POPPIES

Here is the second one.I usually love seen poppies in the fields but wanted to keep  some in a vase in my home to feel the energy of the colour.
 

My new hoby ,painting in soft pastel.

A friend of mine encouraged me to to draw and  paint pictures.She is a retired art teacher.When ever I met her she always told me that I was  a talented woman.I hadn't drawn any till this time and I never thought of that  drawing.
I saw an art Academy  opened close to my distict.I entered in the building to see what they were doing.Then I have become one of the students of the Academy since December 2014.
This is my first painting.Do you think it is succesful?