I do love wildflowers and California poppies are such bright bursts of colors to enjoy. I love seeing the various shades of bright yellows and oranges all over the area around where I live. This is a digital painting done using an electronic drawing tablet, a Wacom tablet w/wireless stylus pen. It hooks up to my computer and I use the pen to draw, not the normal mouse control. Using art software, in this case, Corel's Painter X, I chose the brushes, colors, medium to mimic the texture, and more so that I get realistic brush strokes as I digitally paint. This is not a photo manipulation or an automatic converted photo to artistic effect painting. I had to paint it all, stroke by stroke, mix & blend colors, highlight areas, etc. It took me many hours to complete, just not the drying time. I plan a series of poppy paintings and will also add photos that I took at a later time.
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Bill M 10 Sep 2008
I like this a lot, nice lighting and movement.Blue Doll 19 May 2008
your poppies are very beautyfull girl!!! :o)Anonymous Guest 18 May 2008
Poppies are beautiful....great shot Terry.Emily Reed 18 May 2008
So lovely and perfect!jamie winter 18 May 2008
simply beautiful Terry wow