A long time coming. I first began this on September 18. Thought I was done except for a few details when I brought it in Saturday morning, but then my panel of experts wanted something to counter or enhance those little purple darts between the petals. No, I thought it is looking pretty good as it is, why risk it and besides I kind of liked the imbalance.
So I started on a bee, but there was also a bee put under my bonnet, and then I thought why not not ultramarine because it is similar to and on the blue side of purple and like purple is not seen anywhere else in the painting? I blotted out the green in that last row of sepals and filled them with ultramarine and I think it worked out well.
It certainly did work well. It's just enough to push the background away so the subject doesn't get lost. Good choice! Also, I really like this painting. It's so alive. My favorite of your sunflowers so far--and I like the whole series a lot.
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