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| Angry Chicken Foot,8x10,framed $99 |
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| Snowflake,8x10,framed $99. |
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| Sadie-- and here is the tree. |
HI, I just put the finishing touches on my new "Angry Chicken Foot". The foot pose is new..each one of them has been different. I was thinking yesterday that an angry chicken was good to work on. Here,too is the little giraffe with the snowflake. I darkened the snowflake with Thalo blue and some iridescent blue from Da Vinci so you can see it better. This one is on 300 pound Winsor Newton cold press. I usually use 140 but I had this little piece. I prefer the 140 although this is luxurious to work on. What kind of paper do you prefer?? I love Hot Press too. It seems to develop more back washes and its perfect for plein aire landscapes..
I got the Christmas Tree. Me, by myself, into the car it went and back home. I struggled it out of the car and Sadie leaped on it. It was all tied up. Which really blew my mind as usually I pick this one then that one then oh that one.. until I decide.. but I got it from a large store and it was only $18 and all were wrapped.. So I chose a fat bundle, I usually like fat and short trees,I tried it,and amazingly it looks good. ha ha.. Sadie and I put it up,we got it in the tree stand. I leaned it on a rocking chair. Then I got in the floor,put each leg on the side of the tree stand and put my head under the tree ,balancing the tree on my head as I screwed the knobs to hold the tree into the tree stand. Well.. of course Sadie had her head under there with me.. and I got laughing so Hard. After I got it all screwed into the stand,I laid back on the floor and started laughing again as I had a small piece of the tree in my hand, like I was holding a flower.. well you get the picture. Sadie was laying next to me eating a tree branch looking very puzzled.. So after I could stop laughing I got up, we got the lights on. I had to pull them from her as she was trying to eat them,too.. I'm not putting many ornaments on it.. I really don't want to have to take her to the vet over Christmas.. So It's up. Have you got yours?? Any thing silly happen as you were putting it up. ha ha..
Love to you,Diana
Love the foreshortening in the chicken's foot. No funny stories with our tree...except our lone female (a Bloodhound) snagged a candy cane from the tree. Daddy caught her with it before it was punctured and crushed and eaten.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful paintings, beautiful tree. I can see you and Sadie have a good time putting the tree up.
ReplyDeleteI just love that angry chicken painting!
ReplyDeleteYour tree is beautiful...ours isn't up yet!
Love the giraffe, chicken foot is unique, looks like putting the tree up completely exhausted Sadie, no tree up here yet, it won't be much this year as we will be away, yours looks great btw
ReplyDeleteLove your angry chicken, Diana! And I think you are wise to not put too many ornaments on the tree. :)
ReplyDeleteKathryn XX
I have been procrastinating as I'm not sure how a 10 month old Labrador and a Christmas tree covered in shiny baubles will mix! Maybe it wont be so bad... I think I'll put it up in the next couple of days... Wish me luck!
ReplyDeleteLove you angry chicken! :0)
Love YOUR, that was meant to say, lol!
ReplyDeleteDear Diana - your angry chicken painting is so wonderful...makes me smile but not as much as the vision of you and Sadie putting up the Christmas tree. Smart move regarding the ornaments...Shelby is absolutely fascinated with them and between the kitty and her I am not sure there will be any left on the tree. Have a great day.
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