Shetland 2021 – Poppies

These poppies were in the vegetable garden.

These poppies were so stunning that I had to try to draw them. There and then. They are also ephemeral.

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In a few days the petals had dropped making splashes of scarlet on the grass.

I drew this on special paper: handmade watercolour paper from the Vintage Paper Company. It is very heavily sized and takes the colour well. It’s also stiff, and easy to use out-doors.

The red is Transparent Pyrrol Orange waercolour from Daniel Smith.