Rooster linocut
Well, he’s not Foghorn Leghorn (who is old enough to remember his cartoon?), but he turned out okay. I had sketched out the transfer for this linocut a while back and found it when I was looking for a small project in my sketchbook. I worked on him over the course of several days and then put it away for the primitive horse painting. When I came back to it, prepared for a lot more work, I decided it didn’t really need much. I cut out his wattle, cleaned up the background, and decided to stop. I inked up 4 prints and they all turned out pretty well.
Red rooster
I had always planned to watercolor his tail, wattle, and comb red but after I painted it, the print seemed a bit off balance. Too much red just at the top so I counterbalanced it with more to the wings and a small spot above his legs. Much better. What do you think?
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Jun 23, 2013 @ 13:03:50
Haha, I remember Foghorn Leghorn. This is a neat rooster! Very nice angle to his neck in mid-squawk. I think the red is nicely balanced overall, but I wonder how a gradation from yellow to dark orange/red in those same spots would look? Just a thought! 🙂
Jun 23, 2013 @ 13:30:31
Are we showing our age? I did think of adding more colors, but I I had the red concept pretty much in mind from the start. The nice thing about these is that maybe next time I’ll do something different.
Jun 23, 2013 @ 13:09:44
I think he is quite charming.
Jun 23, 2013 @ 13:30:53
Thanks. He has grown on me.