Gouache illustration

This is another illustration for a story I wrote and is the final result of several hand-painted drafts in gouache. In several of the drafts, I used brown to add dimension to the sunflowers. After referring to a book I bought long ago on color, I tried to shade with the "opposite" color on the color wheel (purple), and the flowers brightened up beautifully!

- Grandma Millie and the Bad Little Squirrel