Red Poppies and Wild Flowers in Glass Jar April 2015 – The Watercolor Process –

Red Poppies and Wild Flowers in Glass Jar April 2015 – The Watercolor Process – The poppy and wild flower season has ended for the year. I’ve been busy painting because I know how short this season is. When these flowers dry up in the fields, they are a fire hazard in the city, so they…

Red Poppies and Wild Flowers in Glass Jar April 2015 – The Watercolor Process –

The poppy and wild flower season has ended for the year. I’ve been busy painting because I know how short this season is. When these flowers dry up in the fields, they are a fire hazard in the city, so they were all cut close to the ground last week. I wasn’t able to do very many, but I’ll be posting the watercolors I was able to do.

What I like most about painting these flowers is the combination of colors.

Red Poppies and Wild Flowers — I usually start out with my favorite part and build up around it.

I penciled in the jar lightly to keep parallel lines parallel to the edge of the paper.

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Sand Salt Moon

May 16, 2015

Poppies – we don’t get too many of them in my neighborhood, but I associate them with May. Lovely work!

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Ana Alvarez

May 17, 2015

Es fresca la acuarela en su parte inferior pero pesada en la parte superior. El bote de cristal y las ramas de las flores en el agua tiene una buena lectura, pero las flores se confunden con el fondo y no se aprecian. De todas formas el conjunto es bonito.

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1. victoria Olson O’Donnell
  
  May 17, 2015
  
  Hola Ana,
  Gracias por darme algo en que pensar sobre lo que pinto. Lo aprecio mucho.
  
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victoria Olson O’Donnell

May 17, 2015

Thanks Sand Salt Moon! All the poppies are gone now. These last couple of months have been like a painting marathon for me. ha, ha.

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createarteveryday

May 18, 2015

Your painting is lovely….I love how the poppy leads the eye into the rest of the painting. And I always admire your glass work!

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victoria Olson O’Donnell

May 18, 2015

Thank you Create Art Every Day! I think I’ll do some city paintings next. I took a short break after the wild flower season and started painting with tempera. Tempera takes a long time to do, but I like it too. One day I’ll start posting my tempera paintings too.

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