Category Archives: Gouache

Day 14 – 30 In 30

I played with more Prussian blue and Sap green today. Words for the day – fun, and experimentation. I don’t think I would count either one of these a finished painting. Not as successful as I hoped. But there are some interesting pieces, if I crop the images.

First, the two pieces I worked on today.

Trees in Blue. 4.5 x 6. Watercolor and gouache on Yupo. © 2014 Sheila Delgado

Blue Mess. 4.5 x 6 Watercolor and gouache on Yupo. © 2014 Sheila Delgado

I cropped the painting above to a square, and I think it is more interesting. I put paint on, and took some off, and then added more. I think I just overworked it.

Blue Flow. Watercolor and gouache on Yupo. © 2014 Sheila Delgado

And for the trees above, two croppings. I really like the slender version. I named these “trees” but I can’t help but think of the Northern Lights. Reflecting off a lake, or a layer of fresh snow.

Blue tree. Watercolor and gouache on Yupo. 2 x 6.5. © 2014 Sheila Delgado

Blue trees crop. Watercolor and gouache on Yupo. © 2014 Sheila Delgado

Have you taken a look at the gallery of artists on Leslie’s blog? I hope you have had a terrific weekend! Thanks for visiting my blog, and thanks so much to those who take the time to comment. I love hearing from you!

Day 13 – Leslie Saeta’s 30 Paintings In 30 Days

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This is a quick one, as I am on my way to meet a friend. Pauline Agnew’s Open Studio has started, and I am always so inspired by her. She asked us to take a look at her Pinterest landscapes board and choose one that spoke to us. The one I found… made me want to play with color too.

Here is my painting for day 13. Watercolor and gouache on Yupo. Took less than 10 minutes.

Blue. Watercolor and gouache on Yupo. 4.5 x 6 © 2014 Sheila Delgado

Don’t you just love how the green is pulled towards the blue? I took a quick photo of that, I was afraid it would dry differently. This is saved at 72 dpi, so I apologize, some of the fine detail is lost,

The painting below was my inspiration. Completely different look and feel, due to the difference in mediums. I was not trying to copy… I just had to play with the blue. The blue is gouache, and the green is watercolor, and that may be why this happened. I am going to play some more with these two colors.

landscape-72 Beautiful, no? I love the small bit of light, and there is a bit of turquoise in the sky at that point in the horizon, but it is not showing here. The link for this does not credit the artist, has only – Chicago contemporary artists, photo by Kathleen Patrick 2010(Flickr).

Hope you are having a super weekend. It is a HOT one here. If you love to look at art as much as I do, be sure and check out Pauline’s board… she has a lot of great boards. And take a look at today’s creations here.

Day 12 – 30 In 30

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I had fun working on today’s painting. It is a 4 x 4 gallery wrapped canvas. I don’t think it is very good, but I like it. Good practice anyway.

Deep thoughts. Mixed media, 4 x 4 canvas. © 2014 Sheila Delgado

I started with the painting below. A canvas panel from the last challenge that I never completed. The shapes jumped out at me. But they are caricatures and I am not sure if they can be saved, or improved. High collars seem the theme of the day.

After I painted this, I put The Ghost and Mrs. Muir on for company. I had a good laugh when I realized that my painting resembled the characters. What is that? Kismet? Serendipity?