Has to be one of my favorite paintings. Began with a solid black canvas... acrylic so it dried quickly. Then I sketched out my sunflowers randomly in white chalk and then went straight to my oil paints creating this dynamic sunflower painting. Small but powerful, it is sold, but again something to draw inspiration from. If you are a beginning artist I highly recommend this approach with trial and error. Black acrylic covers the canvas and then build your painting on top of it. I shared a lesson last year on pumpkins on my website, starting in black and moving forward.
May your unfailing love come to me, Lord, your salvation, according to your promise; Psalm 119:41
This is an older painting reposted but looking at it makes me want to paint something similar. This may inspire a painting this weekend. The approach to the canvas on this floral painting was to create the background with layers of rubbed acrylic paint and then to block out the vase and flowers on top of the rubbed acrylic. The top painting is in oil and the finish is incredible as a mixed media painting. Teach me, Lord, the way of your decrees, that I may follow it to the end. Psalm 119:33