contemplating chicken: various thoughts

Here are the cards, JUST IN CASE YOU WERE CURIOUS.

Click through if you wish to buy some of these!

[desc. five French bulldog notecards!]

OKAY GUYS THEY ARE UP IN THE SHOP

Both cards AND prints! 

PARTAKE, I TELL YOU, IN THE FINENESS OF FRENCH BULLDOGS.

Note: In light of the somewhat time-consuming process of watercoloring, the prints will be $15, which is slightly higher than I previously mentioned.

[desc. lots of French bulldog linoleum prints spread across a table.]

First four prints in full living color! This should give the general observer an idea of what I’m going for with these guys, such that no two prints are quite alike. And, since there’s a nice amount of variety, I thought I’d make some notecards too.

[desc. four French Bulldog prints with watercolor.]

MR. FRENCHIE RIDES AGAIN

Here is Mr. Frenchie with my planned border! My oh-so-clever idea is that the Frenchies with WARM-colored bow ties will have THIS border but the Frenchies with the COOL-colored bow ties will have a border in reds and oranges.

AREN’T I SMART.

[desc. print of a French bulldog wearing a red bow tie. There is a blue border and a caption above: “A FRENCH GENTLEMAN.”]

AN UPDATE as regarding A French Gentleman (or Mr. Frenchie as I have taken to calling him.)

I really, really need to take a few days break from linoleum carving. It’s fun but it makes everything from my shoulders down hurt mightily. I did a quick test and indeed, if I am careful to avoid the printed lines, I can fairly easily/quickly watercolor these little dudes. I still haven’t decided how I’m going to do the border/background, but I’m definitely going to watercolor Mr. Frenchie himself. Because of the extra time (in carving the bigger block/coloring) these are going to be a little more expensive — I’m just going to say $14. 

Anyway, I’ll update later, but I’m shortly off to the city to go WRITE WRITE WRITE (and drink a chai latte, mmm.)

[desc. a black and white print of a French bulldog with a bowtie that says “A FRENCH GENTLEMAN” and has an ornate border. The French bulldog is watercolored a sort of ochre-y brown.]

Oh my laws

what have a I done

[desc. print of a French bulldog with a bowtie with the text “A FRENCH GENTLEMAN.” The Frenchie looks a little … uh … scary through the eyes.]

I’ll just have to make an extra eye stamp I guess.