Chooks - Simple Techniques For Chickens
Tips & Techniques
Chooks is the delightful Australian term for chicken (rhymes with nook). These Chooks are just begging to be painted by you.
PALETTE SUGGESTIONS
Jo Sonja’s Artist’s Colors
To make tints, add White
Diox. Purple (V)
Red Violet (RV)
Napthol Crimson (R)
Vermilion (O)
Yellow Deep (Y)
Brilliant Green + touch RV or Olive Green (G)
Celadon (BG)
Titanium White (W)
Carbon Black (BLK)
BRUSHES
Jo Sonja’s Sure Touch
#3 - 4 Round - Basic Painting
#2 Liner (1360 Short Liner) - Lines and Details
¾” Flat (1375 Square Stroke) - Apply Retarder Medium
3/8" Oval Glaze or Filbert (#8-10) - Applying antiquing color
1318 Oval Wash - Blending out glaze
BACKGROUNDS
Mouse, Smoked Pearl, or Vellum. They would look good on many backgrounds. Glaze (on sample): Olive Green + Black with touches of Purple here and there. Whisper some touches of blue or blue green here and there in background if you would like.
Suggested Techniques
Base - Brush Mix All Colors
Chooks: Water + W
Comb, Wattle, Stems, Tulips: R
Leaves: G
Ground: Streaky G
Sclera of eye, Beak, Legs, Feet, Flower Dots: Y + touch RV. May put a touch on R areas. Dry Well.
Shade
Apply a very thin coat of Retarder Medium over surface of painting. Glaze with G + BLK. Add touches of V or V+ touch of W here and there. May add touches of BG + W to sky. Dry.
Shadow stroke R areas with RV or RV + touch of G + Kleister.
Detail eye, beak, feet, and stems with Kleister strokes (paint + Kleister Med.) of RV + BLK.
Highlight & Detail
Use Kleister strokes.
Chooks: W, may put W + Y touches here and there.
Red Areas: O + Y to Y
Green Areas: G + W + touch of W. May want BG tints on some leaves.
Decorate leaves with BLK. Could darken pupil of eye if needed. Dry well.
Pattern Ideas
These patterns may be reduced or enlarged as necessary for your personal use.
