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| Primo, in his natural colouring ... |
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| Another of my neighbour's roosters. She had about 6 at one point. I like the pose in the 1st photo, but LOVE the colours of the second, so I combined the two ... |
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| My drawing ... |
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| First wet in wet washes. There are a lot of smaller areas of different colours. I am doing what I can w/w in the larger areas. Here I am using alizarin crimson, quin. sienna, quin. burnt orange, phthalo blue and browns and blacks [quin. burnt orange, quin. violet and indanthrone]. |
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| The next few steps are a matter of intensifying the colours, usually with more of the same, and sometimes with a complement added to darken. |
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| Colours are established overall ... |
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| A bit of chicken-scratch spatter on the ground ... |
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| I am adding a soft background with permanent rose [any cool quin. pink will do], quin. burnt orange and indanthrone. I am applying it quite thinly. |
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| These last two photos are taken at the same stage, with different lighting. I find it difficult to get a true assessment of the colour using just the computer editing. I have posted both images so you may get a better idea of the colours and values. |
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| PRIMO available for purchase framable size 13 x 14.5 in./ 33.5 x 38 cm. $375.00 Cdn Thank you so much for dropping by! |
