Day 10, 11 & 12 Of February’s 30

Day 10, Mixed Media on 6 x 6 Cradled Board. © 2021 Sheila Delgado.
Day 10, Mixed Media on 6 x 6 Cradled Board. © 2021 Sheila Delgado.
Day 11, Mixed Media on 6 x 6 Cradled Board. © 2021 Sheila Delgado.
Day 11, Mixed Media on 6 x 6 Cradled Board. © 2021 Sheila Delgado.
Day 12, Mixed Media on 6 x 6 Cradled Board. © 2021 Sheila Delgado.
Day 12, Mixed Media on 6 x 6 Cradled Board. © 2021 Sheila Delgado.
Trio, Mixed Media on 6 x 6 Cradled Board. © 2021 Sheila Delgado.
Trio, Mixed Media on 6 x 6 Cradled Board. © 2021 Sheila Delgado.

Paper, matte medium, board. Paint, grass, stems, sky, flowers. Details, pen, puffy paint, watercolor crayon, more paint.

I was not planning for them to be hung side by side. I did not plan ahead. Haha. The grass and stems are crinkled paper, I added dry watercolor crayon to add interest there.

I went too dark with the teal, a new brand of paint for me. When it dried I sanded some of it off. The lettering was still hidden, so I used a pen to accent it. I decided to do the orange flowers as well, even though it was showing through a bit better. The white centers and some of the black dots are puffy paint.

I am calling them done for now. I need to move on. But they look too flat to me. I should add some texture or smudging to the sky. And a few leaves would help as well. There is a texture from previous layers, these are recycled boards. Thought about adding puffy swirls to the sky, haha. Not quite sure I could pull it off. Stressed big time over the teeny tiny birds. Hahaha. Open to suggestions. 🙂

Artists are just children who refuse to put down their crayons.
Al Hirschfeld

10 thoughts on “Day 10, 11 & 12 Of February’s 30

  1. Val van der Poel

    How fun these are! I couldn’t help but picture the ‘grass’ as a fence with flowers on opposite sides popping up to have a chat with each other. You are always thinking and changing it up – nice work Sheila!

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  2. Dotty Seiter

    Sheila, don’t ever put down your crayons!

    I like the hints of dimensional texture in the sky; their subtle presence—is that the wood making itself known? These three make a playful happy trio, with horizon lines that very appealingly don’t align. Wonky wonders : )

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    1. Sheila Post author

      Haha, thank you Laurelle. 🙂 You will be seeing these again soon. Have fun today! I know it will be awe-inspiring! 🙂

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  3. Kat Van Rooyen

    I love that quote! And I’m in a mixed media “society” but have no idea what I’m doing!
    You definitely know what YOU are doing, Sheila🦋

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