Back to the Easel to Paint a Blue Poppy
Time to paint again. For the next month I will try to squeeze the yard work in between painting sessions. I need time to stretch while painting, so going into the garden to do a chore or two during the middle of the day for an hour or so works for me. The first project on the easel is to paint a big close-up of a Himalayan Blue Poppy, one that grew in my garden last summer. I begin with a loose pencil sketch on a stretched canvas.
Gail Niebrugge, Alaska flower artist