A quick pencil sketch led to this pen and colored pencil study.
Monday, June 21, 2010
Portrait of a Rhode Island Red
Never thought I'd be learning the names of different breeds of chickens! This one from "our" flock is a Rhode Island Red. She's very curious (nosey?), being the most likely of the hens to peer in our windows, turning her head to look in with one eye and then the other. I think she intimidates our cat a little.
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As I have learned from my cousin Julie at Dog Trot Farm, chickens are quite the characters!!
http://dogtrotfarm.blogspot.com/
'Twas chickens that first taught me the delights (and challenges!) of drawing from life, and chickens that featured in the first painting I made that got international attention. Perhaps chickens are the patron saints of artists. I should look in to this.
GREAT drawing... very personality-filled!
Nice drawing! The chicken looks kind of worried, but I guess that's their usual state of mind, being chickens.
When you get settled in maybe your next more ambitious painting should be of your cat being intimidated by the chickens. Sounds like a great subject for a painting!
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