Category Archives: Painting Challenge

30-Day Creative Gathering, Day 24

Day 24, 6 x 6 watercolor on paper. © 2020 Sheila Delgado.
Day 24, 6 x 6 watercolor on paper. © 2020 Sheila Delgado.

Even the tiniest of flowers can have the toughest roots.
 Shannon Mullen

I must have flowers, always, and always.
Claude Monet

Day 23

Mingus, Day 23, 8 x 8, watercolor on Arches 140 lb. cold-pressed paper. © 2020 Sheila Delgado.
Mingus, Day 23, 8 x 8, watercolor on Arches 140 lb. cold-pressed paper. © 2020 Sheila Delgado.

The clouds were playing tricks just after a brief rain. Glorious rain! The front range looked black, snuggled up against Mingus. And the clouds, they were in on the fun. I saw a face clear as the eyes on my head. It was there. Two eyes, a nose, and a hint of a mouth. Now I can only see the eye. Do you see it?

Eye Spy. SMD 2020
Eye Spy. SMD 2020

When we feel stuck, look at the sky.
The clouds remind us that everything changes.
Unknown

Day 22 Of 30

Day 22, 5 x 5 Acrylic on paper. © 2020 Sheila Delgado.
Day 22, 5 x 5 Acrylic on paper. © 2020 Sheila Delgado.

The same palette I used yesterday. Different placement and proportions. I used a brayer to apply the base coat of Tawny. Hints of it are still visible under the turquoise.

Two busy days forced me to keep things simple. Not easy. Just simple. Grateful for a few moments of peace and quiet. And color!

I found I could say things with color
and shapes that I couldn’t say any other way.
Georgia O’Keeffe

Color!
What a deep and mysterious language,
the language of dreams.
Paul Gauguin