Yellow Tulips. 4 x 6 watercolor and pen on Arches 140 lb. cold pressed paper. © 2015 Sheila Delgado
When scanned, the background shows as a lovely violet. Pretty, but not true to life. I am in love with this color right now. And yellow. And flowers. I woke up with the idea of an intense background, set off with bright yellow buds.
I suppose I should have added some leaves, they are as pretty as the flowers. Well, next time.
Was working on this for a gift, but it is going in the log books as practice. I will have to try again. Hoping for loose, but I got lost in the details. Here is the reference photo.
Yellow bouquet
I was hoping to stay somewhat neutral with the surroundings, and let the flowers stand out. But my glazes got away from me. To be honest, I mucked it up about half way through. But I took a chance and tried to save it. And tried, and tried.
Some shadows are too dark, some are too light. I cropped it to see if that would help. Didn’t. But it is not a total loss. I had fun working on it.
So a daily painting it is..
Yellow and Red. Watercolor on Arches 140 lb. cold pressed paper. 2015 Sheila Delgado
Want to see another red and yellow arrangement?
2nd postcard. Watercolor and acrylic on Arches 140 lb. cold pressed paper. © 2015 Sheila Delgado
Working on a submission for the A.I.R postcard show. This is idea #1 and I am going to do a fabric design with this as well. I have already started working on it, more on that later.
I know this looks simple, and it is. I went through nine revisions though. My first attempt is below. I wanted the dripping paint to be straight, and I was holding the paper correctly. Mystery breeze made for angled drips.
First postcard. Watercolor and acrylic on Arches 140 lb. cold pressed paper. © Sheila Delgado
I may have gone overboard with the splatters, But I am tempted to age it a bit more with scratches and marks. I am working on others. Don’t have a name for this, so if anything comes to mind let me know. This is obviously a cosmic remnant from Soul Art day.
Here is another mini. Scary Mary. Sally square head. She reminds me of every other photo in my high school yearbook. Eighties big hair. There was more, but I cropped it. Not very good, but proof I am still at it.
80’s Hair. 2 x 2 in. watercolor portrait on paper. Sheila Delgado 2015
For Sandy. Baby hummingbird in his nest. You can barely see him, look for the black beak pointing up. This is just outside the front door. (Rarely used) The nest is in the potato bush about six feet high. We thought there were two chicks, but now we can only see one.
Hummingbird nest in the potato bush.