Category Archives: Painting Challenge

February 2022 30-Day Creative Gathering, Day 7

Day 7, 8 x 8 watercolor on Fabriano paper. © 2022 Sheila Delgado.
Day 7, 8 x 8 watercolor on Fabriano paper. © 2022 Sheila Delgado.

This is day seven, number two. The first one I painted was a dud. A semi-dud. It might see the light of day if I need to catch up, or if I feel the need for a nap over painting.

I have made silly mistakes in most of my paintings this week. Mostly, it comes down to being too repetitive. Not changing things up. But I realize, part of it is that I am getting lost in the moment. The process. The doing. That’s a good thing.

Here too, mistakes. Just too many. Too many blooms. Too many big splatters. Too many. Haha. But week one is done. I had fun. And there is always tomorrow.

A flower does not think of competing with the flower next to it.
It just blooms.
Zen Shin

Raise your words, not voice.
It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.
Rumi

If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose,
spring would lose its loveliness.
Therese of Lisieux

February 2022, Day 6

Day 6, 8 x 8 watercolor on Fabriano paper. © 2022 Sheila Delgado.
Day 6, 8 x 8 watercolor on Fabriano paper. © 2022 Sheila Delgado.

Is there any place on Earth that smells better than a laundromat?
It’s like a rainy Sunday when you don’t have to get out
from under your covers,
or like lying back on the grass your father’s just mowed
– comfort food for your nose.
Jodi Picoult

Sunday is a time when you sit back and reflect on all the
blessings that you have received.
Smile at all the good things that you are enjoying.
Sera Train

Day Five of February’s 30

Day 5, 8 x 8 mixed media on Fabriano paper. © 2022 Sheila Delgado.
Day 5, 8 x 8 mixed media on Fabriano paper. © 2022 Sheila Delgado.

There are always flowers for those who want to see them.
 Henri Matisse

A flower’s appeal is in its contradictions,
so delicate in form yet strong in fragrance,
so small in size yet big in beauty,
so short in life yet long on effect.
Terri Guillemets