S is for Sunflower

Today I will show you how I made my Sunflower on my wood block:

I started by making some sketches in my journal:

Next, I sealed my wood block with a coat of gesso.  After it dried, I drew my image on with a fine point black Sharpie marker:

Mixing Golden Fluid acrylics and Liquitex Gloss Medium, I painted my block yellow and then added some colors on my sunflower:

I wasn’t liking my colors real well, so I decided to paint it red and sand it:

I then added more paint:

And sanded it again:

I liked how it looked kind of old or vintage.  So I finished the back side by gluing a piece of scrap paper and a quote I typed on the computer.  I painted it so it looked old:

Next, I nailed small nails into my sunflower on the front and painted the nail heads yellow:

I also added an “S” sticker to the bottom left corner.

I finished it by attaching eye hooks to the edges and stringing a wire with a few beads for it to hang:

I will probably add a coat of varnish before I hang it outdoors…

I really like how the sunlight reflects the nail heads!

Hope you enjoyed seeing how I created my sunflower!

Happy Creating!  🙂

Welcome to my Block Party!

I have been busy working on my art block from last week’s challenge and look forward to seeing or hearing what you created too!  🙂

Here is my finished block – a Sunflower:

And on the back, I included this saying by Helen Keller:

Tomorrow, I will show you my process on how I did it!

Happy Creating!  🙂