Sunflowers - WIP demo

Beginning of the red colored background and continuing on with various yellow hued petals...so stay tuned.  Reds used are Grumbacher true red, alizarin crimson, and transparent pyrrol orange.

Sunflowers demo - WIP continued

Another detail of lower right large leaf shape in which the blooms or blossom runbacks can be easily seen while paint is still wet.

Sunflowers - WIP continued

The top half of the painting's green foliage is now laid in with wet, fresh paint in one direct application, using every blue including manganese and Midnight blue (American Journey) in my palette mixed with same yellows.  This bottom is a close up detail of lower left flower and its leaf at the side.  I am encouraging runbacks, or blossoms to form when more water is in the brush than paint and touched to an already pigmented area.