Do you remember that scene in the "Amadeus" movie after the Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II listened to one of Mozart's operas that was somewhat long? He'd been yawning while Mozart conducted the piece, and when Mozart asked the emperor how he liked the opera, the emperor replied, "Too many notes, Mozart. Too many notes! Just cut out a few, and it will be fine."
With my painting I thought a similar thing only about sunflower petals. "Too many petals. Carol. Too many petals!" I didn't cut out any though. Nor did Mozart cut out any notes.
Glad you didn't cut out any petals, clean bold colors than sunflowers exhibit all the time. We had acres of them around our farm making for miles of glowing yellow. And yes, the little paintings often take longer, I have tried to figure that out. This is a smile maker, another winner
ReplyDeleteI have a smile reading about, Too Many Notes!
ReplyDeleteA sunflower would not be the same without all its petals. Your colors are beautiful and I love the way the sunflowers go back in single line. Neat!
I laughed at, Too Many Notes. I did in the movie too. A sunflower has to have lots of petals to be what it is and the design with them going back in single line is wonderful.
ReplyDeleteA wonderful post, Carol and a beautiful painting of the sunflower..The texture is perfect and love the "splash" of blue!!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much, Hilda. It's kind of "wild and wooly," but can you ever really overstate sunflowers?
DeleteWell, it's lovely Carol. And each petal (or note) has its place. There are a lot of them and they all have their own special character but I know what you mean about things taking forever. Are we there yet?????LOL!
ReplyDeleteNice composition also.
Thank you, Libby. "Are we there yet?" is exactly how I felt with these petals. Mozart also replied, "It takes as many notes as it takes - no more, no less." Same with petals.
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