Sunflower Relief WIP

Mottles · #1 03-29-2006, 11:07 PM

Title: Sunflower (real original)
Size: 9 x 12 inches
Support: Basswood

OK here we go again another relief what can I say I love them.
The design for this one is from one of my paintings and the sunflower I grew myself. The painting medium is gouache opaque watercolor one of my favorite mediums.
It took me 2 afternoons to hog-out the background to a depth of 1/2 inch. The foreground has a slight taper and I may leave it that way or not.
I'm including an image of the painting along with the WIP.
As always I appreciate your thoughts and comments.
Kathy

Irish · #2 03-30-2006, 07:32 AM

Kathy,

Absolutely beautiful use of complimentary colors in the gouache! The pure ultramarine blue background areas just force the pure yellow petals right off the image. And I love the limited palette work of pure yellow, pure blue, pure green and a light touch of rust to hold everything together. The inside area of the sunflower is so dimensional I feel like I could 'put' something like a hummingbird's egg inside of it and it would rest there.

The rough out looks great, love how you have the petals going under - in to the frame. It gives the feeling that the sunflower is tooooo big for the wood, which they are.

Susan

Dylan · #3 03-30-2006, 08:49 AM

Great looking start Kathy. I'm looking forward to watching you finish it.

Mottles · #4 03-30-2006, 09:37 AM

Hi Susan & Dylan, thank you both for your nice compliments.
Susan I really enjoyed painting the sunflower and I love to push color and shape as it relates to it's surroundings. These sunflowers were hugh and lined the full lengeth of the top of our bank at our California home.
Kathy

Kenny_S · #5 03-30-2006, 03:31 PM

Excellente' Kathy. Ya just get better and better.

Mottles · #6 03-30-2006, 05:03 PM

Ahhh thank you Ken.
Kathy

Colin_Partridge · #7 03-30-2006, 05:48 PM

Kathy wonderful start to the carving almost looks like the picture already. BTW I dont know what you did cant get a close up of the rough out picture. Look forward to seeing the progress.
Colin

Mottles · #8 03-30-2006, 06:49 PM

Hi Colin, thank you and thank you for alerting me about the WIP not being able to enlarge the image. I don't know what I did either????? I'll change the file name and see if I can upload the image again.
Kathy

Mottles · #9 03-30-2006, 07:15 PM

OK, my error here is a clickable enlargement for the flower relief WIP
I've started to work on the pedals on the right and stem.
Kathy

Kenny_S · #10 03-31-2006, 09:14 PM

That be OUTSTANDING Kathy. Going to be another OUTSTANDING relief carving from you.

I Like it and since I am from the Sunflower state, I wouldn't suppose you would ................
OK, I know, quit whining!