In a Pine Forest – 16 x 20 – Acrylic on Wood – Reserved for Mayberry Fine Art
A day off work 
and a little farther on this one. This is one of those forests that completely surrounds and envelopes you. The filtered sunlight creates wonderful patterns of light and shadow in a rich tapestry of colours.
In a Pine Forest wip by Mandy Budan
In a Pine Forest – 16 x 20 – Acrylic on Wood – Reserved for Mayberry Fine Art
Amongst the fireworks and family frivolity yesterday, I started my new painting. I’m using this as an opportunity to explore the palette that I want to use for my 5foot painting – it’s coming up quite a range of colours, purples, greens, blues, amd oranges.
Four Sunflowers – 18 x 24 – Acrylic on Wood – Reserved for Mayberry Fine Art
That’s it! I’m done! Although it took a little longer than I had planned, I did find the abstract shapes pretty easily and the colours were delightful to work with – I’ll have to do some more with this palette.
My next painting will a cool secluded forest and I get to start it tomorrow – yay Canada Day! And then after that it’s on to a commission.
Sunflowers – 18 x 24 – Acrylic on Wood – Reserved for Mayberry Fine Art
I was really hoping to have this finished by now – I’m so close! Don’t get me wrong I love making this one (ok I love making them all lately ), but I have finally decided on my next one (cool contemplative forest coming up!) so I’m ready to get to it. I just have to finish the centre area with more leaves and stems. I don’t want to rush it and wreck it so I will just take as long as I take. I’ve got another flower planned for later in the year (pinks and purples and turquoise – oh my!) and I think it needs to be bigger than the sunflowers – maybe 3 x 4.
Sunflowers – 18 x 24 – Acrylic on Wood – Reserved for Mayberry Fine Art
I’ve now done three of the four flowers. Even though it is supposedly more compositionally pleasing to have odd numbers of things, I think these four look very well together. I love these reds and oranges placed against the warm greens of the leaves – and also the odd splash of cobalt green which brings that touch of blue to it.
Sunflowers – 18 x 24 – Acrylic on Wood – Reserved for Mayberry Fine Art
Moving along. I have done the tangle of greenery in the center and I have still to do the dark upper right before I can paint the last 2 flowers.
Sunflowers – 18 x 24 – Acrylic on Wood – Reserved for Mayberry Fine Art
Finished the top flower and getting a good sense of the rhythm of the painting. The top right will be the darkest area and I have yet to tackle the tangle of leaves and stems in the center.
Sunflowers – 18 x 24 – Acrylic on Wood – Reserved for Mayberry Fine Art
I wish I could show you how vibrant this painting is turning out in real life. The little jpg is just not doing it justice. I love painting flowers – I get to play with such vibrant colour!
Sunflowers – 18 x 24 – Acrylic on Wood – Reserved for Mayberry Fine Art
I love sunflowers. In this painting the flowers are writhing like flames. I love the sinuous motion of the petals and leaves. Maybe I will think of a better title that involves fire in some way. And I love the palette I’m using – all the cadmiums are complemented beautifully by cobalt green. It has such a lovely blue cast to it, the contrast between it and the oranges is just delightful.
I’m very pleased that my painting ‘Among Friends’ is a finalist in the Canadian Brushstroke Magazine Landscapes Competition.
To see the whole magazine visit Canadian Brushstrokes Magazine.
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