The subject was "Chickens"

What is it about chickens? I don't know but thank goodness people seem to like them.

My chickens of choice are my brother in laws. I believe Clarence is a frustrated farmer. He has some ducks too but they aren't near as inspiring. Back to the chickens.

They are beautiful.  If a chicken could be called that.

They are fat, happy, healthy and queens of all they see. They lay beautiful eggs of light blue and tan.  They are never destined to provide a Sunday dinner but expire from old age and/or being over weight (I think).  I love the way they parade around their domain. I don't know what breeds they are.  I don't think the current ones have names, since Haley's not home to name them. But they are my muses.

Art wise they are made to be done with palette knife. OK, so maybe they're not technically blue, but they could be. I love palette knife painting. Almost everything I'm doing now is with the knife. It lets you do things with the paint that you can't do with a brush.


In Morning Promenade they were on the hunt after just being released from captivity. This is the work in progress. Unfortunately I didn't take any pics of the finished product

  

Morning Promenade

Poppa and Damion take 1

 I am working on  Poppa and Damion at the moment. It's moments like these that make childhood memories.  Dmaion had just got up and it was a little chilly in Kaneohe. They were watching some cartoon, snuggled under the blanket. Nothing flashy, just very sweet.  Damion's my next shot at getting another artist in the family.

 This  is after a little brush work. The colors are much brighter in the painting. More like the intensity in the 1st pic. I'm taking pics with my phone and it doesn't like the lighting. But it does show the paint texture with the knife. 

Poppa and Damion take 2

I just have to let it dry and set up a bit before I tackle the final touches. Work on Damion's face. Will post after it's done.

I promise to try and keep up with this blog a bit better.  As always if you need to get a hold of me you can reach me at annanorrisfineart@gmail.com, or message me through the blog.  If that doesn't work message each other. Eventually someone will get to me.  

Thanks for looking Anna