Where the poppies are

 

Where the poppies are

watercolour on paper

14.25 x 10.25 inches

(20 x 16 inches mounted)

 

One of the paintings inspired by my recent sketch. This is a wonderful area for poppies with fields and fields of them swathing the landscape with their scarlet glow.

Field of Scarlet

 

watercolour Moleskine sketchbook 8 x 11.5 inches

 

sketched this leaning on a gate beside a busy road, the car pulled half way on to the verge of long grasses. I was nearly finished when a car drew up behind me and a man jumped out. Someone wanting to see what I was doing ? Someone wanting to take a photograph of the view ? Neither -just someone wanting directions to the nearest town...