Fearless Friday, Mary’s Poppies
My friend Mary’s husband is a photographer
She recently shared a photo of poppies
that he captured on her blog
Isn’t this beautiful?
My first thought was, “I have to paint that!”
I started with a pencil sketch,
drawing the focal flower first
then tucking the others behind it
and adding the stems
I painted the stems first,
with several shades of green watercolor
Then I began to build the flowers
with layers of pink, coral and red washes
Next yellow for the centers
I got out some colored pencils to add shadows and depth
over the watercolor washes
I cleaned up the edges and added details
with colored fine liner pens
To finish, I added blue and green washes to the background
“Mary’s Poppies” 5″ x 7″ watercolor, colored pencil & ink on mixed media paper
My painting does not compare to the beautiful photograph
but I sure enjoyed painting it~
Thank you Mary & Randy Ziegler!
Happy Painting,
Be Fearless!
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Beautiful Jenna! I love the crepe paper texture of poppies, you captured them perfectly! ♥
Thank you Mary, have a nice weekend!
Love poppy flowers! They don’t bloom until summer over here…
I love poppies too, thanks Angie~
You did a great job Jenna. What a beautiful painting. Thanks for sharing how you made it. Have a happy Friday and weekend.
Thanks so much Julie!
Jenna, those poppies are so pretty, and you have captured them beautifully in your painting. You are so talented! Happy Friday, and have a wonderful weekend!
Thank you Shannon, I appreciate your sweet comments! I hope you have a great weekend too~
Beautiful! My first poppy bloomed yesterday, and it’s a very old pass along variety. My sister had given me pass alongs at our former home, and she still has them and passed them along last year. This is my first year with them blooming at the new house. They’re like tiny works of crepe paper art!
Oh, lucky you to have them growing in your garden!!
I’m so fond of poppies. These are simply lovely. (So are the “real” poppies!)
Thank you Jeanie, I love poppies too, they have so much personality!
So beautiful Jenna! Poppies always make me smile.
Me too Dorothy, thank you!
Beautiful!!
Thank you Marty!
Jenna, I saw the photo on Mary’s blog when she posted. I love poppies and the flower farm I frequent has them, but I did not get any this year. You captured their beauty perfectly! Happy Friday💕
Thank you Pam, they are such a pretty flower!
Jenna, Oh my gosh, what a delightful artistic interpretation of my husband’s poppy photograph! Painting with watercolors is a truly difficult medium to master and personally we think you knocked this one out of the park! Thank you for sharing your talents with the world! Never stop putting your brush to canvas . . .
Thanks so much Mary and thank you for the inspiration!!
Oh how lovely Jenna. I can see why you had to paint the poppy photograph with it’s bright color. Your rendition of a beautiful photograph is perfection! Happy Saturday sweet friend
Thanks so much Emily!
Lovely art and your play on words (intentional or unintentional) made me smile!
Thank you Linda 🙂
This is beautiful Jenna and you did a fantastic job of capturing them in your painting! I agree with Mary and hope you never stop painting and sharing all the beauty that you see. Happy Monday to you!
Thank you Kim, you are too nice!
GORGEOUS!
We will be featuring you starting Wednesday at the Creative Crafts Linky Party! Pinned and shared!
Creatively, Beth
Thank you so much Beth! See you Wednesday!