Deborah Velásquez

Friday, January 18, 2013

Word Path • History

I wanted to use my words with a background treatment today. I have chosen Yellow Pods which I had painted this past August, you can find it here.

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

Word Paths have been a Friday feature showcasing possibilities in written words, creative process and artistic pieces from the beginning of my blog. You can go here, to my first post on this project and see how it all started. All Word Paths contain original copy.

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My Word Path for Today

Today's Word Path is for RB...What you talked about gifted me a Word path, Thank You.

Many Word Paths have been inspired by conversations or just happenings in everyday life that I happen to observe. Many times there is "coffee" involved and I can say that this time was one of those times. A few days ago I was in a conversation with friends and in the back and forth I landed on this Word Path. I didn't even realize it until a friend said, "Deb, I think you have your Word Path for Friday..." Thanks to my friend who finds messages everyday.

Your history, your journey, your detours, your losses, your breakups, your successes, your gains... you get what I mean, they are your story. It all comes together in who you are today and how cool is that! What was funny during that conversation is that one of the girls brought up my "All my Yesterdays..." Word Path quotes from the past. We were all part of each other's history that day.

Our past offers such great foundations to stand on as we move forward to many a new day.

We take the past, remix it and re-imagine it. We collect the past and create anew.

How interesting is that!

Happy Weekend • Make Some History

Enjoy the Language of Words

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Thursday, January 17, 2013

Inspired by a line, I am continuing where I left off...

I was playing with the prints I made on Tuesday, here is the post. I tried some fading techniques and I drew on the print with a thick pen. I love the strength of the line of the flowers and It inspired me to carve a small block and see how it would print.

I transferred my sketches a first using graphite on the back of my drawing paper but I made a mess! That is why I ended up drawing directly onto my block with Sharpie®.

I went ahead and carved the small blocks with different size tools for a thick and thin version to match my drawings. I cut the edges aroung the thistle- like flower design.

Here are three test prints.

I decided on this design at the end of the day.

A mix of watercolor and relief printing.

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Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Watercolor...Where Red Orange Pink and Yellow meet.

I was inspired by a rich and warm color palette found in a scarf, pantone chips and my youngest sons memory game cards. I made a sketch of a thistle like flower during a morning drawing exercise yesterday. I brought them both together to make a lovely print.

Test prints of flower layered on watercolor background. They sit beautifully together.

Pencil, ink and watercolors proved to be great combinations.

Pencil and ink for the thistle like flowers to keep that hand drawn sketch and loose feel.

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Spice Flower by Velásquez©2013

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