A Pastel Floral

Flowers for Mama. Pastel, 5 x 5. © 2014 Sheila Delgado

Flowers for Mama. Pastel, 5 x 5. © 2014 Sheila Delgado

I am so happy with how this turned out.

I found these pastels in the clearance aisle. The set is missing six, all warm, and mostly yellows. Explains why I am leaning towards the cool end of the spectrum. I only spent $4 on a set of 36, so I don’t have that feeling that I am wasting expensive art supplies. Freeing, when it comes to learning a new medium. I can play and just have fun.

I started out thinking I would paint Bougainvillea. Maybe close up abstract shapes. Not what this is at all.

I started with some loose pink shapes in watercolor. I worked the entire piece, but left the flowers until the end. I absolutely love the light green in this, light sap green. Using that with light blue, and indigo and seeing how they play off of each other. The darks in this are all indigo, sometimes mixed with green.

My composition could use tweaking. I have an even amount of buds, and they line up a bit more than they should. I could have divided the layout better, had more of the sky, and more of the shadows. Blah-blah-blah. But I did manage to seal this one without destroying it!

Still for all the blatant mistakes. I like it! Maybe I am hallucinating, I think it really looks good on a pillow. And that is what I intended.

What do you think?

Flowers for Mama © 2014 Sheila Delgado.

Flowers for Mama © 2014 Sheila Delgado. Zazzle.com

 

Flowers for Mama © 2014 Sheila Delgado. Zazzle.com

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4 thoughts on “A Pastel Floral

  1. Susan

    Sheila even though you see all the mistakes, your painting looks fabulous on the pillow. I like the lumbar one where you cut out the sky. Love your work!

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  2. Barbara-Jean Lovell

    Really pretty Sheila! Loved the hydrangea too! Looks like a fun technique – watercolour base with pastels on top. Happy painting!

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