Hannahs Hubby and Bub, with Sunflowers and Cat. by Artymsrosie in Sunshine Coast

In the initial stages I encouraged the client to take a fresh pic as her partner did not actually like the pic of himself we were going to work with! Each of my paintings becomes so developed, and the prospect of beginning with such a wrong first step appalled me. My process has many stages, a few of the steps of which are riddled with the unplanned, the instinctive...or as Bob Ross calls them "happy accidents". other steps in my proces are rigid, unmessupable, and make or break a work. The very first step-choosing a subject is so important. Each time I approach a canvas my intention is to paint the best thing I have ever painted. To start out knowing it was a fail photo? Firm no. So she took a fresh lovely pic for me straight away when I asked...phew! Subjects great but I wanted to unbusy the composition and the sky was lovely but was too yellow. So I asked, as I often do if there was a favorite flower ( thinking of a background with greens, blues, and whites something to bring my subjects to the foreground and contrast the cat.) The client answered that yes sunflowers and lavender were special to them and why, So I am like great...I accept the challenge of making this artwork fabulous with yellow in the background. With a fibonnacci spiral leading the focus from the cats paw, along eyes the colour of the sunflowers and continuing along dads embrace to the beautifully rendered faces of our subjects. With dad looking handsome and bub so cute I am really happy with this little painting.