Sunflower: Flower of the Week, Another Work in Progress

FLOWER OF THE WEEK


Sunflower (Giant Grey Stripe)

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This past spring, I decided to start a garden on my balcony of my two bedroom apartment. I grew from seed this beautiful 5' sunflower. Apparently sunflowers are not hard to grow.

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Reference 1


Reference 2

I was very excited when this sunflower final bloomed. It makes me want to go Van Gogh crazy. Instead of picking between these 2 references, I think I might paint both of them.

Sacred Lotus: Flower of the Week, Latest Works in Progress for Pastel Paintings

FLOWER OF THE WEEK


Nelumbo nucifera (Sacred Lotus)

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After recently taking a short but wonderful trip to the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens to be enlightened and capture some new references, I took some photographs of sacred lotuses that really inspired me. Lotuses really call to me as an artist. The two below references are my next two pastel painting references to be in progress soon.


Reference 1, look at the relationship between the two lotuses, almost like mother and child


Reference 2, this photo has a nice balanced, but simple composition

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