Poppyfields

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The palette knife has worked very well Chandra. A lovely painting.

Posted by Adele Elgood on Wed 13 Jul 11:52:04

Nice and loose and ethereal, lovely painting, mission accomplished.

Posted by Willie Drea on Wed 13 Jul 11:56:55

Lovely and vibrant Chandra.

Posted by Henry Martin on Wed 13 Jul 12:36:38

Very beautiful work, Chandra, you were right not to wait for painting this wonderful poppyfields.

Posted by Cesare Romano on Wed 13 Jul 15:22:01

I know what you mean about poppies Chandra, this is beautiful and the palette knife worked really well.

Posted by Val Kenyon on Wed 13 Jul 15:25:52

A dramatic piece, Chandra, very nicely done!

Posted by Seok Yam Chew on Wed 13 Jul 16:19:48

Many thanks, Adele, Willie, Henry, Cesare, Val and Seok for your kind comments, they are all much appreciated!!!

Posted by Chandra Ward on Wed 13 Jul 20:30:21

Love this Chandra, great work. The palette knife takes some getting used to but can give stunning results. There are some nice poppy fields where I am at West Dereham

Posted by Gary Walker on Wed 13 Jul 22:38:55

A lovely composition, Chandra, with a gorgeous palette. It does not look like palette knife though, because it is so smooth. It's really lovely.

Posted by Jennifer Alsop on Thu 14 Jul 00:16:11

Thank you so much Gary, and Jennifer for your lovely comments! I have seen the beautiful poppyfields at West Dereham , Gary...they are the very fields that have inspired me as we live quite close to them. Jennifer, I used a brush to do the sky, so that is smooth, but the poppies were done using a palette knife ...The texture is not too obvious in the photo unfortunately.

Posted by Chandra Ward on Thu 14 Jul 06:57:40

very effective and beautiful Chandra, nice movement in the sky, like it a lot.

Posted by Malcolm Buckley on Thu 14 Jul 20:22:47

Thank you , Malcolm, your comment is much appreciated!

Posted by Chandra Ward on Fri 15 Jul 10:58:02

Hang on Studio Wall

13/07/2016

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There can be few people that are not moved in some way when they see a field of poppies stretching out as far as the eye can see, their heads moving gently in the breeze. The sight somehow , evokes many memories and emotions. I've been wanting to paint this field for years , and the other day I thought ,I must just sit down and do it without procrastinating, before the poppies are all gone for another year. I decided to work quite quickly and use a palette knife to give the painting a loose feel and make it semi- abstract.

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Chandra Ward

I love painting landscapes and waterscapes, both real , and imaginary. Flowers, gardens and wildlife, also feature in my work, using a wide variety of mediums such as watercolour, acrylics, oil, chalk and oil pastels. Much of my inspiration comes from the wide , expansive skies of Norfolk,…

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