I've always liked poppies (I don't know about opium, but poppies have a great color!)
My mother-in-law (who's a great lady, even if just a paysant in a village near Sibiu, Romania) do cultivate them for the seeds she puts in cookies and sometimes she breeds some kind of tea, to help her sleep... I took some pictures in her garden and Voilà! here is the acrylic ink watercolor which resulted (one in a series)...
As usual, a 9" x 12" Fabriano watercolor paper... I've sold it already, but a replica could be even better (I am like the vine, gets better in time...)
