Little hummer moving to and fro,
little mother,
a fine nest to show.
Watching, waiting,
resting as she might.
On full alert, day and night.
God Bless you little mother,
God Bless your growing kin,
Keep safe this tiny nest, and those within.
SMD
A huge lizard got too close and she attacked him. I managed to slowly open the front door and get a few photos without scaring her. We can see the nest from the front window.
2nd postcard. Watercolor and acrylic on Arches 140 lb. cold pressed paper. © 2015 Sheila Delgado
Working on a submission for the A.I.R postcard show. This is idea #1 and I am going to do a fabric design with this as well. I have already started working on it, more on that later.
I know this looks simple, and it is. I went through nine revisions though. My first attempt is below. I wanted the dripping paint to be straight, and I was holding the paper correctly. Mystery breeze made for angled drips.
First postcard. Watercolor and acrylic on Arches 140 lb. cold pressed paper. © Sheila Delgado
I may have gone overboard with the splatters, But I am tempted to age it a bit more with scratches and marks. I am working on others. Don’t have a name for this, so if anything comes to mind let me know. This is obviously a cosmic remnant from Soul Art day.
Here is another mini. Scary Mary. Sally square head. She reminds me of every other photo in my high school yearbook. Eighties big hair. There was more, but I cropped it. Not very good, but proof I am still at it.
80’s Hair. 2 x 2 in. watercolor portrait on paper. Sheila Delgado 2015
For Sandy. Baby hummingbird in his nest. You can barely see him, look for the black beak pointing up. This is just outside the front door. (Rarely used) The nest is in the potato bush about six feet high. We thought there were two chicks, but now we can only see one.
Hummingbird nest in the potato bush.