Monday, January 31, 2011

Poppies

I have been wanting to paint poppies for absolutely ages, I have no idea why. But it seemed appropriate as I am now working on a series of flower paintings for Jane Packer New York.  So, I started two paintings, both of which I strongly disliked after the initial underpainting. These images show the first one as it started and at various stages of how it has changed. It wasn't working, so I decided to add other flowers to the poppies and darken the background but that didn't work either! However, once I returned to a lighter background, changing the colour palette and rearranged some of the flowers I think it is starting to come together. I am aiming for an impressionist feel with this painting, I don't want it to look too structured, however, as I am used to working from life or photographs, I am finding working from my imagination pretty challenging.

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