Day 9 of the 50 Paintings in 50 Days Challenge - Everywhere A Chick Chick by George De Chiara
Everywhere A Chick Chick 6x6 inches Oil on Canvas Panel by George De Chiara Click here to bid. Opening bid just one cent! My wife's grandparents started to raise chickens a few years ago and now have quite a flock running around the yard. I think they started off with just a few chickens, maybe 5 or 6 and now they must have over 30! And let me tell you, 30 chickens lay a lot of eggs. Every time we visit with them, we bring home six or seven dozen eggs and now we are thoroughly spoiled. We'd like to have a constant supply of the eggs, but, unfortunately, her grandparents live about six hours away.
In any case, every time we go there I like to go out back and take some pictures of the chickens. I love painting them, but can't do it from life. They just move around way too much. Now, to be fair, I'm not sure if they just like to move around or if it's my 20 month old daughter trying to hug them that makes them move. Either way, I'm forced to use photo reference when painting them. For today's painting, I looked through the many photographs I've taken until I found one that I felt had a good pose. Why did I choose this one? I thought it would work well with the square format I'm using for my painting challenge. I like the profile view of this chicken and I was really drawn to the color of this one. She's been in the coop since almost the beginning and lays the prettiest red/brown eggs. By the way, does anyone know any good recipes that use a lot of eggs? To see a complete step-by-step demo of how this painting came to life visit my blog here. |
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