Rosie a Chicken Portrait Painting by Joni Finnegan Mn Artsti

" Rosie" Oil Painting of a chicken by Mn Artist Joni Finnegan One more chicken today. I chose this angle to show off his beautiful tail feathers. It's just not fair that the male gender in the bird population is so much more colorful . This painting is on a 6x8 stretched canvas. $275. to see more of my art go to www.cfai.co/jonifinnegan/ or my home site www.jonifinnegan.com

"The Elephant Watches" by Terry Honstead

This 18 x 22 watercolor on 300 lb paper was done in layers using masking and then painting the entire sheet with a watercolor wash and then repeating the process until the very darkest layer is finally done.    When I took of the masking that kept the layers from getting darker, it did pull of some of the color so I did have a lot of painting to do when I thought I would be done.  I also had to lighten the background areas because they were still too dark!  Anyway, I learned a lot and may try this technique again.  Interested parties can see more at my website terry-honstead.artistwebsites.com or email me at

honstead@paulbunyan.net