Mrs Grumpy

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Great detailed piece Val

Posted by Russell Edwards on Mon 28 Feb 18:04:10

I love chucks … this one is lovely Val. We have local hens …and Foxes .

Posted by Sylvia Evans on Mon 28 Feb 18:05:03

Wow lovely !!

Posted by Faye Patrick on Mon 28 Feb 18:26:19

What a great image...and title.

Posted by Lewis Cooper on Mon 28 Feb 18:40:36

That’s brought a smile, great character Val!

Posted by Alan Bickley on Mon 28 Feb 20:58:56

To say you don’t keep chickens, you’ve got a feel for them Val. So well observed, I can almost feel the fleshyness of her wattles and comb and the way she is eyeing you up.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Mon 28 Feb 21:25:56

Well-observed textures, can almost touch those wattles!

Posted by John Whitehead on Mon 28 Feb 21:52:35

This is super Val. The look on her face definitely shows a grumpy attitude!

Posted by Spencer Lambeth-Angell on Mon 28 Feb 22:52:25

Fabulous, what a great expression

Posted by Heather Love on Tue 01 Mar 07:29:45

Fantastic old lady Val, yes she has a ‘ won’t stand nonsense face’ 🤨

Posted by Carole Swingler on Tue 01 Mar 09:16:33

The wattles are so tangible and her expression warrants the title. So acutely observed Val.

Posted by Carole Kelly on Tue 01 Mar 10:21:06

Thank you everyone for your lovely comments, I appreciate them all.

Posted by Val Kenyon on Tue 01 Mar 17:20:36

So cute!

Posted by Steve Batty on Wed 02 Mar 17:21:22

Excellent texture and details

Posted by Ceri Jones on Thu 03 Mar 19:10:20

Gorgeously grumpy!

Posted by Chloe Hibberd on Mon 25 Apr 21:07:49

Hang on Studio Wall

28/02/2022

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A mixture of wax and oil based coloured pencils on Bristol paper. I felt like she was giving me the evil eye whilst I was working on it... I don't keep chickens so the photo ref is Unsplash.

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Val Kenyon

I am a self taught artist or, as I like to say, I'm "unrestricted by formal teaching" which probably explains my mish mash of styles. I paint in most media, watercolour, gouache, oil, coloured pencil and my favourite, soft pastels. I'm inspired by the Scottish landscape, nature and animals and…

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