Hen, Chicks, and LOVE

Odd may it sound, but this is a painting which I'd like to express love!

I'd always want to paint a hen or rooster and it is one of the many items what I set to paint earlier at the beginning of this year. Then, a friend of mine who owns a gallery asked me to do a painting under the theme "LOVE". So, I combine the two!

I took this painting quite seriously and did a lot of teachnique studying. I'm glad that I could handle "wet-in-wet" and delivered the fluffy texture of the little chicks quite well. But on the other hand, I wasn't able to present the hen's wings. I suppose I should have used "wet-on-dry" instead overdoing with all those strokes.

Anyway, this is the largest painting I've done so far. "A2 in size" ie 42cm x 59cm. I'd to buy large brushes for this, and finding a table big enough to work on wasn't that easy either! Having said all these, I enjoyed painting this piece a lot. I enjoyed the entire process, from searching on ideas, to digging into the various painting techniques on my book shelf, to shopping at the art shop for big size paper and brushes, interacting with the shop keeper learning about the different brands of paper and watercolor paints, to trial run on smaller paper, to finally going ahead with final painting.

Winsor & Newton watercolor (made in England!)

59cm x 42cm

Arches Aquarelle Water Color paper 140lb CP