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Friday, August 5, 2011

"Painting Poppies" with Absorbent Ground


This is a 6 x 12 stretched canvas and I decided to try something different. I have Absorbent Grounds made by Golden that I have hardly ever used. I just love watercolor paper so much that I have never really used it that much. So I decided to layer a coat of absorbent grounds on this canvas and see what happened. It was really fun to paint these poppies on this surface. I liked it alot although it is different from watercolor paper but it really does allow you to paint with watercolor on it.
You can see below how I started it off with just a wash in the background then painted the poppies. You can learn to paint these poppies in my upcoming "Painting Poppies" class that starts 
August 15th. I will do a giveaway on the 13th.




11 comments:

  1. cveAugust 5, 2011 at 7:31 AM

    I folling in love in your poppies!

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  2. Julie BagamaryAugust 5, 2011 at 7:59 AM

    Your poppies are wonderful as always~

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  3. Bren Graham ThebeauAugust 5, 2011 at 8:07 AM

    This is a beautiful piece Martha, love the little splatter effects around the petals and well, all of it :-) I've never heard of Absorbent Ground before, I guess because I've not used watercolour, fun to learn new stuff.

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  4. Nancy BowronAugust 5, 2011 at 8:44 AM

    I'm signed up for the Poppy class and very much looking forward to it!

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  5. AnonymousAugust 5, 2011 at 9:33 AM

    Your poppies look really nice. I'm not familiar with 'absorbent ground' and it's lovely to see what you've done with them.

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  6. MaryAugust 5, 2011 at 9:35 AM

    these are so beautiful Martha. i think i may have some Absorbent Ground sitting around, will have to give it a try.

    things are getting busy around here or i would be taking your Poppy class. Will you be offering it at a later time?

    xxoo

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  7. lori vliegenAugust 5, 2011 at 9:52 AM

    i LOVE your finished poppies, but you know me.....i would have been thrilled to just have that juicy background!! and, your tulips are gorgeous.....you're onto something with the grunge, girlfriend!! xoxox

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  8. AnonymousAugust 5, 2011 at 10:50 AM

    You have such a awesome gift to make anything beautiful! Always a pleasure to visit your blog, such beauty!

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  9. Terri ConradAugust 5, 2011 at 11:17 AM

    martha, your work is positively beautiful. LOVE it!

    I just may have to sign up for your painting poppies course

    Terri Conrad

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  10. LuckyDogAugust 5, 2011 at 8:44 PM

    I never heard of such a thing.
    Cool! Thanks, Martha.

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  11. Wendy SwenneAugust 6, 2011 at 7:26 AM

    oh wow, this is gorgeous!

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