Poppy

I was inspired by Jodi’s painting to have a go at painting something abstract myself. I haven’t touched any watercolour equipment for a while, and I thought now is as good a time as any. I attempted three abstract paintings, the first two being so bad they even fell far outside the ‘abstract’ category. Never mind, I will paint over them with some texture paste, and then use the paper for something else in the future. Something hopefully better.

For my third painting, and I am calling this a painting as I actually like it myself, is the one above. It’s still wet in the photo at present, and I’m not entirely sure how it will look when dry, but I like how it looks now.

I’m not sure this is classed as abstract, as I intended on painting some kind of poppy this time, but I just sploshed the colour onto the paper and watched what happened. First, the red spread over the wet watercolour paper, and then I added the black which started to do its own thing and blend slightly with the red before stopping. A bit of tilting this way and that allowed the red to run further, and then I added just a few finishing details in the red, yellow and green. Just a dash mind, as I really wanted the emphasis on the red.

The thing is, it reminds me of a poppy, and I am happy with that.

Posted also for Remembrance.

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    1. Thanks, Diane. I don’t think talent was behind this, though, more luck, I’d say.It just took form, so I went with it.
      Hope you’re enjoying your watercolour classes!

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  13. I would buy this Tom. I have a long standing love affair with Poppies, so anything poppy ‘speaks’ to me, and this watercolour speaks to me loud and proud.

    How big is the painting Tom?

    Great work … … if you keep going in this direction I think you could make money from your artwork.

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    1. Really, Cobs? Ooh, thanks very much for saying that!
      It’s only A4-sized – in one of those ring-bound watercolour pads.
      I am tempted to having a go at creating others this way… time permitting! 😀

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