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| Summer poppy (gouache and ink) |
Week Two of the Summer of color challenge and this week Artists and crafters from around the world were asked to use a limited palette of two main colours with an accent colour. The choice this week is
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| Teal, coral and white |
Last week my poppy was aqua blue, this week coral red!
Some of the poppies were a deeper rich red
Beautiful colour combinations can be found all around at this time of year.
A little pixlr magic accentuates the teal and coral colours of this Dock leaf.
I used gouache for my oriental poppy, not a medium I usually use, and because of the limited palette had to abstract and simplify the image more than I would normally. That's what I love about the summer of colour, it gets my brain trying out new things with both colour and form.
Linking up to the wonderful summer of color
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This is terrific, the way you have abstracted the poppy, and yet it is still a poppy.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful work with this week's colours.
Perfect! What a wonderful job with the colors. Very nice.
ReplyDeletei think it is wonderful how you are being inspired by flowers.
ReplyDeleteyour piece is vibrant and lovely. Sweet photos too.
I love it! You've combined my two favorite things, flowers and art, marvelous!
ReplyDeleteNice Poppy painting. Love what you've done to the leaves. Very nice.
ReplyDeleteThis is amazing. I love the way you manipulated the colors. Wonderful
ReplyDeleteNicole/Beadwright
beautiful, morag! i admire your ability to abstract and simplify! it's something that *seems* like it would be easy, but is not...
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Your flower is stunning, and I love all the line work you've added. Nature is a great inspirator and I always photograph my garden. I have tons of photos to paint from, love that during winter.
ReplyDeleteI like you're flower/nature theme for the SOC challenge. This piece looks great in a more abstract style.
ReplyDeleteWonderful summer poppy in awesome colors, Love this.
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Erika
I loVe how you've interpreted the photo! The shapes you've created are beautiful and your accent colour, perfect!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comment on mine :) I do love to get carried away with detailed pen work and I see you have some gorgeous texture and detail in the centre of your plant, I love it!
Jess x
Stunning poppy, I like its intense colours. Fab. : )
ReplyDeleteBeautiful poppy, so perfect in those colors and a great way to welcome summer!
ReplyDeleteoh, I love your piece for this week! Vibrant and alive ...
ReplyDeleteMorag gorgeous work! The colours are fabulous in that flower piece and I love the perspective and lines you used, beautiful!
ReplyDeleteLove your interpretation of the oriental poppy. I agree the limited palette is a good way to make us think differently.
ReplyDeleteI love your stylized oriental poppy. I agree, the limited colour palette is a great way to make us think that bit harder.
ReplyDeleteI love what you did with this! Poppies are one of my fave flowers!
ReplyDeleteBe still my heart-my favorite flower-in red!! Fantastic SOC project and digital art too. Funny I just took a photo(can't help myself, I do each year) of one my neighbors Oriental Poppies and plan on attempting to sketch it.
ReplyDeleteLove the mix of different mediums you tried, never used gouache but can you have. your Poppy is truly astounding, so much colour and shapes, really beautiful :-) xxx
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely gorgeous! Your poppies are lovely and I can't wait to see what you do next week!
ReplyDeleteWhat a treat to see!!!
ReplyDeleteThank you for showing your gorgeous art!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful, he poppy is fantastic. Valerie
ReplyDeletePoppies are one of my favorite flowers--this is really stunning!
ReplyDeleteYour poppy is incredibly gorgeous Morag. A big WoW from me! :D
ReplyDeleteThank you for your lovely comment on my blog :o)
Oh I love your poppy. Nature may want to borrow this - it's a keeper!
ReplyDeleteFabulous poppies - I can tell you enjoyed this process!!
ReplyDeleteYour poppy may have been abstract, but I recognized it with no trouble. So, I think you did a fantastic job, as well as your digital leaf. Great job.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful work. Great job at keeping the colors vibrant, yet realistic.
ReplyDeletethe summer poppy piece looks a bit asbstract which I think works wonderfully, the colors works perfectly.
ReplyDeletehope you have a great day.
This is wonderful and I love it to see how you have developed the idea!
ReplyDeletelove your abstract poppy - beautiful colours which work really well :)
ReplyDeleteI love your art!!! Your poppy is absolutely beautiful and a wonderful way to use this week's soc colors!
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