red poppies in watercolour with artist Renee Walden

red poppies in watercolour

24 May 2024

Painting poppies in watercolour - step by step tutorial

All along the roadsides at the moment are so many spring wild flowers. Every year, it's the red poppies that especially bring joy. So the other day I stopped and took a number of photos. I particularly liked the ones with the fences in them, because it felt interesting to combine a hard manmade element to compliment the freedom of the flowers.

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