This picture above is done with my new Corel Painter software on automatic Classical Oil Painting mode. Isn't that wild?
We have a small group of silkie chickens, only one rooster and 4 hens. The youngest hen is two years old-- Pirate, above. She and her aunt Honey have been broody for about a week now, even though they had no eggs under them. Broody is a strange state in which the chicken almost never leaves her nest and flattens out, in a zone.
Yesterday morning I saw Honey and Pirate (who has only one working eye) fighting like roosters, kicking out at each other. I put Honey in another area of the aviary and closed the door. I let her out this morning and things seemed okay, but half an hour later they were at it again and Pirate's head top was bleeding a little. So she's in a separate cage in the garage with a plate full of yummies. She looks creepy below because the Polysporin exaggerated the wounded look- I really think she'll be fine. But as soon as there's blood with chickens you have to watch out for their cannibal inclinations. (ps- thanks Corel for the beauty job!)
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Glad you're having fun with Painter. That brush seems like it was created for Silkies.
Sorry to hear about the chicken catfight.
According to a science article I read, traces of collagen proteins from a well preserved T-rex bone matched most closely to those of chickens. (Link below if you're curious)
Perhaps that would explain their rowdy behavior.
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/discoveries/2007-04-12-trex-protein_N.htm
I just got painter, too, but haven't experimented yet!
Sally, I just got Painter 4 Essentials, not the full version. It's really astonishing what it can do to a photograph. Being a painter, you may find it discouraging. The interface of pens and brushes is very pleasing to work with, but I still haven't done a background from scratch that I like-- still finding my way.
I got the full Painter X. I have been concerned all along that it would print pixelated, but wondered how it would work on paper that is more like watercolor paper and not glossy. Will try soon.
I hope that isn't curry baked beanz I see on Pirate's platter.
Let me know how you like it, Sal, because now I'm thinking I may try the full version. Linda, the chickens wouldn't be served the holy beanz. Don't you think that first "painting" has a Goya feeling-- I mean if Goya painted portraits of chickens?
ps I outsmarted Honey the attack b@tch. Now she's in the cage in the garage and Pirate is amongst honorable James Brown and polite chickens without injury.
Yes, a Goya feeling! I think I need to try a tutorial to learn Painter. Will keep you posted.
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