#262 Sunflowers in Orange Bottle

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I've been painting a lot of sunflowers the last couple of months.  I just like them so much.  Painting the orange bottle was challenging...especially the lightest bits of orange.  I like the pop of orange and pink in the shadow.

6x6 inch oil on gessobord. Email me at suitabledesigns425@gmail.com

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#256 Oranges and Sunflower on Blue

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I had a lot of fun painting this one!  I used a Senso linen panel and loved the feel of applying paint to it!  I'm working on getting more accurate photos of my paintings.  This one still feels too cool.  The colors are warmer in the painting. 

8x8 inch oil on linen panel.  Email me at suitabledesigns425@gmail.com

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#255 Simple Sunflower

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I painted this last Saturday afternoon while my husband and daughter were at a football game.  I picked it to keep things simple but it was tougher than I thought is would be!  A sweet friend of mine has already claimed this one.  Thanks, Christine!

6x6 inch oil on gessobord.  Email me at suitabledesigns425@gmail.com

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#254 Shine On Us

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I've been doing some quick 15-20 minute sketches before I start a painting.  Sometimes I use it to solve potential problems and sometimes it just helps me warm up beforehand.  I did one for this painting because the vase is new and I didn't feel confident since it is white.  I actually liked the sketch more than the final painting!  The photo of this painting is a little washed out on the right side, again.  

The original sketch

12x12 inch oil on linen panel.  Email me at suitabledesigns425@gmail.com

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#250 Sunflowers in Pitcher

8x8 inch oil

This one was a struggle from start to finish.  I wiped off the pitcher once.  Then I started painting things out of order (for me) and started having problems with the edges.  I decided to experiment with softer edges in most of the painting.  

8x8 inch oil on linen panel.  Email me at suitabledesigns425@gmail.com

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#248 Sunflower and Glass

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I keep adding glass to my paintings lately.  I'm trying to get better at it because it's fun and I like what it adds to a painting.  I've never painted this orange bottle, though I've had it for a long time.  I also added a sunflower from Sprouts!  I really like the shadows made by colored glass.  

10x8 inch oil on gessobord. Email me at suitabledesigns425@gmail.com

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#218 Pops of Sun

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I really enjoyed painting this piece.  I bought the vase last Friday and I was very excited to paint it.  Isn't it pretty?  I thought it looked great with the sunflowers I purchased at Sprouts yesterday.  I set this still life up around 8pm last night and felt like it needed to be bigger than my 6x6 or 7x5 inch panels.  I found a canvas I purchased last summer and decided to give it a shot.  I haven't painted on canvas in almost a year. It was different than the gessobords I've been painting on but I enjoyed it more than I did in the past.  Ever since the workshop I attended in May, I've been experimenting.  I've felt kind of lost because of it...still do, but I think that experimenting is so important and I trust that it will lead to good places in the future.  For this painting I experimented by using canvas.  I also blocked in the whole painting by thinning down my paints a little with mineral spirits before going back in to add the details.  For the details, I used a little medium in my paint.  I painted the light and more saturated parts of each object first and then the parts in the shadow.  I noticed with the canvas, it was harder for me to make distinct brush marks.  I probably need to apply thicker paint to make that happen?  I still have 2 other "large" canvases from last year that I want to give a try.

16x 12 inch oil on canvas. Email me at suitabledesigns425@gmail.com

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#188 Sunflowers and Stripes

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I painted these sunflowers late one evening earlier this week.  I love how it turned out.  I've only used the striped fabric in one other painting...want to play around with it some more!  

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