Poppy heaven

'Tis the season for the humble poppy, and so I've made these quick pastel paintings for the pleasure of working with those gorgeous carmines and vermilions.

I used industrial sand paper, which I found in A2 format at our local Jem og Fix. It was a bright hazard-warning yellow that I wasn't particularly fond of. I tend to avoid the color yellow when I paint, so this enabled me to incorporate something I've always been wary of into my color scheme.

For reference, I used the flowers in our own garden. The photo of the scene below, of a field with the grass mown to one side to form a path, was taken on a trip to the north of Fyn (Funnen) over the Ascension Day weekend.  These are small paintings, about the size of postcards.