A far cry from the rather dull, red paper poppies that we buy to wear on November 11, Poppy Day or Remembrance Sunday, here in the UK and in some of the Commonwealth countries.
I don’t know whether it’s seeing that politicians and TV presenters seem to wear their poppies earlier and earlier each year, but last weekend, I had a sudden yen to make a poppy collage!
This was unfortunate as it was the last weekend before the start of Module 2 of the ‘Art and Business of Surface Pattern’ course and I had so much to do, not least finishing the illustration for the book of Welsh Nursery Rhymes I’ve been invited to contribute to. Time is running out!
But on Saturday, when I was scanning the illustration at high resolution, I could see that it was going to take a long time. So I seized the opportunity and started to cut out poppy petals, based loosely on a doodle I’d done one evening while watching TV, trying out my new blendable coloured pencils!
On Sunday I made some changes to the illustration so I needed to scan it again and I used the time to make a different kind of ‘stripe’, consisting of diamond shapes in the bright pink, orange and green that I used for the poppies.
You can read my earlier blog post about 'Poppyland', illustrated by my soft pastel painting of it, HERE
In the meantime, you can find more information about the varieties of poppies and see 'Poppy' gifts and cards that I've already created, on my other blog -
5 comments:
The poppies are wonderful Judy, very vibrant and full of life. Love the colour & pattern combinations, you are far braver than I am with colour and it's turned out so beautifully.
Hi Mariana - thank you for stopping by and leaving your very kind comments :)
TBH I don't really think much about colour. I just do what comes naturally so it isn't really at all brave! And when I see all the work that other course participants post on flickr, I start to wonder whether I ought to think about it a bit more!
Love your poppies! Interesting post. I never knew there was such a thing as a day when everyone wore poppies. :-)
Hi Crystal - glad you like my poppies :) It's a pity the subtle colour changes in the petals don't really show up at such low resolution.
We're both learning about our transatlantic friends from our blogs! I'm learning about Thanksgiving from yours and I've introduced you to Poppy Day - or to be more accurate, it's now more like Poppy Month!
50's not fantastic to me...but the now the 60's they were awesome. The Beatles, wild colors and long straight hair. Oh, well, guess I am vintage too since now anything from the 60's is made into a Halloween costume! :-)
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