More Pompous Poppies

15x11 watercolor on Saunders Waterford 140 lb cold press paper, a demo done for my Monday afternoon art class. In this imaginary garden scene of poppies, I demonstrated negative versus positive shapes, warms against cools, contrasts and complementary colors along with balance, repetition, unity, etc. design principles. This was painted wet on dry using American Journey and Daniel Smith paints for the most part. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

Shirley Poppies

5x5 watercolor on Masters 140 lb cold press paper sketched and drawn today from poppy photos featuring the red, pink and white color mix of this variety which originated in England. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith