Zinnia Silhouettes: Navy Print winter print bold flowers painted almost entirely

bold flowers painted almost entirely with a palette knife

Zinnia Season was painted at the height of the real-life zinnia season here in Kansas

yellows and soft aquas

to bring back our annual Keepsake Christmas ornaments

The ombre background adds beauty and depth

Zinnia Silhouettes: Navy Print winter print bold flowers painted almost entirelyThe Zinnia Silhouette Collection really happened a bit by accident, because as I was starting to paint a collection of colorful zinnia paintings, my Instagram followers kept mentioning how much they loved the initial painted sketches on the canvases before I started layering on the color! I got to thinking about how I would paint the pieces if the sketch WAS the painting, what things I might do differently or what details I might add and that is how