Blue Poppies, Watercolor on Yupo

by Conni Schaftenaar

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10.000 x 13.000 inches

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Blue Poppies, Watercolor on Yupo

Artist

Conni Schaftenaar

Medium

Painting - Watercolor On Yupo

Description

Delicate Blue Poppies dance on a breezy summer day, watercolor on Yupo, by Conni Schaftenaar.

Yupo paper and how to paint on it has been the topic of my watercolor class for the past 3 weeks - frustrating medium with watercolor, but has so many different possibilities from painting on paper that I keep picking at how to work with it decently. This is one of two I did as part of the class (the other is on my gallery, also, of dwarf irises).

This one is done in Thalo Blue and Sap Green, primarily, with a little Gamboge for the stamen centers. First I covered the sheet with Thalo Blue, dropped in an area of Sap Green, then covered the sheet with a piece of plastic wrap, squishing it around to make the colors run and meld and the interesting lines to form in the background. After the sheet had dried for a couple of days, I pulled off the plastic wrap, drew the poppies onto the background, and used Thalo Blue to fill them in, with Sap Green again in the leaves and stems.

3rd place win in the Blue Contest, June 2020
2rd place win in the Hues of Blue Contest, August 2020
3rd place win in the Color to Black N White Paintings Part 10, September 2020
2nd place tie (with myself!) in the Blue Botanicals All Media Contest, February 2021
2nd place tie in the What’s the BUZzz Blog Series-FORM and FORMLESSNESS- ALL Media Contest, April 2021
2nd Place Tie in the It Looks Blue To Me contest, April 2021
2nd Place Tie in the Outside Blues contest, September 2021
2nd Place Tie in the Blues contest, April 2022
3rd Place Tie in the Color Theme contest, April 2022
2nd Place tie in The Color Blue All Media contest, May 2022
Honorable Mention finish in the Blue All Media contest, October 2022
3rd place win in the Blue contest, November 2022
honorable mention tie in the Blue All Media contest, January 2023
1st place tie in the All Blue Water Color contest, January 2023
1st place win in the Pretty Pretty Blue contest, August 2023

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Everyday Wonder, May 2022
All Glorious Gardens, January 2023
The Art Workshop, January 2023
The ARTIST BUZzz, January 2023

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