Jigsaw Poppies

5.25x3 watercolor and ink using Micron 01 pen on 140 lb cold press Canson paper done last week, a quick miniature floral of red poppies blowing in the wind. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Poppy Colors

7x9 watercolor on 140 lb cold press painted last month, an imaqinary floral watercolor of poppies based on previous sketches of the bouncy blooms. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Fractured Poppies

15x22 watercolor on 140 lb cold press Fabriano paper done last week using one of my pale pink poppy photos, sketching it, then adding various sizes of rectangles. Each division is its own painting. I've done several in this style and it is always a challenge. No color is repeated twice. COPYRIGHT 2022 Kay Smith

Imperial Pink Poppies

8.5x5.5 watercolor and ink with collaged stems which is today's work.  After drawing the floral with Micron 01 pen on Masters Touch 70 lb paper, I painted the pink poppies first, then the mixed greens.  All that was left was the background and stems.  I thought why not cut out gardening text sentences in green if I could find them, and did, then collage onto dry paper with matte medium.  Dark background is quinacridone burnt orange and indigo with small amount of green gold.  Negative painting was done upper right mysterious poppy bud and below left corner.  This was total fun!
Image is COPYRIGHT 2015 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.

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.