My Painting --- Two Cocks

Happy Friday Steemians!

Today I would like to share with you my new painting----Cocks. Chicken is a very important subject in painting, many people love to paint it. I like to draw it because it is really beautiful, especially its red comb and tail. furthermore, this year is the Year of the Rooster, so I want to draw a picture about cock as a souvenir.

Chicken (ji)is a homophone for " auspicious " in Chinese, so chicken is also an auspicious symbol in China. In ancient times, old people attached great importance to chicken not only because it is a lucky symbol, but also it is really important.
There were no alarm clocks in ancient times, when a cock crowed, people knew it's time to get up and work. So people also thought it was a trustworthy symbol.

What made it different is that this time I used the Gouache, which is opaque watercolor, and freehand brushwork in traditional Chinese painting.

Two cocks picked about the yard. I thought one was very tired lying on the grassland, the other had just came back after foraging. It seems that they get separated from their family.

The Process:

鸡在绘画里面是一个比较重要的题材，很多人都爱画它。因为“鸡”和“吉”谐音，所以它寓意着大吉大利，吉祥如意。而在我国古代，人们对鸡也非常重视。不仅仅因它是一个吉祥的象征，也有重要的意义。在古代，没有闹钟，不能按时叫醒人们，人们可以通过公鸡啼鸣来知晓天亮了，该起床干活。所以它也是守时守信的象征。我喜欢画它是因为大公鸡确实非常漂亮，尤其是那红红的鸡冠和鲜亮挺拔的尾巴。

这次我用的是水粉颜料。水粉画是介于水彩和油画之间的一种，有点像是不透明的水彩画。

过程：

1、先用画笔调一点黑色，画出鸡的眼睛，方中见圆，然后再眼睛的下面画出嘴，注意上面的厚，下面的薄一点，然后画出耳朵。

2、再换一只笔，调一些红色的颜色画出鸡冠及眼睛、耳朵周围和下面的囊。

3、接着继续画出鸡的颈部和身体，再画出漂亮的尾巴。上面的先画到这，然后画下面的那只。

4、同样我还是先从眼睛开始，（其实从哪里开始没有规定，只要你心中有大致的轮廓，你可以从任意部分开始画。只要最后很好结合起来就行。）然后画出身体，尾巴，还有脚。最后用淡淡的颜色点出地面。

两只大公鸡就完成了！

Thank you and have a nice day!

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helene