This is my new creation step after step (the final photo is not ready yet).






My friend invited me over with the idea we would paint together. I took my artistic daughter with me and three of us started painting. We were painting all day and my friend taught us how to paint using her technique. It was great, I learned so much. I also had chance to watch my daughter talking with other artist… priceless, I was so proud of my daughter!!!
So my inspiration was a painting of poppies by Carol Nelson http://carolnelsonfineart.com/. The lady loves poppies and so do I. I hope it is OK to post the original painting here. Take a look.
I love the colors, the composition, the texture. I love the sky… Beth told me to paint from nature, from photos not paintings but it was too late I already glued myself to that painting 
First step was to draw the poppies. I have been dreaming about poppies for a long time and I have never been brave enough to try…. I did it, I draw and I was happy about it. Friend told me “Good, now move on and draw more….” So finally all the poppies were ready. I thought I passed the hardest part at the beginning…..
Step two – paint the outlines…. how or how I could destroy my beautiful sketch with BLACK paint…. The poppies should be red/ orange/ OK yellow…. but not black…. but I had to trust my artist…. After that step I was in love with it… even black and white would be perfect enough to hang in our living room… 
Step three – sky, scary but very nice part to do, everything had to be blue, paper towel help a lot to get what I wanted. All the tips Beth generously shared with me were GREAT!
Step four – grass… I did not like it at all, I still do not like it in some places… Now I know on what part I have to work more in the future.
Next steps were just fabulous, poppies, poppies…. all over. I discover I preferred visible canvas’ texture, less paint on canvas, less texture of paint.
I have more plans… Beth is really penitent. I am SO grateful for all her effort, her time, her knowledge 
I would love to post my daughter’s painting but I have to ask her first… soon it will be midnight, she is only 7 years old… so I will let her sleep.