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Tuesday, January 28, 2014

25 - Morning Chickens


Morning Chickens 6 x 6 Oil on Gessobord $40 - Buy it here.

Everyone thinks I've been raised on a farm just because I told them we have a chicken coop with about 8 hens and a rooster. I'm no farmer but having chickens is great because I can collect a dozen eggs every day! 

I enjoy the lighting effect with the strong dark background contrast. It really brings the yellow hen in major focus before you notice the brown hen. It was challenging painting the whites as it gets easily muddy with the dark background but I'm stubborn and like to finish the painting from beginning to end in two hours. I don't want to wait for the paint to dry and try again the next day. That's just me.

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