Poppy
Couldn't resist the luxurious reds of this poppy. However the blurry tangled foliage was the main challenge - I pulled out notional leaves and stalks with a damp brush and built up the depth with darker washes. The hairs on the stalked were pulled out with a damp flat headed synthetic followed by a scalpel blade here and there. From a photo taken by a friend.

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I admire anyone who has the patience to concentrate on that much foliage and I think flowers are more difficult than almost anything to pull off, so well done.