Cozy Chicks 2

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Adding Detail

Another layer of paint brings everything into a bit more detail. The box of gravel grit in the background is looking best! We made the little roost ourselves, and I enjoyed painting it. Of course, it would not actually look that clean. As for the chicks, painting chick down feathers is even harder than regular chicken feathers!

Chicks in Gray-Scale

Doing this painting at my art group really helped. The senior art teacher pointed out that everything in the painting, though different colors, was all the same value. I took a black-and-white photo to find out, and indeed, almost everything was the same shade of gray. Gray-scale removes the color and shows clearly the level of dark vs light in the painting. Looks like I will need to add some real dark and light colors into the painting next!