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| "Sunflower Welcome" First Draft - Pastel - 5x7 - October 2014 |
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| "Sunflower Welcome" - Sketch - Pencil - October 2014
25 Painting Challenge - Day 5 - What to do when you are short on time and don't feel inspired? Today was a hectic day. Visit with family and grand kids. I was short on time and not feeling particularly inspired. What to do? I was glad I had set up some reference photos the first of week and had varied the sizes. I picked up the smallest one, a 5x7 and went for the sunflower. Sunflowers are one of my favorite flowers and when I look back I have painted lots of them. I started with a simple sketch. I cropped the photo to get the sketch view. I knew before I started that I was not satisfied with the composition of the sketch. RED FLAG. I should have stopped and relaxed and reworked it to think more specifically about what I wanted to capture. But I proceeded and laid in some color. After a few minutes I decided it was time to step away from the painting. While I liked where the color was going - I was not happy with my overall composition. Tomorrow is another day.
What did I learn? Planning helps on days you are busy because everything is ready for you to paint. If I'm not feeling inspired I will work on a smaller composition and choose a favorite subject. Use the time to play around with composition and color and decide what you want in the finished painting.
TOMORROW!! - I'll work on finishing "Sunflower Welcome" and add it to my collection of sunflower paintings.
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