Sunflowers in a copper pot

'Pot of Sunshine' 8x10 pastel

I felt like painting sunflowers today. I would love to get some sunflowers and paint them from life. That is on my list. Also on my list is a new project I'd like to tackle. I was preparing for Sunday's pastel class and came across Richard McDaniel's book on landscape painting. In his chapter on 'skies' he recommends doing 45 sky paintings. I can see how that would be a good thing. I think if I precut my paper I can try to paint a few small sky studies each week. Stay tuned!