{{UPDATE: The painting above was painted today. I couldn’t resist sharing it with my Paint Party Friday & Making It Pretty Friends}}
I’ve been practicing my poppies, can you tell?! I sure can! It’s interesting to me how different my poppies have been over the last 3 Weeks. Part 1 & Part 2
Here’s a recap:
Wow! See the differences? My flowers have loosened up and have more personality by week 3. I very happy with how my style and techniques have changed. It comes from practicing, relaxing my wrist and letting go….not being afraid of making a mistake. I’m on my way to perfecting ‘my style’.
Last week I told you I would be trying a new brush…the fan brush (pictured left)….and I did, but I wasn’t happy with the results. I’m sure it’s a great brush but, for now, they will stay put away.
The brush I used the most this week was my #2 Round Bamboo Brush (pictured right) that my kitty chewed up. I was going to toss the brush but instead I tried it out to see if I could get the effect I wanted. It worked perfectly! I’m pretty excited about this brush seeing how I saved it from the trash. *wink
I don’t know if you can tell but the two top paintings don’t have the same ‘feel’ as the bottom ones. I was still trying to ‘control’ the paint and brush strokes with the top paintings but soon learned that by loosening my wrist and using shorter brush strokes I could achieve a much nicer and prettier flower.
Here are my favorites. I really like the darker stems but I’m kinda digging the green.
Which is your favorite?
I’m linking up with Paint Party Friday and Making It Pretty
These are really elegant this week Kristin! Lots of great motion. The splatter marks are a great addition too.
Thank You Kristin! I’m very pleased with this weeks paintings. btw…you’re photography is wonderful!! Love your style!
Thanks for the complement! I finally got my site in order last week (v 1.0 anyway)…so exciting!
Kristin, this is so beautiful and delicate! Just lovely! Thank you for sharing and thank you for the visit and sweet comment at The Dedicated House. It means the world. Would love it if you would share this post at my Make it Pretty Monday party which is still live. http://thededicatedhouse.blogspot.com/2013/02/make-it-pretty-monday-week-37.html Hope to see you at the bash! Toodles, Kathryn @TheDedicatedHouse
Thank you for the invite!! I’m excited you like my watercolors!! I added this post to your MIP party. :)
Lovely poppies, great sense of space in the pieces.
Lovely poppies, great sense of space in the pieces. Happy PPF!
Thank you Christine!! Happy PPF!
A definite change in brush strokes and design. Lovely work.
Thank you Paula! I can see it also….my style and techniques have changed so much in the last few weeks.
I love the lightness in your brush stokes, the delicacy of your lines, these poppies are swaying in a soft summer breeze!
Thank Lynn! I hadn’t thought of them swaying but now that you mentioned it, I can see it. Funny, how we all see things different. :)
I love the watercolor poppies. What fun you are having. Blessings, Janet PPF
Thank you JKW!! I’m having lots of fun learning about poppies….it’s a great flower!!
lovely! that is something i should do, learn to loosen up my strokes. well done!
Thank you Peggy!! I had a hard time loosening my strokes, it felt unnatural, but I didn’t it and now it feels normal….I kinda feel like I’m flinging my wrist a little to much now. ;)
Ooh I love them all but the green seems to pop! Good job, but how will your get kitty to chew another original? Better savor that one…it’s working marvelously!! lol Happy ppf!!
Hugs Giggles
I think the green pops also but I’m drawn to the dark stems. I might just have to leave out a couple bamboo brushed for the kitty. ;)
OMG!! These are so beautiful, you certainly have got the hang of pinting poppies :) I just adore the first one that you painted today, so delicate. HPPF
Thank you Sandra!I love the 1st one also…it’s my fav!
Gooorgeous art! I am drooling all over it! :)
Thank you!! :)
I definitely see growth in your poppies (so to speak). I prefer the dark stems, and I think the yellow highlights really add to these. Really nice job!!!
Happy PPF,
Rinda
I really love the yellow highlights also….gives it more depth. Thanks for visiting!
Hm, I really love the green, but somehow the darker stems look better. And that red is really hot! Love it. Happy PPF!
Thank you!! I love the green also but the darker stems are my fav. Maybe it’s because the red and black go so well together. Thanks for stopping by.
Wonderful poppies! I like the ones with the very thin darker stems the most.
Thank you! I like the thin stems also. Happy PPF!
The poppies on the far right are my favorite- not sure why exactly- am just drawn to those! Happy PPF!
Me too! I’m drawn to the same ones. Thanks for stopping by! HPPF!
The watercolor poppies are so amazingly beautiful, thanks so much for showing how you do them. HPPF!
Thanks for stopping by Kim!! I’m so happy you like my Poppies!! HPPF!
Really like your brush strokes. The poppies are great :) HPPF!
Thank you Ann!! HPPF!
Beautiful poppies! Also a favorite flower and subject of mine. The splatters really add to the movement and freedom in your painting. Happy PPF!
Thank you Jessica! I love the splatters too! I was against them in the past but I’ve loosened up and let them in…haha! HPPF!
love it! the very top one has particularly pleasing textures and a beautifully loose feeling. love the splatters too! well done, my friend!
Thank you! I’m so glad you like them!! I agree, the 1st one has the best textures….I love the colors too! Thanks for stopping by.
I love your poppies and it’s interesting to see the different ways you’ve practised painting them. The first picture is my favourite – I love the faded colour palette!
Thank you Nic! I love the faded colors too…my favs!! HPPF!
Beautiful poppies, fantastic progress! <3
Thank you so much Anne! I’m super excited with my progress!
I can see so much change in your poppy paintings. They are so much looser and just gorgeous. Green (especially a brighter yellow green) is one of my favorite colors – but I like the darker stems better because then I only look at the poppies themselves – no distraction. HPPF
Thank you Gina!! I agree, the darker stems work better than the green. HPPF!
Oh my,you have totally made my day-poppies are my favorite flower of all!! These are gorgeous and I’m in poppy heaven!!! You have beautifully captured the delicate crepe like petals LOVE the first two pics especially. Great idea to pick a subject and keep practicing with it. Happy PPF!
I’m so glad you like them!! Poppies are my all time favorite flower! Thanks for stopping by!
Thank you for sharing all these great poppies, so delicate. Happy PPF, Annette x
Thank you Annette!! HPPF!
Well, I’d say you’ve perfected poppies! These are so beautiful, and I can definitely tell the difference once you loosened up.
Thank you Melissa!!
Hi Kristin! So nice to see your poppies evolving!
I very much love the first picture with the light colours! They are so beautiful, but then again the red poppies are too of course!
Happy PPF!
Ilona x
Thanks Ilona! I love the lighter colors for my poppies but I’m also loving the dark red. Thank you for stopping by!
I love the green stems as well… poppies are so seductive to paint… I have a draw half filled with paintings and drawings of them…xx
Thanks for stopping by….I’m glad to know that I’m not the only one obsessed by poppies. ;)
How very exciting, Kristin! I love poppies and yours are all super gorgeous.
Thank you Faye!
OOOOOOOH! These are absolutely GORGEOUS! The blending of the colors and the stem….perfection!
And your shade below… I want. Fabulous!
Thank you! I’m loving my poppies also….finally feel like I have a good handle on them, now it’s time to learn something else. ;) Thanks for stopping by!
omg Kristin… that first painting is amazing. i think it’s safe to say that you are not “learning” to paint poppies, but you are PAINTING poppies. Just beautiful. xox
Thank you so much Pauline! I’m so excited you like them. :)