Sunflower Demo

I started this painting on 140 lb cold pressed watercolor paper. I sketched in the general shapes of the sunflowers and leaves that I wanted to paint.

I put in a light colored wash of gray for the background. I wanted the sunflowers to be the point of interest so I wanted to keep the background natural.


I started with center of the sunflower. I put in a yellow green and while it was still wet I added yellow burnt sienna to it.

While the center of the sunflower was drying I painted the local color of the leaves and let them dry.


I added more color to the sunflower petals and began adding colors to the leaves of the sunflower. I kept glazing until I had the color dark enough.

The finished painting. Sunflower and Leaf is 9x12 painted on 140 lb cold pressed watercolor paper.

Comments

Torrie Smiley said…
Love the Sunflower! Thanks for dropping by my blog~

Torrie

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