Snowflake is a young rooster
Philly in the tree
One of our hens, Little Black, loves to sit on the nest and has hatched three roosters and two hens for us. She, the eggs and chicks all stay out in the movable coop. That is the coop I showed you how to draw in the last post. Then when the chicks are old enough everybody moves to the big coop. Well, two of the young roosters and one hen decided they prefer to sleep on limbs up in the trees. During the summer they roosted in the cypress tree in the backyard. Then when winter came the leaves fell off of the trees leaving the limbs bare. The cypress tree is on the edge of the yard close to a field and woods where deer, opossum and other critters wander. So, the three moved to a gum ball tree off of the patio and closer to the big chicken coop.
The big chicken coop
I have taken pictures of the coop from the front. Through the door you can see a white shelf that the older hens use as a nesting box. Try to draw a picture of the coop at one end of your paper and at the other end of the paper draw a tree with a lot of limbs radiating out from the trunk. On the limbs draw the hen and roosters.
When you begin drawing think about the shapes you will use. For example the coop is very geometric consisting of a square and several rectangles. The trees on the other hand are very curvy. Also notice that the limbs get smaller the farther away from the tree trunk they grow. And when you draw the poultry the shapes are mostly ovals. The view of the hen and roosters in my photos are from below. I was standing under the tree aiming the camera up at the hen and roosters. Silly Philly is the orange colored one and he is a Polish Buff. The larger white one we call snowflake and he is also a rooster. The smallest white one is a hen and when old enough she will lay eggs. Her name is Domino because she has a couple of black spots on her back. When you draw the picture of the coop and trees together draw your trees as if you were standing next to them and not under them. If you would prefer to do just the chicken in the tree that is fine too. The most important thing is to have fun.
