I took the reference photo for this painting at a local greenhouse in 2013. I've always liked colorful gerbera daisies and their bold smiling faces. I've used it for a few graphic designs and decided someday I'd paint it too. So that time was in 2019… Read on blog or Reader Portraits of Animals Read on blog or Reader Greenhouse Gerberas for Summer Color By Bernadette on August 5, 2024 Greenhouse Gerberas, oil pastel, 11 x 15 © Bernadette E. Kazmarski I took the reference photo for this painting at a local greenhouse in 2013. I've always liked colorful gerbera daisies and their bold smiling faces. I've used it for a few graphic designs and decided someday I'd paint it too. So that time was in 2019. I chose oil pastel because I've come to enjoy working out the flowers with layering and impasto on a rough-textured paper. Also, the tones of the colors matched the tones in the photo, and I could layer it and build up colors, then finish with working through the composition with the tip of a tool to add definition in the flowers, leaves and stems. I began this painting on day 3 of my February 2019 Daily Creative Challenge but finished it on day 5. See other paintings in this and other painting challenges on the page Creative Challenges. The finished painting also became a favorite for gift items like a garden flag, tote bag, placemat, votive lamp, tile, and even a few other experimental things. I'm making some of those things right now, in fact. Get a print of "Greenhouse Gerberas" I sold the original painting but have prints on paper and canvas. Please visit the product post here.

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