Day 20. Prickly Pear. Gouache, 8 x 8 in. The prickly pear pads can be all shades of green, yellow green, gray, silver, sage. Just not usually all on the same plant. 😆
Day 21. Gouache & mixed media on Arches 140 lb. Cold Press Paper. 4 x 4 in. S.M. Delgado. My scanner is still blurring parts of the image. (The top image, left side.)
Don’t worry, it is not your eyes. 🤓
For this series, my main goal was to catch up, and get ahead. Six small pieces sounded like a plan. I chose a limited palette and started with large blocks of color. Dots and marks in a contrasting color were added next. In Photoshop I layered leaves, patterns and music for more interest.
Day 22. Gouache on Arches Cold Press Paper 140 lb. 4 x 4 in. Repetition as composition.
Day 23. Gouache on Arches Cold Press Paper 140 lb. 4 x 4 in. By this time, I was starting to question my color choices. It felt like something was missing. 🤔 What do you think?
I received suggestions in the gathering group, and in my next post you will see the results.
Stay tuned!
The February gathering is a 30-day event, despite the month not having 30 days. And the group gallery video is coming around the mountain! Our time to celebrate the fabulous art the members have brought to life!
Day 20 prickly pear—this piece has the magical gift of feeling beautifully spare, straightforward, and direct while containing considerable complexity in the range of cools and warms and differing values in the nopales. Well executed, Sheila.
Days 21-23, in-process series—can’t wait to see where you take these. Great idea to ask for input from the group. Already, the series-ness of these pieces is compelling; I take pleasure in the balance and appealing tension of staying within a limited unifying color palette and repeating elements enlivened by all the differences the eye can explore within that ‘container.’
Enjoy the home stretch, Sheila!
Thanks so much Dotty. Complexity, tension, balance.
Words I didn’t have in mind while creating these pieces.
But I love hearing your hypotheses. 🙂
You make me look again, and see them with new eyes. 🙂
So nice to see them all together. I bet this was sell well as a pattern design.
Thank you, Sea. I am looking forward to playing more with that idea, a pattern.
Happy last few days to you! I have really enjoyed your photos this month.
Your view(s) are spectacular! I’d love to see them printed large scale. 🙂 xoxo
Damn, I thought I was caught up – guess I have to go back to the albums starting at 20. Lots of work for you girl – thank you.
I love that you are using the albums, Val!
I got lucky it worked out. Being ahead helped a lot this week.
Today I am ready to paint again! Happy creating, Val! xoxo