Deborah Velásquez: gouache

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Thursday, April 11, 2013

Love in a Mist...... My Sweet Nigella is Finished

Here is where I began you can see the start of Nigella and the original post here. Black gouache and my Sumi brush.

I left off undecided in what direction to go with in regards to medium. In the end I decided on oil stick, watercolor, pencil and gouache. The painting has an engraved look and feel to it.My goal was a solid deep midnight sky blue for the background. When I finished I wanted a smooth, flat and more solid background so I created the background and the color digitally for my final piece to post .

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Friday, March 29, 2013

Ink, Gouache and Pencil Play

On the table today, well one of the things....I still have a blue floral in the works which I started last week and still working on. This circle painting was definitely a diversion, a fun diversion. Playing with my favorite mix of brushes and using ink, pencil and gouache.

The circle is my icon. When I paint, it is circular and confident in motion. When the brush is on the paper there is no hesitation.

I am very much attracted to the letters e and o.

What defines your style, your artistic hand?

Is there an icon or a symbol that comes up in your work either consciously or subconsciously?

What shows up in your work all the time?

Possibly it is:

Birds

Water

Trees

Color

Animals

Symbols

Circles

People

Shapes

Clouds

Nature

Time

And so on…

When you doodle, draw or put inspiration in your sketchbook.

What is your icon?

Look back at your older works. Interesting isn't it?

Here is an example of an older work which I blogged about back in September 2011 in a post called Hard to Part With , which talked about letting go of of our art and how it it is very difficult at times.

Funny to see the similarities.
The consistency in style is there and creatively that is a good thing.
I sold this Acrylic piece six years ago!

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Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Blogging in real time...Me and Nigella

Wasn't planning on posting tonight but the kids were off to bed and I happen to have some supplies in the house and I had to paint. Flower ideas have been swirling in my head the last few days. I have a travel supply bag that I carry from the studio to the house and then from the house to the studio......

I had some black gouache and a large pad of watercolor paper.

I took advantage of the quiet and decided to start sketching with a pencil and a brush.

I sketched Nigella Damascena also known as Love in a Mist. A lovely and stunning flower.

Working on 24 x 18 so this will frame up nicely.

Will decide on color and medium tomorrow.

Oil stick,watercolor or gouache? I will sleep on it!

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Vintage Alphabet Cards from my Collection

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Thursday, March 7, 2013

Working out of my Comfort Zone, I am Embracing Magenta

What I have been working on this week....

Getting started and the art is leading the way. What started as a cityscape is looking more like the seaside with a cabana feel. I am using gouache, which I love as you know. Smooth, flat and forgiving.

Deciding on a color palette.

COLOR INSPIRATION

I loved how this pink was flanked by my two favorite colors on the grocery store shelf. This is where my color choices began

When I started to think about painting I took my color Inspiration from Harney and Sons tea canisters and a vintage 1967 book by Dahlov Ipcar, The Song of The Day Birds and The Night Birds. My color palette always has a familiar orange and powder blue. I reached out of my comfort zone towards a more pinkish color finally settling on magenta/ fuchsia.

Progress on the seaside piece almost finished!

Voilà! all Done

Take a look at my previous posts here and here to see where I started this colorful adventure.

Working outside my comfort zone proved to make a fun piece, I love how it turned out.

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By the Seaside by Velásquez©2013

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Friday, January 25, 2013

Word Path • Words Replayed and New Art

This Word Path was in my head all week. It was one I had done last January and I couldn't shake it off. You can see it here. I wanted newness but I think it may have needed to present itself again! I gave it a new watercolor background so it could sit within the calm beauty of the blue watercolor.

It has been a week of talking with friends in the business about our creative style, our creative work and the search to find where we fit in with doing what we love.

My son's teacher said it best when she spoke about the children she teaches and has taught she said

" They will become who they are suppose to be." That will work for us as well! Loved that!

As a blogger, you are always in search of your authentic voice.

As an artist, you are always in search of your own style.

As a person you are always in search of your authentic self,

When these journeys are taken remember to be brave and be.

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Everyone has a word path. One word leads to another.

Word Paths, a Friday feature showcasing possibilities in written words, creative process and artistic pieces.

My goal is to present three to five words or three to five lines.

I may go to seven words or seven lines but probably not often, only if needed.

I plan to work the Word Paths out artistically and process them to share with you here.

You can go here, to my first post on this project and see how it all started.

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I was inspired by, of all things, a watercolor pad. I found this great rectangle size of 6 x 18 and felt it needed to written on.

This size truly lends itself to the flow of script writing. The pad is by Strathmore, Series 400, 140lb heavy weight acid free watercolor paper. Used it in its entirety today so I need to go buy another!

I used all the pages working on the "be" piece. For supplies I used gouache and a sumi brush.

Here is my word path for today

Here is a the original transformed with a new watercolor background.

Happy Weekend • Just Be • Enjoy the Language of Words

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