Petunias an Inspiration for Abstract Painting/how to use photos of flowers to paint abstracts
Purple Petunia Flower Being a gardener has many other blessing and one of them is to get new inspiration every day for painting. Nature has been an inspiration for many artists and people travel far and long to be near nature. we are the chosen few who are blessed with a terrace garden, the area may be small but the possibilities are unlimited! I have always loved colourful petunia flowers and as they bring instant colour in your garden and your life, trust me, they have also been as an inspiration for new paintings. We see so many colours and textures in nature and gardening has brought a new angle to my paintings. With some floral paintings coming up along side my healing symbolic paintings I think I will have to try hard not to fall into the genre of nature drawing and painting. Taking close up photos brings out different perspectives and starts the process of mind creativeness. If you are an artists and going through a creative block, experience this...