Corn Poppies

 "Corn Poppy #1" -- oil on canvas 6x6" -- Margie Guyot

 "Corn Poppy #2" -- oil on canvas 6x6" -- Margie Guyot

 "Corn Poppy #3" -- oil on canvas 6x6" -- Margie Guyot

I love these poppies!  They're not the big Oriental variety -- the naughty little rabbits gnawed all the buds off those.  But somehow the rabbits didn't notice these.  So I thought they'd be a hoot to paint.  I realized that only have 2 shades of red on my palette wasn't enough.  Some colors just can't be mixed.  I did these using cadmium red light (an orange-red) and alizarin crimson (deep bluish-red).  It was challenging!  But I did order 5 new shades of red.  Stay tuned!