Thank you all for the kind words.

Quote Originally Posted by MelissaFlipski View Post
Did you come up with the idea or did your friend? Are you doing it from an idea or from a still life?
My friend wanted something with poppies and she left it open ended for me. I got the impression the color was more important than the representation of the actual flower. They don't really look all that much like true poppies, kind of like poppies crossed with violets, but I'm not a realistic type of painter anyway.

If I try to do a still life it lacks life and energy, looks really stilted. I'm way too loose of a painter...so I wing it :-)