Category Archives: Gouache

Day 21 of February’s 30-Day Creative Gathering

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Day 21, 3 x 4.25 in. watercolor on Arches cold pressed paper. © 2022 Sheila Delgado.
Day 21, 3 x 4.25 in. watercolor on Arches cold pressed paper. © 2022 Sheila Delgado.

The roots of all things are holding hands.
When they cut down a tree in the jungle,
a star falls from the sky.
— Lacandón proverb

Love what you do and do what you love.
Don’t listen to anyone else who tells you not to do it.
You do what you want, what you love.
Imagination should be the center of your life.
Ray Bradbury.

I have spread my dreams beneath your feet;
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.
William Butler Yeats

Day 18 Of 30

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Day 18, 4 x 4 watercolor on Arches cold pressed paper. © 2022 Sheila Delgado.
Day 18, 4 x 4 watercolor on Arches cold pressed paper. © 2022 Sheila Delgado.

She sprouted love like flowers,
grew a garden in her mind,
and even on the darkest days,
from her smile the sun still shined.
Erin Hanson

Don’t wait for someone to bring you flowers.
Plant your own garden and decorate your own soul.
Luther Burbank

Work In Progress

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Eucalyptus. Watercolor and gouache on Arches 140 lb. cold-pressed paper. © 2021 Sheila Delgado.
Eucalyptus. 12 x 12, Watercolor and gouache on Arches 140 lb. cold-pressed paper. © 2021 Sheila Delgado.

Experimental. Exhausting. Lacking.

I can’t help but feel this is still in need of… something. First layers in Inktense. Splotches, daubs and puddles. Days of contemplation. Watercolor glazing that became layer after layer. More splotches. More consideration. Days became a week. A week and a half.

I reminded myself it is only paint, and sat down to finish. Gouache thinned to reveal previous layers, for the vase. Thick layers of gouache for the greens. Blues. Blue-greens.

Painting propped up across the room. More thinking.

Happy June y’all!