I love sunflowers, and would love to paint them beautifully. I've tried them several times with varying degrees of success. Mostly I have NOT been pleased with the results. So yesterday I decided to try a single stem - one flower and try get some depth and texture to it. Below is the result. It is better than some other tries - but I'm still not happy with it. I imagine I will put this back on the easel tonight or tomorrow and add more shading and highlighting. If repetition is the secret to improving, then I will eventually be able to paint sunflowers that I like. I will keep working on it. If I work on it further, I will post a photo of it below this photo.
(4/22/2017) So I DID work on it more last night. I added more leaves and did more shading and highlighting. I still don't like it - and that's the benefit of doing a small painting - I can try different things, and if I don't like the results, it's no big deal.
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| "Sunflower," Oil on canvas panel, 5 x 7 |
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