Paint a Poppy

Follow in the footsteps of artist Granville Redmond and find inspiration in our state flower, the California poppy. After taking a close look at the flowers’ shapes and form, make several drawings from observation using pictures as the model before developing one into a finished painting on canvas.

Please note, supplies are not included. Click here for a supply list.

Instructor Patris left the education profession in 2004 to pursue her art full time. She has recently been juried into several national plein air painting competitions, and her work is in many private and public collections. She served on the Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission and is a member of the California Art Club, the Laguna Plein Air Painters Association, and Landscape Artists International.

Image: Susan Caron (previous class participant), Poised Poppies (detail), 2020. Acrylic on canvas panel.