Abstract Wild Green Poppy
by Conni Schaftenaar
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Title
Abstract Wild Green Poppy
Artist
Conni Schaftenaar
Medium
Painting - Watercolor On Yupo
Description
Abstract Wild Green Poppy Watercolor on Yupo, by Conni Schaftenaar
This began as a couple of blues (Prussian and Ultramarine, and maybe some Cerulean) flooded onto a sheet of Yupo. A sheet of plastic wrap was laid on, scrunched around to make that lovely stained glass look on the background and dried thoroughly. That took a couple of days!
Then, I drew the poppy flower, buds and leaves on the background. I simply painted Sap Green over the stems and leaves and the pod side of the buds. For the flower petals and the nearly-ready-to-open buds, I wet the area (one petal at a time), lifting out some, but not all of the blue, then added small amounts of Aureolin Yellow, which mixed with the remnants of blues to create those lovely greens. The seed center of the blossom was tiny amounts of Prussian Blue applied with a cotton swab, daubing the color on.
I love painting on Yupo, because it allows me to be more "loose" in my approach, something I have not been able to totally achieve when painting on paper. I hope you enjoy my version of a nearly chartreuse abstract poppy!
1st Place Win in the Watercolor Abstracts contest, May 2022
3rd Place tie in the Be A Show-Off contest, May 2022
2nd place win in the Three Colors contest, May 2023
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Comments (89)
Sarah Irland
Congratulations, Conni, on your Win in the Three Colors Contest for this beautiful painting! Voted. L/F
Conni Schaftenaar
thanks, Kim, and thanks to all who voted this to a 2nd place win in the Three Colors contest!
Kim McClinton
Congratulations, Conni, on your win in the THREE COLORS contest! Fascinating technique!
Conni Schaftenaar
Thanks, Hiroko, Sarah, and Kay, and thanks to all who voted this to a 3rd place tie in the Be a Show Off Contest!
Sarah Irland
Congratulations, Conni, on your Win in the Be a Show-Off Contest for this beautiful painting! A well deserved win! Voted.
Conni Schaftenaar
Thanks, Megan! The background effects are from putting down wet watercolor on a sheet of Yupo, then scrunching plastic wrap across it, manipulating the ripples and scrunches until I like what I think it will look like when dry. Then, Yupo being a sheet of plastic, basically, I can lift out the background color and put in the new color. I drew the flower in so I'd know where to work the lifting magic, and added in yellow over top of some of the remaining blue, to get that green. Pretty simple, really!
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