Category Archives: Watercolor

Watercolor Study, Day 12 of 30

Day 12, 4 x 4 watercolor on Arches cold pressed paper. © 2022 Sheila Delgado.

I switched to Arches paper for this one. I LOVE Arches! I feel better about this one. But I am still to structured. (see day 10) The pot saved this one from the never-to-be-seen pile. Haha. I decided a bit of splatter would make it more attractive.

Your hardest times often lead to the greatest moments
of your life. Keep going. Tough situations
build strong people in the end.
Roy T. Bennett

We are what we repeatedly do.
Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
Aristotle

It’s not that I’m so smart,
it’s just that I stay with problems longer.
Albert Einstein

February 2022 30-Day Creative Gathering

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Day 11, Poppy, 8 x 8 watercolor on Fabriano paper. © 2022 Sheila Delgado.

Layers and layers and layers. Fabriano hot pressed paper. Collage, paper bag, sewing pattern paper, patterned paper. You almost don’t see any of that. But you do see the resulting texture.

Texture also comes from the layers of gel medium. After the collage, I painted a layer of parchment white acrylic. As you know, acrylic and watercolor don’t usually mix well. So as I added a layer of watercolor, after it dried I also added a layer of medium. I am guessing close to 20 layers here. Too much? Haha.

OH! OOPS!

I forgot to add the light. I was wondering why it felt so dark. DUH. I didn’t splatter! HA! I added digital splatter. Then I played with the color. Yellow sunlight? Turquoise sky? Light neon green? Ahh, pink it is. Why does that just feel right? I pushed myself to go sparingly with the splatter. I have to admit, I see a few “black holes”. Empty areas.

STEP AWAY FROM THE PAINTING! Haha!