Day 16 of 30-30

Leslie Saeta 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge

This is day 16 of my everyday journey of painting from life.

Whew!  I had to make the decision that I had to paint these daily painter faster. I haven't cooked my sweet hubbie much of a meal in 2 weeks and the clothes have piled up (again!) so I had to paint my daily paintings faster. So how to do that? Go smaller I guess. Sometimes it takes me just as long for a smaller one. Luckily this one only took about 2 hours so I am done for today. I decided to paint 6x8 and start from a black gessoed background which is something I enjoy doing. I have several black small canvases ready to go. 

These sunflowers were in a clear antique vase but it just wasn't happening so I changed the vase.

It worked ok.