The world of flowers and plants simply amazes imagination by the variety of forms and the riot of colors. Many flowers just ask to be painted. But you should start with something simple and bright. And before taking on complex floral compositions, we'll think about how to draw a poppy.
First, take a watercolor
When we draw a watercolor of a poppy, we very quickly come to the understanding that this technique is not so simple and accessible to everyone, as it seems at first glance. But there is nothing too complicated in it. Just need to know the features of watercolors and skillfully apply them. The whole technique of watercolor is based on the principle that a white sheet of paper is shining through a thin layer of paint. And we only need to skilfully mix and apply a thin layer of these colorful water-based pigments. Well, let's start ... How to draw a poppy? To begin with, we will perform a preliminary pencil sketch, with a very light contour, without hatching. Paints begin to be applied from the darkest places, gradually moving to lighter surfaces, the process continues until there is no clean place left on the sheet. Paints are previously diluted with water and mixed on a palette - plain white paper, on which we try the strength of the tone and make up a mixture of different colors before applying them to the picture. With some experience and skills - the colors can be mixed directly in the figure. You can correct mistakes and wash away the paint, but it's better to avoid it. After drying, all the colors will become lighter, this should be taken into account. You can let the paint layer dry and then go back to work. And you can do everything in one session. Brushes apply several types - wide flutes and pointed at the tip. Squirrel and core, small-sized. Bristle brushes for watercolor are of little use. In the end, we critically analyze our work - how successfully we coped with the task: how to draw a poppy?
Let's try oil paints
So, draw the poppies with oil. The task - how to draw a poppy, converges with the previous one only at the very first stage, at the level of a pencil preliminary sketch. And then everything will be very different. In addition to oil paints themselves, we will need specially prepared cardboard or primed canvas, stretched on a wooden stretcher, a diluent for oil paints and a few brushes - bristles and corks. Paints are squeezed out onto a wooden or plastic palette, where we compose the color combinations we need. Brushes dipped in a diluent, we try to understand - how its amount affects the mixture of paints. First we do the so-called underpaintings - we paint the liquid color layer in a general tone relationship and move away from the white background. At the next stage, we study the details and clarify the details with a small sharp brush. If you can not finish everything in one session - you can return to work in a few hours or the next day. If the paint layer is not very thick - the product can be refined multiple times. Subsequent layers of paint behave differently, and overload them with a canvas is unacceptable, you need to be able to stop in time.