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Zeeland, MI
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Title
Barn Swallow Chicks
Artist
Conni Schaftenaar
Medium
Painting - Watercolor On Paper
Description
Watercolor painting of barn swallow chicks in their nest in our barn. The swallows add so much to life on our farm, from the funny mud nests with the cute babies in them to the amazing job they do of keeping flying pests to a minimum!
This is a rework in 2018 of a painting I had done in 2013, just beginning my second year of painting ANYTHING and not using watercolors correctly. I loved how the chicks turned out, considering my lack of knowledge and skill at the time, but I did not love some of the nest details and background. At some point, I may start from scratch to paint this image from my photo, but for now, I settled for softening the background, modifying nest details (they really are just globs of mud!) and adding a barn beam. In reality, the nest was "glued" by the parent swallows onto the face of a 2x12 rafter, so in my original painting, without that beam detail, it just looked like it was floating in space. It always bugged me that I couldn't make it look accurate, so I've now taken some artistic license and added a beam. There are nests around my barn sitting on a beam like this, so I haven't erred too badly in the depiction!
Honorable Mention tie in the Birds contest, July 2021
Honorable Mention tie in the Multiple Subjects contest, December 2021
Featured in these FAA groups:
Birds, Animals and Nature, September 2015
Bird Watchers, November 2015
Poetic Poultry, January 2016
FAA Portraits - Birds, October 2019
For The Birds, June 2022
Uploaded
April 11th, 2014
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Middletown, PA - United States
Beautiful work, Conni!!! CONGRATULATIONS, your work is featured in "For the Birds"! I invite you to place it in the group's "Featured Image Archive" discussion thread and any other thread that is fitting!! 😊
Zeeland, MI - United States
honorable mention tie finish in the Multiple Subjects contest - thanks to all who voted!
Danville, KY - United States
Conni, CONGRATULATIONS on your HONORABLE MENTION LEAD In M IS FOR MEMORIES CONTEST - YAY!, SO WELL DESERVED
Danville, KY - United States
Conni, CONGRATULATIONS on your TIed HONORABLE MENTION LEAD in the BIRDS Contest!..YAY!! SO WELL DESERVED!
Dillon, SC - United States
What a sweet watercolor of baby birds! I love their little faces.
Conni Schaftenaar replied:
Thanks so much, MM - I do love those little faces peering at me from the nests, too - one of the highlights of my farm summer!
Vancouver, BC - Canada
Such a loveable and charming painting of the swallow chicks i just saw in your photo!! they are beyond adorable in your painting!! i love this beautiful art!! L/F
Fort Payne, AL - United States
Absolutely adorable painting Conni! Featured on Poetic Poultry! http://fineartamerica.com/groups/poetic-poultry-.html?tab=overview
Indio, CA - United States
Beautiful entry, Conni. This must have been fun to discover up in the barn> F/L & V Warm regards from the desert
Conni Schaftenaar replied:
Thanks, Maria - it is so much fun when the barn swallows are on our farm from mid-April until beginning of September, and I always watch the nest for when the fledglings are getting big enough to peep over the edge and watch what's going on around the barn - they are so, so cute! Appreciate your vote and L/F a lot!
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