Gosh the roosters continue to mesmerise me! What gorgeous colours and stunning eyes they have! What attracts me to painting birds, is their eyes. Which is why I do not prefer to paint the whole bird, I love to capture the eye and a close up of their faces. And I absolutely love images of birds looking directly into the cameras :-)
This was by far the most challenging of the roosters, and one of the difficult palette knife paintings that I have done. Reading values within various shades of red was a huge challenge and at every step along the way, I took a b/w image of my work in progress to see if I am on the right track. So that means I have some WIP images to show you :-)
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| Rooster #3 Oil on board, 5 by 7 inches Click here to bid |
Check out the progress of my painting from sketch to finish. I usually directly sketch on my gessoed panels.
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| Rooster #3 - Work in Progress |
Of course, it goes without saying that the rooster paintings would have great presence when hung together. Check out a collage of the 3 paintings so far, though there will be more to come.
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| Roosters Oil on board, 5 by 7 inches each Painted exclusively with the palette knife. |
Your feedback is welcome! :-)
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