Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Sunflower sovereignty

As it is with most things there is synchronicity in my life.
This week Inspiration Avenue celebrates Sunflowers.
My entry is a little pastel chalk drawing.

The other day after a promise to myself, I went out and bought Sunflowers.
They looked beautiful in my cobalt blue vase.
Unfortunately they didn't last too long.
Their pretty heads were so heavy they hung down after just a few days.
However it did my heart a world of good to keep that promise I'd made to myself.

~Always keep promises you make.

13 comments:

  1. Gemma, your chalk sunflowers are beautiful! i love the colors that you chose. your bouquet is beautiful, too. but the ones you drew have a bit of "you" in them... so they're a tad bit more fun! sunny wishes to you...

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  2. Absolutely gorgeous pastel piece, Gemma. And done with your ability to inject dreamy like no one else can.

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  3. You created the most beautiful sunflowers and they will outlast your bouquet. It was good that you kept your promise to yourself and now you have a pastel piece of awesome art to show for it!

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  4. Awesome pastel work from the hint of flowers in the background to the very soft ones in front, they are all well done!

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  5. This is beautiful, it makes me think of music in nature.

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  6. I LOVE your field of sunflowers- this is exactly what I had in mind when I started my painting but my muse refused to listen ;)

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  7. This is a lovely pastel drawing Gemma - the blending and softness remind me of Monet a little!

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  8. So soft. And happy.
    And,
    you are right...
    promises should be kept...
    even the ones to yourself.
    xox

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  9. Sunflowers in a cobalt blue vase sounds really good - real eye candy. I like your painting, it's nice how the field of sunflowers fades in the distance.

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  10. gemma you are a bowl full of sunflowers and promises kept.
    thank you for always speaking straight to my heart.

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  11. Lovely field of sunflowers! Your pastel work is beautiful.

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  12. I can just see how gorgeous those sunflowers looked in a cobalt blue vase. Oh how I adore cobalt blue vases, and sunflowers - both separately and together! I love the way those colors are mirrored in your painting!

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