I started this project to complement the décor for my 2nd daughter's wedding. She had a country wedding with sunflowers. We bought a roll of burlap for all the decorating we had to do for the wedding, she was her own wedding planner.
I started by choosing the subject and what better way than using your own flower. We planted sunflowers to use in the wedding. Only a few made it as the chipmunks discovered the seeds.
I used acrylics to for this painting. It is more difficult to paint on burlap as one would imagine, I was glad the theme for the wedding was rustic, country, vintage, so the imperfections in the burlap was celebrated.
Green background done and I left a 2" border unfinished because the frame was not planned yet.
I filled it in with leaves and the big sunflowers but left the some bare background.
My husband is very talented with building things and being creative when I present him with a problem, the frame. We had a couple of pallet projects and used the sanded planks to build a frame, to keep the burlap stretched and flat.
Finished painting, framed and ready to hang. It was a beautiful addition to the rest of the wedding décor.
This I where it hangs now, happy in my kitchen for now.
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