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| My drawing with scribbled notes made as I go along in painting. |
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| First, a this wash of quin. burnt orange ... |
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| ... some permanent rose ... |
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| ... and finally some cobalt blue. |
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| I painted the bright head and neck feathers with quin. sienna. Body shadows were done with a mix of quin. burnt orange, quin. violet and indanthrone blue. The legs were painted with a mixture of the same orange and blue, but with permanent rose in lieu of violet- it seemed to give a colder, harder-looking black, which I wanted for the feet. |
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| More quin. sienna, wet in wet, over the front of her body, and some fluff around her beak painted in a soft black. I think the beard is one of the characteristics of this breed. |
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| I did more work with the feathers of her body, using quin. burnt orange, quin. violet and indanthrone to make both a soft brown and a black. |
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| More work on the feathers ... |
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| ... and I believe she is pretty much done. I painted almost the entire work in a wet-in-wet technique. I wanted to keep her feathers looking softer and fluffier [and I had no desire to render each individual feather!] |
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| I was more ambitious [or foolish] with this hen I painted about ten years ago. She was sent off to Washington state to be part of a charity auction for a horse rescue group. Life has been somewhat rough lately, and I haven't felt like blogging or painting much. Seems to be improving, so I hope to be able to post about once a week. Thank you so much for dropping by! |
