White Prickly Poppies

15x22 watercolor collage on 140 lb Saunders Waterford paper painted previously. Reference photos were combinations of white wild poppies I had taken but never used; a big clump of these paper thin flowers grow along roadsides and vacant lots everywhere.  I put small amounts of white tissue onto the paper using matte medium then drew the flowers when dry. Poppy centers contain latex and can be deadly and quite thorny to unsuspecting people or animals.
Image COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2010.

Wild Prickly Poppies

20 x 21.75 watercolor on Italia 140 lb cold pressed paper, drawn with a brush then painted loosely wet on dry.  I did heavy spritzing with water in some areas after laying in thick paint to cause movement and dispersion.  These wild white flowering weeds grow here and there in our area and their yellowish centers are pure latex.  This work is now SOLD.