Sunflower by Michelle Taylor

Michelle Taylor
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Added 08 Sep 2006
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painting of a sunflower. I am considering removing the small flower at the bottom though.

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Olga van Dijk 09 Sep 2006

LOOOOVE this sunflower. Did you see the ones of MINERVA BLOOM yet?

Artist Reply: Thanks Olga, No I haven't. My instructor just said for us to paint a sunflower and I went with it. lol

Darla Dixon 09 Sep 2006

Michelle, now that I look at it more, I don't think the background should be black...that blue is just too gorgeous. Maybe the small sunflower, instead of getting rid of it, you could tone it down just a bit so it won't be in 'competition' with the larger bloom for attention. You could do just a bit of grey wash over it to dull it. Then maybe add some depth into the whole piece by darkening the area behind the leaves. It will make the large sunflower pop out even more, I think.

Artist Reply: Thanks Darla, I think I am going to clean up the petals a little on the small one and then do a wash over it like you said. Also, the color is a little different in the picture than in person. I should have taken it outside to photograph. It is my favorite painting so far.