Sunflowers
Posted: August 25, 2013 Filed under: Uncategorized 20 CommentsI wish I could say I sketched these in Spain but I didn’t. When I was there in July we drove by vast fields of these blooms and I regretted not painting them. I took some photos but it’s just not the same. So when I saw these in the store today I brought home a big bouquet. I thought they would be easy to sketch (a few dabs of yellow with some dark centres!) but for some reason I had difficulty capturing what I wanted. This is probably my fourth try.
I love this!
Thanks so much Roberta!
If you don’t mind, it would be very informative to see tries #1 – 3! I really learn a lot from the less successful sketches — as well as from hearing what you learned from the first three.
I think I was just impatient. I learned to calm down a bit when I got to number 4!
If you don’t mind, it would be informative to see tries #1 – 3! I always learn a lot from the less successful sketches, as well as hearing what you learned from the first three. And you obviously did learn a lot — this is gorgeous!
Glad you like them! Well, the first two tries went straight into the garbage and the third is unfinished so I can’ show you these. But I promise that next time I do this I will post them instead of tearing them up.
These are done beautifully, there is no need for apologizes. I would be happy to capture the sunflowers this wonderfully.
thanks Claudette!
Fourth try!?!? Shari, you give me hope! These are terrific.
Thanks Lee!
Thanks for the honesty about how many tries it took you to get the sunflowers the way you wanted them. I rarely succeed on the first or even second sketch. Good job.
Thanks Susan. There are many failures — I just don’t always talk about them.
Lovely! Sunflowers are inspiring, they ask to be drawn and painted. Or so it seems to me.
They do ask to be drawn and painted!
I love these! Ever since I went to Monet’s garden this summer, I’ve had a little obsession with them, they’re beautiful I love your paintingxx
Aren’t you lucky. I hope you sketched there.
I really love your capture of the “Sunflowers” posted Aug 2013. I am shopping for a large sunflower painting to hang over a king sized bed, the same as your sketch, watercolor, roughly 36″X26. What would your charge be?
I’ve enjoyed your fine work on the Tenacre calendars; they are inspirational.
Love Joan C. Travis
Hi Joan,
I’m so glad you like the calendar. I haven’t even seen them yet but it was a pleasure to provide sketches to Tenacre.
A full sheet of watercolour paper measures 22″ x 30″. The cost of a painting that size is $950.
Let me know if you are interested and we can email each other.
Best regards,
Shari
I’ve been looking for paintings of sunflowers in acrylics as my art class are doing a project based on Georgia O’Keefe’s flower paintings. Somehow yours popped up on my search and I’m so glad they did. They’re delightful – so fresh and bright – I’m assuming there’s some pen work in them – something I’ve never tried but after seeing yours I think I might just give it a try. Thank you for sharing such inspiring work. Lizt
Thanks so much for writing Liz. I love sunflowers, and live painting them too, but they are a hard flower to paint! I think because of the bug dark centre. But glad you like them.