Bob Blosl's Heritage Large Fowl Thread

[tnchickenut]

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I'm sorry, did you say Schilling would PHOTOGRAPH a bird then draw it!?!?!? Huh. That is enlightening information, now isn't it Del People? I do remember being told by some that the SOP pictures were made up images of someones fantasy of what the perfect bird would look like... so, Bob, you are saying they were photos first?!?!?

I'm really enjoying this thread! Just lurking and learning.

As a professional artist for over 25 years...I'll try to give some insight on this, if it is a real question...

Most artists use photos (their own or with permission) as a base to start with. This applies to those doing realistic work of course, and not abstract or imaginative.

It takes some time to produce a piece of realism, and you need to establish a solid reference point, we can't just pull this stuff out of our....the air.
Even if doing a still life, shadows change, petals fall, etc., and chickens are not very still at all

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I'd imagine the SOP artists work with a basic photo as a take off point, then use artistic skills to modify shape, comb points, etc.

That is where the skillful artist will be able to translate a photo into a painting that portrays the SOP.

Illustrating the SOP would be a dream job. I'm currently working on a "chicken line" for my print publisher/licensing company, and their in-house artists have added
elements to make it more decorative. White eggs with a Copper Marans???

. I'm lobbying to keep it "real" to no avail

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That makes total sense... especially flighty breeds! Do you have a link to a site or something with your work? I would love to see some.

 

[tnchickenut]

Here is the direct link folks: http://www.katherineplumer.com/poultry/drawings/Standard.html


WOW!!! I LOVE them! My first champion bird... I'm having her commissioned to draw him/her. Wow.

 

[joletabey]

I like the new artist- I like her style. It's a bit more realistic. Did anyone look at her other work in there? She catches the spirit of chickens really well.

So the Schilling illustration of the Delaware is probably taken from a photograph, but like the old "Glamourshot" places, he possibly improved the bird to meet the description in the SOP? That is still better to me than just painting off a description. What SOP edition uses his work?

 

[punky rooster]

those are very nice sketches!

 

[speckledhen]

Those to me are much more realistic! I've heard of her, I think she raises rosecombs. Saw pics of her coops years ago on the web, I think.

 

[cpartist]

PM me if you are really interested in doing SOP illustrations. I am the APA SOP Chairman and I'm always looking for a good artist. Birds are not easy to draw or paint.

Walt

Walt....I'd love to show you my chicken paintings. The only two I've completed are at the publishers at the moment, I'll scan when I get them back.
I have an exclusivity contract with them though, so I'd have to get permission...​

 

[cpartist]

Do you have a link to a site or something with your work? I would love to see some.

Just to my blog. I took down my website as I cannot directly sell reproductions any longer.

http://luannedamico.blogspot.com/

No chickens on here though, I haven't updated it in forever.

Thanks for the sneak preview link of the new SOP illustrations. I can't wait for it to come out!

Katherine Plummers work is amazing....and I see her medium for these is graphite and
colored pencil. Those of us in the Colored Pencil Society have been working for years to gain
more accepetance of the medium in the art world. Her fine work here will contribute.

You can get "painterly" results with pencil, with an additional amount of detail.

The oil paintings by Diane Jackey and Richard Bills in the 2001 edition are very nice,
but I think Plummers detailed work and imagery is going to be very helpful.​

 

[Chris09]

Here is a link to some of Schilling's, Franklane L. Sewell and L. A. Stahmer work.
http://www.wattnet.com/pdf/poultryprintbrochurelowres.pdf

Chris

 

[fowlman01]

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Katherine has raised chickens since she was 8 or so. She is really talented and the amazing thing is that she does not visualize what she is drawing. I'm not sure how she does that, but I know that she can start the drawing at the feet, eye, neck....any part of the bird first.

There is a black and white Standard that has Schilling images, but the APA is almost out of them and they probably will not redo them. They are VERY inexpensive because no one was buying them.

Walt

 

[fowlman01]

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She does raise Rosecombs and is one of the few, if not the only person to win with colors other than black.

Walt