Vincent van Gogh was born on this day in 1853. Part of the Post-Impressionist movement, he used color and energetic brush strokes to convey his emotions and state of mind. Largely unsuccessful during his lifetime, he is now considered one of the most influential figures in the history of art. Few artists have been associated with a specific subject as closely as Van Gogh has been to sunflowers. They represented for him something deeply personal, and he frequently praised them as symbols of reverie, loyalty, and joy.
“A daisy can never be a sunflower, and a sunflower can never be a daisy. All flowers are beautiful in their own way, and that’s like women too. I want to encourage women to embrace their own uniqueness.”
I haven’t done something like this before … at least not in watercolor. I have drawn things like this for the coloring book I did a couple years ago but I digress! This was a piece I did for a couple friends of mine who are getting married, they are both Hufflepuffs You can’t really tell in the scan but the veils are iridescent and the rings are gold–yay for shiny! This piece is pretty big and I am happy with how it turned out.
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Materials: Daler Rowney Black Acrylic Ink Watercolors (various brands but mostly M. Graham, Winsor Newton, Sennelier and Daler Rowney … I don’t label my palettes with brand but this is what I have in them right now)
Golden Iridescent Pearl Fluid (I think it was fluid)
Maimeri Gold Goauche
Faber Castell Pencil Crayons
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As ever, I am still offering commissions HERE. Please note that after this week or so I will be getting stuck in on Inktober so if you want something let me know ASAP! Thanks!
