Ok everyone, I am soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo sorry that it has taken me this long to get this thing done, I have had shows, meetings, family issues, but I am now working on the painting.
And just so we can get the ball rolling on this thing
i will go over the first few steps with you.
Step #1- Preparation
Choose your subject any chicken will do, the techniques I will teach will work for all.
My subject will be my Phoenix roo I will be showing next spring, Oliver
Now that i have chosen my subject, I will now choose my Composition and my canvas.
The canvas I have chosen complements the look and profile of the Phoenix. If your doing something like a cochin you would want a more square canvas to complement the shape of the Cochin.
This is the first part of my composition. I thinking at the moment that this painting is going to have a folky-van goughish feel to it. i have positioned the bird in such a way as to leave room for a background of some sort. You will see this original composition evolve as I have changed and added to it since this photo, but you need to see the procceses that I am working with.
Here is the finished product of the first step.
notice how I have excentuated (spelled that wrong) the long feathers of phoenix, you will see as the painting progresses I will continue to do the same thing. You should do this for whatever breed you choose to paint.
if there are any questions at all please feel free to ask, i will answer as soon as I possibly can.
Hope you enjoy, I will post more lessons when I have time. Be looking for them around Thursday or Saturday.
