day 25, 8 x 8 mixed media on paper. © 2021 Sheila Delgado.
Day 25, 8 x 8 mixed media on paper. © 2021 Sheila Delgado.

The meaning of a word,to me,
is not as exact as the meaning of a color.
Colors and shapes make a more definite statement than words.
Georgia O’Keeffe

Day 26, 8 x 8 mixed media on paper. © 2021 Sheila Delgado.
Day 26, 8 x 8 mixed media on paper. © 2021 Sheila Delgado.

Flowers are like friends,
they bring color to your world.
Unknown

Day 27, 8 x 8 mixed media on paper. © 2021 Sheila Delgado.
Day 27, 8 x 8 mixed media on paper. © 2021 Sheila Delgado.

A little flower that blooms in May,
A lovely sunset at the end of a day,
Someone helping a stranger along the way,
That’s heaven to me.

Days 27 & 28 of 30

Day 27, 8 x 8 Acrylic on paper. © 2021 Sheila Delgado.
Day 27, 8 x 8 Acrylic on paper. © 2021 Sheila Delgado.

Well. So much for that. I usually try to end the painting challenge on a high note. Not looking good. I have been distracted and staying up much to late. I mean really late. 4 am late. I just can’t get out of the routine. LOL.

The painting above, is a disaster. Haha. 🙂 I tried to finish the color theme. Keep my group of 3’s going. But I tried six times… and finally just thought to lay the color down. But even THAT did not work. Haha. So there it is. #3, moving on.

I did this two days ago, and oddly enough. it sort of looks like our sky today. There is a fire to the north of us. Probably a controlled burn. Haven’t found a report on it yet. There is blue sky, and a swath of reddish-gray haze hanging over Mingus. It doesn’t even really show up in a photo. But it is there.

Smoke over Mingus 3-2-21, SMD.
Smoke over Mingus 3-2-21, SMD.

I had purchased a pack of colored pens at, you guessed it, Dollar Tree. Found them and decided to play. did some silly sketches, and scribbled out a vase and some blooms. When I added watercolor, it really softened the marks. I went back over the blooms but left the vase alone.

Just a quick little sketch. After a long stressful day, it really calmed me to sit and watch color move.

Day 27, 5 x 7 Watercolor and pen on paper. © 2021 Sheila Delgado.
Day 27, 5 x 7 Watercolor and pen on paper. © 2021 Sheila Delgado.

Haha. I was looking for a quote on making bad art and ran across this site. Looks like fun. I will go through it more next month. When I am not quite so busy. I still need to catch up, 2 more pieces. Thought you might get a kick out of it.

The best reason to paint
is that there is no reason to paint.
Keith Haring

I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells.
Dr. Seuss

Days 27 of 30

Day 27, 8 x 8 watercolor on Arches 140 lb. cold-pressed paper. © 2020 Sheila Delgado.
Day 27, 8 x 8 watercolor on Arches 140 lb. cold-pressed paper. © 2020 Sheila Delgado.

Maybe I should call this mellow yellow. Haha. Catching up. One more to do for today.

Color directly influences the soul.
Color is the keyboard, the eyes are the hammers,
the soul is the piano with many strings.
The artist is the hand that plays,
touching one key or another purposively,
to cause vibrations in the soul.
Wassily Kandinsky

Sun-bleached bones were most wonderful against the blue – that blue that will always be there as it is now
after all man’s destruction is finished.
Georgia O’Keeffe