Morning Alarm-Rooster

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Oil on 7x5 canvas panel.

This is my contribution to this week's WDE at Wet Canvas. Jean was the gracious host this week who provided a bunch of great photos.

Just couldn't resist the colorful rooster! Plenty of thick paint for texture!
This was a lot of fun to paint!

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Hebrews 10:35-36,     "So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded. You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised."

Guardian-Rooster

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Oil on 7x5 canvas panel.

This is my contribution to this week's WDE at Wet Canvas. Lisilk was the super host this week who provided a bunch of great photos!

I really like painting roosters. Colorful guys with a ton of attitude.

Plenty of knife work on this one. But the brush was used in the tight spots. I attempted to keep this one loose and painterly. Hope I succeeded.

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Psalm 136:1     O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. 

Struttin' His Stuff-Rooster

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Oil on 7x5 canvas panel.

This is my contribution to this week's WDE at Wet Canvas. Maureen did a great job of hosting this week and provided a bunch of terrific photos! She always does.

I came across this quote by John Singer Sargent: "No small dabs of colour - you want plenty of paint to paint with."
I have been guilty of being stingy with paint...so this time my mounds of color were a little more generous. But most of the areas around the bird were done with thin paint for contrast.

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James 4:14   "Yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes."

Stepping Out-Chickens

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Oil on 5x7 canvas panel.

This is my contribution to this week's WDE at Wet Canvas. Oty was the gracious  hostess.

What can I say?...I can't pass up a chicken. I sometimes feel like the Colonel Sanders of the art world....I'm thinking my chicken paintings might sell a whole lot better with sides of mashed potatoes and biscuits!!

This painting was about 50/50 brushes and painting knife.

I attempted this (loosely) in the style of  that great painter, Cheri Christensen. Thanks for the tip, Julie! I really like to hop around in cyberspace and try to emulate the styles that blow my socks off...hoping some will stick. Usually it doesn't and I just wind up painting like  my ol' boring self, but with cold feet! Brrrr!  
I really appreciate your comments!

Galatians 3:26     For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.

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Strut Your Stuff-Rooster

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Oil on 7x5 canvas panel.

This is my contribution to this week's WDE at Wet Canvas. Lin was the hostess who supplied this great reference photo!

I picked the fancy rooster. Chickens were a very common subject to me a few years ago. It's nice to try one once more.

I've been surfing the blogs as usual. One thing that was mentioned quite a bit was using enough paint. And I came across this quote by John Singer Sargent: "No small dabs of colour - you want plenty of paint to paint with."
I have been guilty of being stingy with paint...so this time my mounds of color were a little more generous.

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1 Timothy 6:7 For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.

Ladies' Man-Rooster

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Oil on 7x5 hardboard.

This is my contribution to this week's WDE at Wet Canvas. The hostess was Wendy, and she provided great reference photos.

This bird is so slicked up in his colorful best, how could any hen in her right mind resist?

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^{Jude 1:4} For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.

Morning Glory-Rooster

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Oil on a 6x6 canvas panel.
Working within the square format was something different for me.

This is my contribution to this week's WDE at Wet Canvas. The hostess, Kay, provided great photos to work from.

For the thick strokes, I loosely mixed paint (not over mixed) on the palette. Then I would pick it up on my palette knife. Then pick paint up from the knife with a scoop of the brush. And lastly, apply it in one stroke. This seemed to give some nice unexpected blends and broken color.

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1 Timothy 6^:7 For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.

Monet's Cockerel

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Oil on 5x7 hardboard.

This is my submission to the WDE at Wet Canvas. The image was graciously supplied by Kat. This rooster/cockerel is a resident at Monet's garden in Giverny, France.

Trying something New! I did something different (for me) on this one. Instead of going for the largest brush I could handle, I went with two of my small brushes...plus the palette knife in choice areas. Even though I used small brushes, I resisted the urge to control every stroke which leads to over detailing. I tried to keep the strokes loose and gestural. I like the effect.
Do you think it's too "busy"?

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^{Isaiah 66:13} As a mother comforts her child, so will I comfort you; and you will be comforted over Jerusalem."

Red, White, and Blue

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Oil on 7x5 hardboard.
Roosters/chickens were really high on my list a few years ago...it's good to revisit them again. The image for this painting was supplied by Kay for the WDE at Wet Canvas.

Happy Father's Day!!

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Matthew 5:48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.

Wake Up Call

Oil on 7x5 hardboard.
I used to do a number of these birds a few years ago for eBay...sort of a niche I fell into. So it was a lot of fun doing this one.

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Luke 2:11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.

White Rooster

Oil on 7x5 archival canvas panel.

I quite frequently set specific goals for myself before beginning a painting. My goals for this rooster were: use varied, close value, broken color....Use plenty of paint( gobs)....use the painting knife for a larger percent of the painting than I normally do (stay away from the brush as much as possible thus avoiding getting caught up in unnecessary detail)....mix much of the colors directly on the panel.

To these ends I feel I was fairly successful. Right now I'm happy with it....gotta look it over a little while.


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Prov 11:2 When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.

Ruffled Rooster

I loved this alarm clock with the ruffled feathers. Awhile back it seemed about all I painted was roosters. I somehow got away from it ...until I saw the great photo! It was graciously supplied by Li for the WDE at the Wet Canvas. This is oil on 7x5 archival canvas panel. Much of the visible red background is the acrylic tone which is applied first
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Rooster

Oil on 5x7 archival canvas panel.
I have done quite a few roosters in the recent past...thought it was time for another. I enjoy all the color and attitude of pride which roosters exhibit. The oils were applied thickly in selected areas.
Hope you enjoy!!
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