Before the rain

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Hello Val! We have posted together :-) A gorgeous poppy, I did get a few of these between the rain showers. Wonderfully executed with coloured pencil. Great as it is, but if you are feeling brave, green would be good too!

Posted by Carole Swingler on Mon 16 Jul 14:54:44

what a beautiful poppy, you are very talented :-)

Posted by Rebecca Louise Saunders on Mon 16 Jul 15:53:02

this is lovely Val. The white background doesnt bother me, i would fix a lovely mount and frame it.

Posted by Lorraine Paris on Mon 16 Jul 17:57:37

Thanks Carole,Rebecca, Kirstie and Lorraine for looking and taking the time to leave such lovely comments.

Posted by Val Kenyon on Mon 16 Jul 18:40:29

Hi Val, wonderful poppy drawing! Nice to see you and Carole on the same page - I must pull my socks up and catch you two up lol !!!

Posted by Debs Jones on Mon 16 Jul 19:02:59

Gorgeous poppy. It looks very dramatic, excellent drawing.

Posted by Pat Harris on Mon 16 Jul 19:30:27

Gorgeous poppy. It looks very dramatic, excellent drawing.

Posted by Pat Harris on Mon 16 Jul 19:41:37

Beautiful detail Val, lovely depth into the centre of the flower.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Mon 16 Jul 19:57:36

Lovely dark center with super detail, and the petals are so well drawn.

Posted by Lesley Dabson on Mon 16 Jul 21:06:41

Beautiful Val - such gorgeous colours and your technique with the coloured pencils gets better and better with every work. Super stuff.

Posted by Thea Cable on Mon 16 Jul 22:48:58

Just excellent.

Posted by Pat Harrison on Tue 17 Jul 06:43:23

Super piece Val

Posted by Michael Edwards on Tue 17 Jul 07:06:04

Thank you so much Debs, Pat, Fiona, Lesley, Thea, Pat and Michael, your comments mean a lot.

Posted by Val Kenyon on Tue 17 Jul 10:47:42

Absolutely stunning, Val! You've captured the fold of the petals beautifully.

Posted by Seok Yam Chew on Tue 17 Jul 13:06:29

Just beautiful.

Posted by Sarah Bottjer on Wed 18 Jul 17:19:25

Many thanks Seok and Sarah.

Posted by Val Kenyon on Thu 19 Jul 10:20:11

Hang on Studio Wall

31/03/2015

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There are two flowers I love to paint from life every year as they bloom, the camellia and the poppy. This year I missed my poppies due to holidays/open studios/RAIN but my hubby managed to photograph this one before the rain got it. So...here is Poppy 2012 done in Caren d'Ache Luminance coloured pencils on Stonehenge paper. Can't decide if it could do with a bit of greenery about it but didn't want to risk spoiling it (I'm not very good with backgrounds LOL) and, for once, I was reasonably pleased with the result. Thanks for looking.

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Val Kenyon

I am a self taught artist or, as I like to say, I'm "unrestricted by formal teaching" which probably explains my mish mash of styles. I paint in most media, watercolour, gouache, oil, coloured pencil and my favourite, soft pastels. I'm inspired by the Scottish landscape, nature and animals and…

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