Raining Sunflowers 12x16

As promised, I finished this today! I am now tired of painting Sunflowers---they always make me feel like I cannot paint.
I like the canvas I painted on this time so much better than the last canvas, it did not drink in the paint.
I was going to put the reflection of the pot but painted it out, as I really did not have enough room to do it properly. So I just left the table--it's really not as dark as it looks in this photo.

Sunflowers (first pass)

My underpainting was dry enough that I could work more on this today--I am glad, as I was anxious to get started.  I got a good start, I hope I will have time to work again on it tomorrow. As always, I have to get it this far before I can make my corrections.  The petals of the sunflower  are like a puzzle, I had to throw them on, the best I could and tomorrow I can make corrections easier tomorrow--cant wait! So far, I am still pleased. YAY

Raining Sunflowers

I have been wanting to paint these FOREVER.
1 saw these sunflowers on a girls desk at work on the way to the plotter. I stopped and told her how pretty they were.  She said she got them from our company picnic. They were in a bell canning jar like the one I just painted. She found one that had lots of flowers.I took a picture of them with my phone--I love we can do that now.
 I decided to put them in a different vase in this painting, since I just painted glass and I wanted to do something different.
I like this already, I hope it turns out good.
It's raining again, so it is a good time to paint(and a good name) :-)
Happy weekend and God Bless!

Lone Sunflower (day 2)

As you can see, I worked on the sunny and also added some interest in the background --remember I saw this little lonely sunflower at our company picnic. I took the photo of our table where we ate and we could see some of the things they provided for the kiddos .
Fun day (good memories) (hot)I will prob work more on this tomorrow.

Lone Sunflower 2nd pass

After evening meal I felt like painting a little more--hope to finish tomorrow. It will be fun to paint tomorrow---everything has the first coat and it will be easier to add more paint to get the effect I want. I don't think I will buy this brand of canvas again without putting more gesso on it before I paint. I have another photo of the sunflowers only it has more than one in the jar---I may paint that one too--you never can have too many sunflowers! Happy painting. :-)

Lone Sunflower-- day 1

Just started today--first block in....I am not thrilled with the canvas I am painting on--it is really drinking up the paint, you artists know what I mean.  I wonder if others feel like I do when starting a new painting--I always feel like I can't paint, that I have never painted before. It's a terrible feeling, unsettling.
I am painting from a photo I took at our company picnic. They had sunflowers on each table---they were so very very pretty and I wanted to paint it for sure.  We will see if this turns out.
Well, better wash the brushes.....Have a happy 4th of July weekend.