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February’s 30-Day Creative Gathering, Day 15

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Day 15, 4 x 4 watercolor on Arches cold pressed paper. © 2022 Sheila Delgado.
Day 15, 4 x 4 watercolor on Arches cold pressed paper. © 2022 Sheila Delgado.

We’ve reached the half way mark. It’s official. It’s all downhill from here. Haha. As fast as these first fifteen days half passed, the next fifteen will do double time. I am going to enjoy them while I can.

I’m so glad to have you join my artistic journey. Thank you. I love painting wildflowers. Pure play. I love watching the blues and greens mix on the paper. And you KNOW I love to splatter paint. Haha. Enjoy!

The best remedy for those who are afraid,
lonely or unhappy is to go outside,
somewhere where they can be quiet,
alone with the heavens, nature and God.
Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be.
Anne frank

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet.
Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.
Helen Keller

Day 8, February 2022

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

You belong among the wildflowers.
You belong in a boat out at sea.
You belong with your love on your arm.
You belong somewhere you feel free.
Tom Petty

Wildflowers are the loveliest of all
because they grow in uncultivated soil,
in those hard, rugged places where
no one expects them to flourish.
Micheline Ryckman.

May your life be like a wildflower,
growing freely in the beauty and joy of each day.
Native American Proverb

February 2022 30-Day Creative Gathering, Day 7

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Day 7, 8 x 8 watercolor on Fabriano paper. © 2022 Sheila Delgado.
Day 7, 8 x 8 watercolor on Fabriano paper. © 2022 Sheila Delgado.

This is day seven, number two. The first one I painted was a dud. A semi-dud. It might see the light of day if I need to catch up, or if I feel the need for a nap over painting.

I have made silly mistakes in most of my paintings this week. Mostly, it comes down to being too repetitive. Not changing things up. But I realize, part of it is that I am getting lost in the moment. The process. The doing. That’s a good thing.

Here too, mistakes. Just too many. Too many blooms. Too many big splatters. Too many. Haha. But week one is done. I had fun. And there is always tomorrow.

A flower does not think of competing with the flower next to it.
It just blooms.
Zen Shin

Raise your words, not voice.
It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.
Rumi

If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose,
spring would lose its loveliness.
Therese of Lisieux