I did one thing a bit different with these poppies that I didn't do with all my other paintings of this style. Normally i'll start by putting down some color in the general shape of the flower, making sure that all the color flows from the bottom of the petals, and gets lighter and less intense as it goes up. then I redefine the shape of the petal on a second layer of paint.
On this particular one, I didn't worry so much about keeping the bottoms intense. I really let the paint and water go where it wanted to on the first layer. As a result I got a fairly uniform layer of paint. Albeit a layer that still had not a lot of shape or definition to it. As before, I went back with a second layer and defined the petal edges. The only difference is that on this one, I tried to then go back to the base of the petal and put in some intense red and let it diffuse to the now defined petal edge.
Not entirely sure I was successful. But from looking at the picture, I wasn't completely unsuccessful either. Enjoy.
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