Red color is eye-catching and warm. Poppies is a much-loved subject in art classes, and since November is the month which many people in Canada associate with poppies and Remembrance day, we just couldn’t resist and painted some, too.
Red color must be fantastic for lifting up one’s mood because I cannot remember when else we were joking and laughing so much.
Flowers and easy flowers, such as poppies, are excellent painting subject for beginners. Also, while red color is supposed to be difficult to scale down and up, it still works very well as contrast. We have painted poppy fields, individual poppies, bunches and arrangements with poppies: every time these paintings come out nice and attractive.
The best part of being able to create is probably that we only depend on our intentions and goals. There are no limitations in subjects or ways to create something. It is almost an absolute freedom, and pretty much nothing but our personal situation can be a set-back. Freedom in creation means doing what one wants and prefers. If it is technique that doesn’t work for you yet, you will just have to practice more.
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Red is an attractive color. More so, if you want to explore all shades of red. Painting flowers is easier if you start on canvas which has already a layer of paint in medium dark color. It also saves time because you have to work on the dark and light colors without worrying white spots between some parts. Secondly, acrylic paint is applied easier also on a previous layer of paint.
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The poppies are lovely – I can tell you are a marvelous teacher – the work is colorful and individual and beautiful! Good work!
Thank you so much! I am proud of my students achievements, and thankfully I hear this quite often. Will update in a while with tonight’s classes.
What lovely work – your studio looks like a magical world! Thank you for sharing.
Thanks! It sure is a nice and inspiring place! I believe in energies and I can feel them, so this is a home for all positive and uplifting vibrations and energies!
I so enjoyed my visual walk through your gardens. Congratulations on your fine work. Thank you for sharing your love of flowers ,with me, through the stroke of your brush, flow of pigments both subtle and bold. I love the diversity of style captured in each expression of the poppy and or poppies. I see red, but not in anger, but in the passion for painting. Wow!
Thank you so much! We are always happy that paintings come out in different ways, we all are unique, so should be our creations! I appreciate your kind comment!
How beautiful they all are,, yet very different each of them… Makes me want to try poppies .. Diane
Thank you! You definitely should go for it! I don’t think anything can be so rewarding than painting poppies. We are probably achieving with this the right balance between excitement, pleasure, passion and devotion. You will be happy with your poppies if you start them. Good luck!
Wonderful!! I love your poppy project. 🙂
Thanks Brenda! I love it, too! We will have to repeat this after some while ago. Very pleasurable experience!
I long to participate!
Yes, Brenda, I think everybody should paint some scene with bright poppies in such cold and nasty (like it’s here) late autumn night. I have to think about Skype classes. Just get your brushes tomorrow and you’ll see how that happens from itself because it’s such a great subject!
Maybe I will put your pictures up tomorrow and see what happens. 🙂
Absolutely, and you’ll be surprised what a nice thing that is, this poppy painting.
I really liked Liz’s a lot!! The others were beautiful, too, but the way Liz’s building peeked from the corner was haunting. Which one was your demo?
Liz’s is finished, meaning, she has all lights and darks in place. Nothing else is done yet, so they all will look great when they’re done, we plan to get them ready next week. The demo is absolutely unfinished, the fairly large one, on the easel. It’s because I have to restart it for every group. I’ll update with tonight’s pics later or tomorrow.
Very cool. Inspiring. Perhaps I will paint with my daughter later. 🙂
Definitely Brenda, go for it, especially since you have company and your daughter will paint, too!
🙂 You are always encouraging. I like you.
Thanks Brenda! I like you, too, because you’re always so enthusiastic and always interested in artsy stuff!
Oh Inese! What joy! I wish we lived near one another…I would so be there! <3
Thanks Lorrie! I have to admit, this project produced very positive emotions and was very enjoyable straight from the start!
So lovely and I do love Liz’s. All works are great!
Thanks! We all loved Liz’s painting, but we will probably have to make her paint slower because when all works will be in the final stage or completed, they will look just as good.
wonderful and successful project!
It sure is! We are completing these paintings next week, so I hope many of them will look very good!
Hi Inez Thanks for the compliments – I absolutely love your classes and the time I share painting with the fellow painters! Its relaxing and so much fun! The colours in your studio, in your beautiful vibrant paintings and in the student paintings, really create a wonderful and inspiring environment! Thanks for the super classes!
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Well, these compliments are well deserved Liz! I am happy for such talented students who love art and creation like yourself! We should pretty much say thank you to all bloggers who have posted these nice compliments. I appreciate you stopped by and see you next week!
A great post for November! The paintings are wonderful. 🙂
Thank you Carol! Yes, these paintings are progressing beautifully, and we will finish them next week. Liz’s work is always very impressive, she has already moved to another scene! Many of our students are very talented, and they love art and classes so much, not only because it’s a learning experience, but like Liz said, it’s the inspiring company and environment and the great feel of being a part of such a wonderful creative process.
So cheery and so much fun!
Thanks Monice,
Most of us are still working on this project next week, and every single class was lots of fun and good mood!
If anyone could inspire me to work in acrylics, I believe it would be you. I really like these poppy paintings your students are working on!
You know Leslie, I initially hated how acrylic would not do the same what watercolor because I have also drawing and watercolor as my first background specialty, but later I started to appreciate all good things it can do. I never liked using masking fluid and I normally never do, I also don’t ever plan anything, so that was difficult when I was doing my large and complex watercolor still lives. Acrylic is more relaxing in that regard, everything can be adjusted and corrected, and I started to like it. However, it took me about 5-6 years until I really got into it.
how lovely! Have a great 2015!
Thanks! Happy New Year to you, too!