Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Sunflower


oil 12x6x1 1/2 inches click for purchase info and magnifier I prepped this canvas with oil ground. Then for the painting, I toned with burnt umber and wiped it down. The texture and color gave it a stained look that I liked so much, I decided to paint only the objects and no background. The image wraps around the sides. I really like the rustic look of this, and I LOVE the eucalyptus. The blue-greens are so yummy! After this, I went driving around looking for eucalyptus trees I could cut from for future paintings. I found some gigantic unattended ones in dairyland. Woo hoo!!! Here's the painting leaning on our fence so you can see how it wraps around the sides.

5 comments:

  1. I love the eucalyptus too, they have great shape and the cool green really makes the flower pop. Just super!

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  2. Your technique worked really well. And you are right, those greens are just beautiful. What colour palette did you use?
    Karen, I was having the same problem with my pictures changing when I posted them to blogger. Apparently with google+ there is an auto enhance that automatically changes photos. You have to go into the settings and uncheck aute enhance. I had to sign up for Google + to undo it. Now my pictures will look like they are supposed to!

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  3. Thanks, everyone, for your comments. Receiving feedback about my work is very encouraging! I really appreciate it. Catherine, my palette for the greens was ultramarine blue or thalo blue mixed with cad yellow medium or cad yellow light respectively. I probably added a bit of cad red medium especially in the cooler leaves. I don't use any tube greens. I prefer to mix them all. And thanks for your tip about pictures on Blogger. I'll check that out!

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