Rooster Haiku
I walk through the grass
keeping an eye on my hens.
I hear the egg song.
Archive for the ‘Chickens’ Category
Rooster Pompy
Monday, April 4th, 2011Chickens At The Beach
Friday, October 29th, 2010
Chick, Little Black and Mater
Our chickens have been my muse for a while now and I am still having fun drawing and painting them in many different situations. I have drawn and painted them in bathing suits, riding bicycles, and now walking on the beach looking for shells or just admiring the surf.
In this series that I call “Chickens At The Beach”, I have taken some of my drawings and created digital collage by pasting the drawings over some of my photos. I think I will be experimenting with this process off and on for a while.
When you do your own drawings think of the background as well as the main object of your drawing. Do you want to create something silly or do you want to create tension? Do you want your drawing to tell a story or are you more interested in just representing your muse through shapes and color?
However you decide to produce your art work I hope you have as much fun as I do when I draw, paint and create on the computer.
Domino and Henrietta
Spotty Dotty Goes Shelling
How To Paint Chickens Part Two
Monday, October 25th, 2010
Our rooster and hen riding my Uncle Jerry's bicycle
This acrylic painting I have uploaded is of our Polish Buff rooster and one of our hens. I did not glue anything to the surface of this painting because I think the image is strong enough.
I began this painting by taking pictures of my Uncle Jerry’s old bicycle. For years it was in a storage room where an opossum used the back basket as a place to sleep during the day, but that is another story. So, I had to figure out a way for our rooster to ride the bike without exaggerating the length of his legs. By adding another chain and gear closer to the seat the rooster can peddle the bike all over the beach.
I drew the bicycle first and then added the rooster and hen. To get the rooster to look like he is peddling I drew him leaning forward a bid, just like I would if I were riding a bicycle. And to create the sense of wind in his feathers I painted them curling away from the front of his face. The hat of the hen passenger flaps toward her face to show wind.
Once I started painting I painted the background first, then the bicycle and then the poultry. After everything is on the canvas I go back and start putting in the lighter values. I did some glazing which is where one transparent or semi-transparent color is applied over another. If you look closely at the hen’s head and neck you should be able to see the glazed color. The shadows were the last thing I added before sealing the painting.
How To Paint Chickens
Monday, October 25th, 2010
Checker Chicken
This is a detail from the painting
This is the front 1/2 of a moth eaten wool bathing suit I have had for years.
Today I have uploaded 3 of my most recent mixed media paintings. The paintings are of some of my chickens doing silly things like dancing or sitting on the beach. If you follow the directions for drawing chickens and or rooster then you can add color to your drawing by using paint, pastels or even crayons. Chickens come in many colors and designs, so feel free to add dots and stripes to the feathers. Think of the ends of the wings as fingers and remember the legs on a chicken bend toward the tail.
My paintings are mixed media because I do a pencil drawing first then I glue things like checker pieces, a feather and fabric to the canvas after I have painted. This can be a fun way to recycle things you just can’t let go of but won’t fit in the junk drawer. Other fun things to glue to the canvas are sea shells, sand, beads and wood. I sometimes like to add molding paste or gels to the surface of the canvas or mix it directly into the paint.
Why don’t you try your own silly chicken painting and see what you can find to glue to the canvas to make your own mixed media art.
Drawing Chickens In Bathing Suits
Friday, April 10th, 2009
Hens in swim suits
When our chickens went through their molting period they looked so pitiful. Pompy’s tail all but disappeared except for one long curved feather. Mater, our Plymouth Rock hen, had a bare spot on her back where Pompy had pulled some feathers out. When it rained the looked even worse.
Watching them walk around in their semi-featherless state made me wonder what they would look like in clothing. I began to picture them in all sorts of attire and accessories.
We have a small plastic water filled child’s pool that the chickens like to stand in. The water is usually about 3″ deep. They look so comical standing in the water with water hyacinths surrounding them. The site of them standing in the water had me wondering what they would look like at the beach?
Draw the chickens according to previous instructions and then add bathing suits, umbrellas and hats.