Landscape Paintings featuring Poppy flowers. A written tutorial on light and shadow & line and movement.

Making a light source in painting. 

Using the rising sun for the creation of light and shadow is essential in providing depth to the image. The sketch depicts a flat landscape divided by horizontal lines to step back in to the distance from the fore ground where poppy heads are illustrated, to the sea horizon in the back ground. 

Pen and Ink
Sketch of Poppy Field

A myriad of lines to the sky, sea and grass emphasise movement.

Acrylic Painting on Canvas
Poppy Field