background. Designed in colored pencil and ink.
This design consists of heirloom breeds of chickens and roosters and their eggs. The various egg colors possible from heirloom breeds are reflected in the coloring of the whole and cracked eggs, from bright yellow yolks to orange ones and shell colors ranging from teal to brown to light pink. I hand drew the elements and colored them with colored pencil, then digitized and arranged the elements into the pattern. This same pattern is available on a white background.