20131104 - Sunflower

Well, another day, another painting! As promised in yesterday's post, I completed the Sunflower. Most of it was complete last night, but this morning, I added a few finishing touches. Hopefully you will enjoy this rendition of my friend's photograph.

The camera added a bit of reflective light to the mix. So, the center and the detail around the center appears a bit lighter than they appear in person.

Since I don't have a scanner that can handle larger images, I use a camera. While it does well, it does need to use the flash to get a good photograph of the painting. And then of course, I need to do some photo editing to eliminate perspective distortions to the photograph (to bring it back to an 11x14 sized image).

And of course, for your reference, here is my friend's photograph of the back lit sunflower. As you can see, getting the intense yellow is a fairly difficult proposition. Next time, I will probably try a slightly redder yellow (Hansa Yellow Deep). However, in my defense, the yellow in person is much more intense.

Anyway, hopefully this cheerful sunflower will brighten your day.