And to celebrate the rain: Sunflowers!


Another wet on wet on wet on wet on wet on wet watercolour โ€“ that is now fourteen of fourteen for #WorldWatercolorMonth. (Oh, and by the way, that was six wets there โ€“ well, it is Saturday!)

This took slightly longer than ten minutes to do, but nowhere near an hour. Yes, person at the back there, I know that it looks like it, but that is the look I was going for, thank you very much! And it was done in my practice pad, which isnโ€™t really cut out for wet on wet stuff, but I like to live dangerously at times. At one point, the paper was so curled it was as though I was painting on aโ€ฆ on aโ€ฆ ermโ€ฆ aโ€ฆ a damp piece of rolled up paper, but I stuck to it. And finished it. It is finished, person at the back there.

Wet paint on wet paper, followed by a slight mist of more water followed by another dabbing of wet paint caused the random haphazardย mess fiasco subtle blending of colours I present to you here. And Iโ€™m not even bothered about the green, before you go there. Just sayinโ€™!

Weโ€™ve had a day full of fabulous rain on Friday, it was glorious, but I still like to celebrate the Sun, so that was the inspiration behind this. Obviously, I paint a day in advance, so it was Friday when this was created. It was Friday evening when the photo was taken, in the dark with the flash on whilst the paint was still wet to get the desired look above I was aiming for. I do have madness in my methods, and use it a great deal of the time. You may or may not have noticed. Itโ€™s only subtle.

A wet post for Six Word Saturday

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18 responses to “And to celebrate the rain: Sunflowers!”

  1. bcparkison avatar

    You just can’t go wrong with sunfowers. I like wet on wet watercolor.

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    1. Tom Merriman avatar

      Thanks, Beverly. They were easier than I thought they would be.

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  2. colorfulpen avatar

    I like your pretty sunflowers.

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    1. Tom Merriman avatar

      Thank you, Lynn.

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  3. Elaine - I used to be indecisive avatar

    These are lovely. I do like a sunflower, and I like these more than the ones that Van Gogh chap painted. ๐Ÿ˜‰

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    1. Tom Merriman avatar

      Ooh, well thank you for saying so, Elaine. I quite like Van Gogh’s paintings myself, so I’m feeling a little, well a lot, good about your comment! ๐Ÿ˜€

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  4. Soul Gifts avatar
    Soul Gifts

    Hey Tom ! I am so behind in reading posts, I don’t know that I will ever catch up. A month away was wonderful, but I will just have to pick it up from here, I think, or I will never catch up. love the sunflowers BTW ๐Ÿ™‚

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    1. Tom Merriman avatar

      No worries, Raili – and thank you!
      And you say you’re behind?!?!? Hehehe!

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  5. -Eugenia avatar

    Excellent, Tom. Pretty sunflowers for the summer season.

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    1. Tom Merriman avatar

      Aw thanks, Eugenia. Pleased you like them.

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  6. prenin avatar

    Good work Tom and well worth the effort! ๐Ÿ™‚

    I have no suggestions for the curled paper problem as I used pre-stressed art paper and painted with Acrylics – forget to wash your brushes if you dare!!! LoL!!! ๐Ÿ™‚

    Your skills are improving Paduan!!! ๐Ÿ™‚

    God Bless!

    Prenin.

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    1. Tom Merriman avatar

      They’ve probably gone back to their basic stage again now, Prenin, it has been so long since I picked up a paintbrush! Ah well. I shall return to it again soon.

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  7. samanthamurdochblog avatar
    samanthamurdochblog

    Love this! Very Impressionistic! ๐Ÿ™‚ xx

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    1. Tom Merriman avatar

      Aw, thank you, Samantha!

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  8. Ron. avatar

    A really cool technique!

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    1. Tom Merriman avatar

      Thanks, Ron., I think it worked quite well as well.

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  9. Diane Henders avatar

    I love this one, Tom! Now I want to go and try some wet-on-wet sunflowers, too. ๐Ÿ™‚

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    1. Tom Merriman avatar

      Thanks, Diane – I hope you had a go! ๐Ÿ˜€

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