Sunny Daze

This one was done plein air in my back field. We have literally hundreds of sunflowers this year! I've included some photos and a few steps in my painting process below.

Oil on panel, 6" x 6"

SOLD

After toning my panel with Cad red and blocking in the composition, I laid in a background. I wanted this to fade into the distance so used a large soft brush to soften the edges.

Rocksie loves when I paint plein air. She catches flies, rolls in the grass, barks at an occasional neighbor, snoozes and just generally does happy dog things. 

I put in the less defined sunflowers in the background and then applied paint heavily to the bright yellow foreground flowers.

The painting's done... 

 ...and Rocksie has made her way over to have a look for herself.

Some of the 'crop' up near our house.

and back near the shed

They're everywhere! :o)