Ramblings
What I Saw and What I Made - Poppy Field
What I saw
Instead of sketching things...
Try this!
Break the landscape forms into shapes
Test out a few variations
What I made
Saint Hilaire Poppies
10” x 10” watercolour
Happy Painting!
Linda
“What I Saw And What I Made” - is the concept for articles that comes from my pal Christopher Schink to illustrate how an artist makes changes and modifications to his subject to create an artistic interpretation rather than a more realistic rendering. I’ve pirated his title for blog postings in which you will see photos of actual scenes and then my interpretations. I hope you will find the transformations inspiring possibilities for developing your own ideas.
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It’s hard to resist a field of poppies. Dorothy and her pals the Lion, Scarecrow and the Tin Man can attest to that! A magnificent field of poppies on the way to Saint Hilaire in the south of France lead to a discussion about breaking the landscape into shapes and creating gentle textural effects. I hope you like the simplicity of my little watercolour.
