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Postcards Now Available at Zazzle

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Postcard Art Available Now at Sheila's Corner on Zazzle.

Postcard Art Available Now at Sheila’s Corner on Zazzle.com
(click the photo to see the shop)

I know I have been quiet for a while, but now you can see why. I have been busy adding to my shop on Zazzle.com. I am so excited to share these with you!

I never would have thought of postcards as an outlet for my art. I owe that inspiration to Kat Sloma and her Liberate Your Art event. There is still time to join this year, for anyone interested. It is free, and FUN!

If you want to join, I will even share my postcard layout for the back with you to make your own. Just comment with your email, and I will send you the PDF. I will delete your email before publishing the comment. Sorry, I know, slacker. I should have the PDF available as a link. Maybe I can get to that tomorrow.

Ok, off to make chicken tortilla soup, and roast some potato’s for dinner tonight and tomorrow.

Have a super day everyone. Thanks for reading this, and please feel free to share it.

Happy creating to you!

 

Day 22 of 30 in 30

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Yellow. 6 x 6 watercolor on YUPO. © 2014 Sheila Delgado

Yellow. 6 x 6 watercolor on YUPO. © 2014 Sheila Delgado

Well here it is just before midnight. I am still trying to get a decent painting to post. I will have to post this for now. It’s a hot mess. Or as my friend Pauline in the U.K. might say, it is a bloody mess.

I thought trying something I am familiar with might help with the learning curve for this new surface. Not so much huh?

For months I had the vague idea lodged in the back of my mind that I could be a better artist, if I only had YUPO to work on. You know. Like when you were in school, and you just felt sure that if you just had the right pair of jeans, everything would fall in line and the cosmos would crown you with glory.

Well, at the very least you would be popular and that cute guy in 3rd period would finally notice you were alive. OK, I didn’t really think I would all of a sudden become outstanding. But I did think maybe, it would be easier to control the paint. My whole problem in a nutshell.

I know DUH, right. The watercolor artists are laughing at me and yelling, “Stop trying to control the paint!” Yeah, I need a V-8 thump on the forehead.

The nifty-neato thing is, I can just add water and start over. Wash, rinse and repeat.

Tomorrow is another day Scarlett.

 

 

 

 

 

30 In 30, Day 26

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In Memoriam, Watercolor Peace Lily. © 2013 Sheila Delgado

Peace Lily. 4 x 6 watercolor on 140 lb. cold press paper. © Sheila Delgado 2013

 

This is one of the postcards I will be submitting to the RAG, Memory: International Mail Art Exhibition and Swap. Hopefully they will be in the mail by the end of the day.

The theme is memory, and in the interest of time, I have chosen to do flowers given in memoriam. I want bold, graphic pieces so they will stand out when they are up on the wall. (And when I look at the online photos I will be able to find them easily.) Silly, but there you go.

I love this plant. The Calla Lily is my favorite flower, and this of course is it’s kissing cousin. I can draw a simplified Calla in one stroke, but I have yet to attempt to paint one. White flowers are difficult I think, but I would very much like to master them.

I had the veins on this much softer, and while they looked great on paper, they did not scan well at all, so I had to darken them. This was a fun one to do. I am also going to do a version with softer washes, maybe I will show you with tomorrow’s piece of art. Speaking of art – there is a ton of it at Leslie’s site. I have two days of viewing to catch up on, and my tail is wagging in excitement! Like the dog cravin’ bacon – Art, ART, ART!

Angel. Watercolor on 4 x 6, 140 lb. cold press paper. © Sheila Delgado 2013

Angel. Watercolor on 4 x 6, 140 lb. cold press paper. © Sheila Delgado 2013

This sort of fits the theme of memorial. Just a fun little accident. I was planning to add to this and make something of it. But I noticed right away, the fun little lady and her great big heart. I gave this to my Father and his wife Teresita, along with two of my pears.

 

 

 

Enjoy your day everyone! Fall arrived in Riverside county today! WOOOO WHOOO! Of course this might be the only day of it for a while, we will be in the 90’s this weekend. But it is a crisp, dark morning, and it is a welcome bit of heaven!