Latest Artwork

Just a quick update. 

I was given a green egg carton to fill with eggs and decided to take a little more care than I usually do with my carton illustrations (usually just rapid sketches of chickens.) 

I did a Munch inspired one before (Screamin' chicken eggs - a play on "Squawkin' Chicken eggs" which is what I usually call them) with a hen reenacting the scream, but this time I decided to do a Mucha inspired work.

Enjoy. There might be more box art to come later.

First I started out with this sketch 

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 I started painting. First I approached it by blocking in the colours, then I realised that because of the amount of highlights, this wasn't going to work. I'd have to start with fine details. As it's a watercolour painting it required a lot of planning because the highlights had to be negative space. It's near impossible to paint over dark colours with light in watercolour.

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And that's it finished! It was a marathon effort but I think it was worth it.

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