'Poppy Dreams' 8x10 pastelIt was a busy day today. I am finishing up last minute things before I leave for my cruise later this week but I wanted to make sure I had some time to paint! I started a large pastel and while the underpainting was drying I did this poppy meadow. I have painted this scene before but this time it was done on Uart paper that I had toned black with thin acrylic paint. The reds I used were from my new Jimmy Wright Great American pastel set. I am looking forward to playing more with this set. The colors are wonderful! I will not be mixing them into my general pastel population! They will get their own box. I keep my Richard McKinley set separate as well. I do this because I like to challenge myself to sometime do a painting using the colors in a particular set. This forces me to try new colors rather than always rely on the same palette.
beautiful! as is the previous Queen Ann's Lace...simply wonderful!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Elizabeth. I am working on a large one today!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful painting and I love the black undertone. Really makes the red poppies pop!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful ! Reminds me of a Monet!
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