Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Mille Fleur Bantam Hen

Mille Fleur Hen
acrylic, 6" by 6"

Bantams - chickens with attitude! I'm fortunate to have a neighbour's small flock of heritage chickens to serve as willing models - and they work cheaply, a bit of stale bread or some vegetable peelings and they are all yours. At least until he food runs out.

The mille fleur colour pattern with its black and white tipped feathers scattered throughout the plumage has to be one of the prettiest, if challenging to paint.

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