Category Archives: Watercolor

First Simple Sketch

Mingus Memory. Neocolor ll on Arches 140 lb. cold pressed paper. 2018 Sheila Delgado

Mingus Memory. 2 x 6 Neocolor ll on Arches 140 lb. cold pressed paper. 2018 Sheila Delgado

A quick morning sketch to try new colors. The Neocolor Bordeaux red is more raspberry than I would have thought. The crayon looks much deeper. Still, it’s a new favorite. I love the new Yellow. Orangish Yellow. That is the official name. Also Juane Paille and Hellorange. I like that one. Hello orange! Ha ha.

And can I BE this turquoise today? I just want to take that crayon and scribble all over everything. Think I should have bought two of those 😉

Well Leslie is off in Europe with her family. (Have you seen the photos?) So 30 in 30 is next month. Kinda of glad actually. Works for me. I have some catching up to do.

Our Christmas was delayed. My brother and his wife caught the bug. On top of that they were moving this weekend, into their new home. YAY! Better all around to wait one more week. Everything for a reason. It will be my birthday celebration as well. Two birds with one stone ‘ey.

Hope your first day of the New Year is off to a smashing start!

Happy Christmas Eve

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Mingus Christmas Eve 2016.

Sunny and 60 degrees this Christmas Eve.

Thought I would share this photo from last year. It was so beautiful.

And here is the painting it inspired. A gift for my brother and his wife.

Snow On Christmas Eve. 5 x 5 in. watercolor on Arches 140 lb. cold pressed paper. © 2016 Sheila Delgado

Joy to the world! The Lord is come;

Let earth receive her King;

Let every heart prepare him room,

And heaven and nature sing.

—Isaac Watts

Tiny Tree, 3 x 3 watercolor on paper. 2017 Sheila Delgado

Posted this tree on Instagram. Also some cool shots of these black birds.

Take a look if you haven’t seen them. Don’t forget to follow me, and I will follow you back!

Merry Christmas everyone!

Two weeks?

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WIP. 6 x 6 acrylic and watercolor on paper. 2017 Sheila Delgado

WOW! I knew it had been awhile since my last post. Had no idea it had been this long. Hi!

I have kept up with all of you on Instagram. Really liking that platform. So much fabulous art and scenery!! I have posted some things on there that I forgot to post here.

Well, I thought I had posted the first layers of this. But nope. I started with layers of acrylic, rolled on with a brayer. White, rust, and a soft, warm pink (skin tone). Tonight I added layers of watercolor pencil, Inktense. And Neocolor II crayon. I felt like scribbling. Inspired by Dotty Seiter, Simone Nijbour, and Carol Edan. I am still catching up with Pauline Agnew’s Ecourse, her influence is here as well. So grateful she offered this with an extended access time. Grateful to all of these amazing women for their creative fearlessness!

These layers were added quickly and without a plan. Just play really. Mindless, in the moment mark making. I loved the marks dry. But I am a watercolor gal. So I added water with a brush.

Yeah, that’s it. Messy goodness. This is on inexpensive paper, and I usually hate the line pattern. But I am really liking it here.

Not done yet, but it may have to sit and marinate.