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Hello, how are you? I was browsing the internet for reference and saw this Sunflower that caught my eye. It is pretty well known that's the one I am going to draw, and it is kinda sad to look at it. Still, at the same time, I saw myself in that sunflower, which is weird, and I pretty much grabbed my materials and drew it instantly, and I like how minimalist it looks, and this one I focus only on the subject and the subject only. -----

Materials I Used:

Paper
Oil Pastels

Tissue
Tape

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Drawing Time!

![1.JPG](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/leannwithdoublen/Eoc9tg6DzW2gKedeMJVhica34sXLr2R1h3eErUmEkDmustWsrodDJtnJua3CnYL8hha.JPG) Because the paper I use is thin, I decided to tape it around in a thick chipboard, to make it easier to draw and to pretty steady when drawing on it. ----- ![3.JPG](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/leannwithdoublen/EoH1NqSCo4kptQhL4D9C6VGXGzneaDDGwq8wxnHx7XWaRqY3qbuoB3XAsiF7wUzyLg2.JPG) Drew the line art by freehand using brown shade color. It does not have to be perfect, and just enough to have a line art as a reference, and don't worry about the line art's color, it will disappear the moment I layer it. ---- ![4.JPG](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/leannwithdoublen/EoCkTMUR36t17srHUHBRU9rY5KaQyNoGdujKHSDtn8NkUtx7JfusRW2DDCbiUp9Rc82.JPG) I lightly layer it with a base color as lightly as I can so that I can easily blend it when I layer it again. ---- ![5.JPG](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/leannwithdoublen/EoAd8XLhp3ux32ZNFsUnG6ZdQbtuaGB8TYVRKMS9ifKgr9nFXgM9yXt5YcJRmmmLqny.JPG) I started adding more layers to the petals first and then the middle part of it because I have a limited number of colors of my Crayola oil pastels. I decided to do the technique I saw online to darken or make the color not look muddy. Make sure to use the complementary color of that color I am using, so that what I did and it worked, and the part got darker. ----- ![6.JPG](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/leannwithdoublen/EoK8o2tg7wN1nQQVA3xQ1c5PFfJ7D89YR8XzUZgCzfVUXkEdKvq4yEQBJUzN3Zpjnnr.JPG) I did the same technique on the other part of the sunflower, and I just trust the process at this moment. On the reference, the other part of the sunflower is pretty much dried, so that is why I colored it like that. ----- ![7.JPG](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/leannwithdoublen/EoK8ewArsyW1LrSGmGimCgmr4te3LJpkRs1xqPbKiANvncnHjhv7X69nfpYHbhph1GX.JPG) For this part, I added more shadow to make it dimensional, and some highlights at the same time. I went out of my comfort zone and added accent colors to the sunflower to make it more interesting to look at. ----- ![8.JPG](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/leannwithdoublen/EoK8kGosMPd6RW49kfEEPCYLS9YWtpYCxWB5sSQUhWjXRYQzELHFoybege84ztsL8aA.JPG) Finish it with the lightest color I have, and I decided not to add background color at all because I wanted the sunflower to be the only center of all, and I really love it for that. And I hope you like it! ----

Thank you for visiting, see you on my next blog. :D Please take care of your mental health as well. I hope you are okay today :))

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A small sunflower...