Category Archives: Flowers

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Carpenter Bee. Mixed media. © 2017 Sheila Delgado

You may remember my blue bee. I had the idea to rework him, and make him available as a print. I recycled a watercolor bloom as well, and created a digital collage. The background is a photo of leaves on a tree I took at El Santuario de Chimayo in New Mexico. A special, sacred place. To the photo I added several effects, including watercolor, to give them a more painterly look. I added shadows for depth as well.

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Carpenter Bee Bisque. Mixed media. © 2017 Sheila Delgado

I had a request for a simplified background. I really like it this way too. I played with several colors and may make more available. Christiane is going to gift this to a friend. So happy you like it Christiane! Honored that you would choose to share my work with a friend!

Desert Torte. 4 x 4 acrylic on paper. © 2017 Sheila Delgado

Calm. 4 x 4 acrylic on paper. © 2017 Sheila Delgado

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Tiptoe

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Color Play. 4 x 8 watercolor on paper. © 2017 Sheila Delgado

I posted this WIP awhile back. Just playing before bed. Didn’t have time for a full painting. Here is a another look at how it started.

Color Play, WIP. 4 x 8 watercolor on paper. © 2017 Sheila Delgado

I saw tulips right off, and so did a few of you. I added a second layer of some colors. Left others alone. A bit of definition to the blooms, and called it done. Watercolor pencil and Neo II’s.

Still in Progress

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Watch the dots. 4 x 4 mixed media on arches 140 lb. cold pressed paper. © 2017 Sheila Delgado

Think I am ready to count the flower as done. Apologies for the bad image. It is breaking up a bit. Larry suggested that the large dark spots were conflicting with the yellow shapes in the center of the flower. I was only concerned with the two on the bottom. Looking again, I noticed just how distracting they were. Four corners of a square. So I painted over, added some new smaller splatter to fill the voids, and I am happy with the result. Thank you Larry!

And thanks to everyone who shared suggestions!

To the next small start, I added Shiraz Inktense lines. I see hills, snow. sky. Still considering adding textures. Had that idea in the beginning. Might be more to come with this one.