A Pastel of a Chicken

"Then a Hen"

6" x 6"

pastel on sandpaper

This is my bossy hen, Harlough. She is now 3 1/2 years old and is 

beginning to show her age. This girl has

always been bossy and queen of the

chicken yard.

7 More to Go - But Who's Counting?

"Harlough"

6" x 6"

oil on Arches OLEO

NFS

Day 23 - of 30 in 30

This is the hen that I painted as a 'chick'  - 

back on Day 12.

I like the way the orange on the sunlit edge turned out - simply stated!

I tried hard for loose and painterly, too!

She is a sassy girl!  Her name - Harlough.  

Chicken magazines say you 

shouldn't name your chickens,

but we did from the get-go.  They are Harlough, 

Queenie (the rooster - but when he was a chick - 

he was the prettiest...

hence, Queenie, and when he grew up - 

it just fit) 

and Chickenator, 

a tiny Banty hen (same age as everyone else),

 whom I shall paint tomorrow - 

don't want any bias or discrimination 

going on in the chicken yard!

Problem is, she is the same color as the dirt...challenge!

OK folks, only 7 paintings in 7 days left.  

I think I am going to make it!

Especially using this ~ I LOVE THIS STUFF ~ Arches oil paper.

Big party when I am done.  Maybe some Mexican food 

and a giant Margarita will be in order!  Y'all are invited!!  

Ha, ha (any excuse for that Mexican food)!

A willing and happy participant in 

Leslie Saeta's 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge.