Dizzy Poppies

15x11 watercolor on 140 lb cold press paper, an imaginary red poppy garden scene done yesterday on a rainy dark day.  I was experimenting on a new brand of paper bought at Michael's and used Daniel Smith colors of quinacridone coral, permanent rose, quinacridone violet, indigo, quinacridone gold/burnt orange, Prussian blue & ultramarine, transparent pyrrol orange, green gold; Da Vinci arylide yellow, alizarin crimson; Grumbacher red; American Journey Halloween orange.
Image COPYRIGHT 2016 Kay Smith.

Poppy Thoughts - WIP finished

11x15 watercolor floral on Canson 140 lb cold press paper, finished work in progress with more warm yellows added with Gamboge and Halloween Orange (American Journey).  I did negative painting for stems and leaves by first doing a light value wash over an area, then coming back in with a darker value around the shape.
Image is COPYRIGHT 2014 Kay Smith.

Poppy Portrayal

6x6 watercolor and ink on Masters paper, done today using Micron 01 pen by Sakura, and Daniel Smith paints.
Image is COPYRIGHT 2014 Kay Smith.

Poppy Panache

16x28 watercolor on Langton 140 lb cold press paper, drawn from imagination and excitement over painting poppies again.  Some of the blooms are fragmented, upside down, windblown or curvy, but each has its own panache in this loose, splashy floral.
Image is COPYRIGHT 2013 Kay Smith.

Poppy Presentation

11x15 watercolor on Kilimanjaro 140 lb cold press paper finished today; this poppy field is similar to one called Pops in the Park.  I'll be doing a demo on a scene similar in August for Painting Friends at Indian Rocks Beach, FL.  It was painted wet in wet but as it is still so dry here I kept rewetting the paper then gave up and worked wet on dry using Daniel Smith, American Journey, DaVinci pigments. Some negative painting of shapes can be seen here and there.

Red Orange Poppy Garden

15x11 watercolor of loosely painted poppies spilling out of the garden in a wild array of colors; this is painted wet in wet on 140 lb cold press paper with Daniel Smith pigments.

Spring Flowers with Watercan

The title of this new one done this weekend is "Spring has Sprung", an imaginary floral garden watercolor complete with old metal watering can sprinkling an array of daffodils, poppies, bluebonnets, larkspur, daisies, etc.  Its size is 15x22 and painted on Arches 140 lb cold press paper using Daniel Smith paints in a wet on dry manner.

Dragonfly with Poppies

13.5 x 16.25 watercolor and spray webbing on gessoed matboard.  The silver spray created a lacy transparent effect on its wings.  Since I love poppies I added them to the background.  Last summer I painted this, entered into a juried show, but have not posted it here.

Popping up Poppies

11x15 watercolor done today on hot press paper on the backside of a failed dog portrait, so this one was an old dog for sure.  This scene is largely pure fun of orange poppies using Daniel Smith's transparent pyrrol orange and new gamboge, and was featured in a timed contest on WetCanvas in the Weekend Drawing Event.  My time was 55 minutes using direct painting of darks first on dry paper.

Perfect Poppies

15x22 watercolor of vivid orange poppies on Italia 140 lb paper.  During last year's trip to UK, dozens of poppy photos were taken with the orange ones in Wales being my favorite.  This was painted wet in wet with one direct application using 1 inch sable flat brush.

Popular Poppies

11x13.5 watercolor painted today in a loose splashy manner using no references, just a 'for fun' painting.  Parts of it I'd started as a demo for students to illustrate how to paint in a direct manner doing darks first. This paper was given to me so don't have a clue what brand or weight it is, and it was quite slick.

Orange Poppies

12x12 watercolor on Saunders 140 lb cold press, from one of many garden specimens photographed just waiting to be painted loosely and with passion.  This painting is SOLD.