Rudbeckia

The painting is finished and installed at Rogers Gallery. I discovered a way to address the flatness of some areas without varnishing. It's referred to as "oiling out", and simply means applying an oil medium to the dried surface. When done, the painting again appears to have a uniformity of richness and saturation.

Rudbeckia, Etc

I notice that I have not posted in some time. However, I have been working daily. The weather has been abominable, English wet and dark. It's difficult to see well and I find my self unsatisfied with work viewed the following day. Mostly, I've been attacking the yellow rudbeckia. Yellow is such a difficult fellow. It's not so much the values as the transparency. There is hardly any coverage initially. I've also been experimenting with glazes in these two small landscapes (8x13"). I've learned techniques immediately and prefer this to using the gold leaf.

Rudbeckia

I haven't posted in over a week. But I have been working everyday averaging abut 3 hours a day. Today I finally worked completely across the upper half laying in the basic palette. The other major change was to remove the 2 white shasta daisies. My resident critic said they should go. When asked his opinion about them he said, "The question is why?". The weakest section is the center top. Tomorrow I will start on the lower, grass portion. Then it will be time to refine shapes, values, etc.

Rudbeckia

The plant can reach a height of 1 m. It has alternate, mostly basal leaves 10-18 cm long, covered by coarse hair. It flowers from June to August, with inflorescences measuring 5-8 cm in diameter (up to 15 cm in some cultivars), with yellow ray florets circling a brown, domed center of disc florets. Wikipedia

Rudbeckia

The name rudbeckia was given by Carolus Linnaeus in honor of his teacher at Uppsala University, Professor Olof Rudbeck the Younger (1660-1740), and his father, Professor Olof Rudbeck the Elder (1630-1702), both of whom were botanists.

Rudbeckia

This is a detailed view of the left side. I've discovered how gray green really is.

Rudbeckia

The work is extremely slow moving. 4 hours of work can only cover a few flowers, yellow being the most stubborn of colors.