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| Once upon a time, there was a rooster named Uno, who lived at my vet's small hobby farm. He was a very handsome and proud bird ... |
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| Drawing , with a few scribbled notes |
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| First washes - aureolin, quin. sienna and quin. burnt orange |
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| More of the oranges, with some new gamboge to brighten the yellow. His comb is a mix of burnt orange and alizarin crimson. |
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| Still more gamboge. The tail feathers, both brown and blue, are mixtures of burnt orange, quin. violet and indanthrone. |
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| Starting to give the body feathers some texture with more of the same colour, or mixtures made with complementary colours. |
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| UNO Well, winter weather is here, and for this area it means soggy, grey, dark days. Yup ... the winter megrims have set in! So I am motivating myself to paint by working on BRIGHT. Chickens and roosters suit my needs perfectly, so expect to see more colourful birds!!! Thank you for dropping by! |
Good idea, painting bright! Grey and dark here too, bleh. But this colourful guy is so handsome... and he knows it. :)
ReplyDeleteLove the colors! Beautiful job, Miss Kathryn!
ReplyDeleteThis fellow is certainly "cock of the walk." Wonderful!
ReplyDeletegreat bright colours :)
ReplyDeletemost of the roosters i've known were big bullies :/
The finished rooster is beautifully painted Kathryn. A definite favorite!
ReplyDeleteOh how very beautiful! I think he will walk right in front of us!
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I like seeing the progression of the painting. gives me a sense of how watercolor painting works and how it can get from dull wash to Bright. thanks.
ReplyDeleteWe need BRIGHT at this time of year and you've given it to us with this tall, happy fellow! What a tail!!
ReplyDeleteOh Kathryn - He is beautiful - I like bright. Will be looking forward to visiting as winter blues set in here too. Take care and have a wonderful week. Hugs!
ReplyDeleteIf I had a cockerel I'd name him Russell Crow (One up from Gregory Peck) ...great painting as usual, Kathryn. Love the processes being shown. Its the fourth day of Summer here in Australia, but we return to -2 and Snow next week.
ReplyDeleteKeep warm,dry and painting bright
Wonderful to see the progress of this excellent painting! I also like the header with the goose very much! Artgreetings from the Bavarian Forest from Dori
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