Poppies - Sketchbook work

I had some beautiful big poppies in my garden this year and I decided to use them for some sketchbook work.

The poppies have a wiggly circular shape with an inner black and green circle so I made a simplified collage shape of the poppies to produce a pattern.

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I drew and cut out a stylised drawing of a poppy seed head on card

to use as a rubbing board. The first few rubbings were made on deli paper and then cut out and stuck to a background.          

Three more rubbings were made on copy paper. The rubbings were then worked into with eraser and pencils, to add shape and contours.

The rubbings were then stuck to a background.

Some more rubbing boards were made and then used as templates to make collage seed heads. These were then stuck onto a two tone background.

Once dry the seed heads were worked into with marks and straight lines were drawn to mirror the stems.

I made a rubbing board based on the pattern on the top of the seed head. Rubbings were made on deli paper.

The rubbings were cut out and stuck to a background to produce a pattern.

The sketchbook work has enabled me to learn more about poppies and possible ways of representing them.