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I have some Andalusian Blues, which are beautiful grey chickens that are well suited to the Andalusian climate. I painted this one in watercolours, from life – I sat in the chicken enclosure amongst the orange trees with my little jars of water, brushes, paper, tissues and compact watercolour set. The chickens didn’t stay still for even one second. I had to look really hard and keep the image of a pose in my brain and then paint my impressions. All the while they pecked me, came up and stared at me, jumped on me and tried to eat my paints.