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Whut? is finished in just under three hours of drawing. By comparison, the original 2024 watercolour took about 30 minutes.

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Three cartoonish chickens standing squished together making facial expression of confusion or horror.

It's been a while... I took a two week vacation from painting (U.S. thanksgiving plus husband taking time off from work).

I have many more layers of colour to add to the rooster photographer but I like what I accomplished in session 9. I'm about 11 hours into this piece.

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I painted the red of the rooster's face and comb and a lighter, oranger version for the hen. I laid down a white base layer for his head and a Payne's gray straight out of the paint pot layer for his clothing. I also cleaned up the water layer near the bottom third of the piece.

The Flock on Vacation - third session. I've finally started colouring.

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A white headed chicken woman - her head is now coloured in. She's on the right side of the group.

After a second coat of green and letting it sit to thoroughly dry, I started on the background. It's a foggy but bright day and I'm going to need a lot of Titanium white. I used the last of my white to mix the lightest colour of the fog. That layer will need to dry then I'll add a second before moving on to the most distant line of trees.

I have also ordered more Titanium white.

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The top of the panel now outlines the sky and a sense of the trees that are yet to come. Done with a lot of Titanium white, some peach, and some cobalt blue.

My digital redraw of Brenda took 1 hour 12 minutes. I draw a lot of surreal chicken people but sometimes it's nice to go back to the basics and draw or paint an actual chicken.

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A brown speckled hen with some white specks and blue feathers.

The Bridal Party - 3 hours 4 minutes

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The bride and one of her attendants - their heads are drawn. Behind the bride is the start of Niagara Falls lit up with pink lights.

Ferry Photo - session 2 - roughly 3 hours work. I have outlined the main shapes with black acrylic. One it's thoroughly dry I will put a thin layer of priming in a dark blue or green. The piece will be a rather bright piece, lots of whites and light grays so a dark under coat will help the colours pop.

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Black outline of a rooster headed man taking a smart phone photo of a hen headed woman. She's in a short summer dress. Both look a little wind blown. They are at the aft side of a BC Ferry. An island full of various evergreens is behind them.

Red and White - 1 hour 41 minutes to do a digital version of a 2024 watercolour sketch.

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A stylized street art type painting of a white rooster with a red and pink comb and waddle. The purple background is showing through the white parts.

Art 365/310: Side Eye?

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A white chicken with comb flopped over most of its face but one eye is free to give you the side eye.

Coffee and Contemplation: I've worked an hour and 31 minutes now.

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I've coloured in the two coffee books and the face of the rooster man on the right.

This is Brenda. I've drawn and painted her before but this is my first time doing a digital portrait of her. She is/was? one of Ursula Vernon/T. Kingfisher's chickens. As the photo reference is at least 5 years old, I'm not sure if Brenda is still with us.

Anyway, I'm about 45 minutes into this piece.

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Same piece but the face, comb, waddles and some of the feathers are now coloured in using shades of orange, brown, pink, red, and white.

My last finished piece of art for October 2025.

Angry Mother Hen took two hours forty minutes to draw.

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A chicken headed women in a vintage 1950s orange floral print dress holding a regular chicken of similar coloring. Pet? Child? You decide. The woman is standing near some stairs in a wooded area in early autumn.

Humboldt Street / Belmont Building (because I never did come up with a better name) is done. Well, the fun bit is done. I still have to paint the edges of the panel, let it cure and then varnish the darn thing.

Right now I am at 29 hours of work (21 hours of painting)

What do you think? If you know the area, did I do it justice?

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A tired chicken tourist in a floral print shirt, blue cardigan and purple glasses (yes, I really do dress like this) poses before the flowers that mark the edge of the Fairmont property. Behind the tourist is a view of Humboldt Street and the Belmont Building. Another chicken is driving car through the photo. A Canada mail van is delivering the mail (clearly the reference photo is from a time before the strike). There are lovely pots of flowers hanging from the lamp posts.

I have a new surreal piece — the bridal party. I'm working from a digital collage from some vintage photographs I own. To get the intricate detailing of the dresses, I am tracing. Once the outline is done I'll switch to hand drawing / colouring.

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Bride and her attendants (all chicken people) pose before a view of Niagara Falls. Right now it's a mostly drawn outline against a black background.

Humboldt Street - 28 hours of work (20 hours of painting). I am now at the step where I look at each square inch to look for areas where some panel might be showing through. Then I'll touch up some last details and sign my name.

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