Basically I have a big goal. So my mom sent this to me and said it would be a good fair project to do this in watercolor. Because I hate doing backgrounds. I’m thrilled, because who wouldn’t want a pile of chickens filling up a painting on their wall? However, definitely needs more hens and I want to be more creative with the shapes. And while these chickens have far better anatomy than a lot of the artwork, those sickles definitely need some main tail support or they would just flop. I know I have tried some other styles in the past but I think I should just embrace my realistic style for what it is because I’m definitely an anatomy fanatic. I mean, my understanding of art and poultry anatomy developed hand in hand. I’m learning how to be a poultry judge, I just love a well-balanced chicken.
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Now obviously I would use my big watercolor book for the real piece but for now I’m doing little sketches for practice since I’ve only ever used real watercolor once except in middle and elementary school. This is what I’ve done today. I was using an Old English (large fowl) as reference for the tail but for the next bird I’m going to try to imitate the color placement of the birds in the painting so I can figure out how painting works. I’ve already learned a lot, like how white watercolor really works and I shouldn’t be afraid to just lay down a thick black base and then add lighting and then detail instead of constantly readjusting colors. Even so, it worked out in the end!
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Oh, and by the way… does anyone have any idea what the original drawing was made with?