Birds, stage-by-stage

Here is the stage-by-stage process of my new bird print – from original line drawing to a selection of prints, finished and laid out to dry!

Original line drawing in Indian ink.

Re-drawn branch, feathers comb and tail detail.

Selection of finished prints on various wallpaper backgrounds, laid out to dry.

Ready to go!

Line artwork cleaned up and converted to two colours ready for screen printing next week.

New print in progress

I've long hand a "thing" about big hair and have often produced pictures on this theme – sometimes hair morphs into towering shapes, maybe a Carmen Miranda fruit baskets or even a Christmas tree!

I have now started working on an idea for "Birds' Nest Hair". I have plans to bring together a Beardsley influence, Grecian vases and Olaf Hajek– I just have to work out how to squeeze wallpaper into there...

Peacock

Still Going...

Curlew

Today I've done three more birds as part of my fabric collage series. This one is a Curlew.