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My sister, Christy, "commissioned" this piece for her birthday/housewarming gift. Her only specifications were, "the theme should be sunflowers, and it should have the word, 'Joy.'" I told her I would work on it and hoped the "magic" would happen. I've noticed that "magic" has to happen for me to really like or love a piece. Without the magic, the piece is like the word "earth," without "art." It's just "eh. |
I spent longer on this piece than normal. I wanted her to really like it, and it had some challenges painting the sides of the 3D leaves with the tiniest brush I own.
I worked and re-worked the center of the flowers, and I could not get them to where I was happy. So I slept on it. I woke up thinking, "I didn't add the "bodies" to the dragonflies and butterflies." I usually add "bodies" to those elements using vintage sheet music. As I was adding the "bodies," I thought, "hmmmm, what if I add a circle of sheet music to the center of the flowers?" And the magic happened. I was finally happy with the flowers.
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This picture is the actual "magic" infusing itself into the canvas. I try to be open to "magic" not only in art, but in life. I wish you lots of magic in your life! 🪄 |
The canvas is the board with the orange stripe, and the only paint on it is the blue background. I have a gorgeous stained glass piece in my window of a rose, and there is some yellow in it. When the sun shone through the stained glass onto the canvas board, it looked like a sunflower at first glance.