IF: Capable

I missed last week's IF topic due to an insanely busy work week. Grading, planning, painting with EVERY class...delightful, but exhausting. (The grading wasn't delightful.) Sometimes I feel a bit like these acrobatic chickens of mine. Let's hope I'm as capable as they are.

The Warren hen is a unique breed capable of daring feats of balance and agility.

IF: Popularity

This is my first post for Illustration Friday's weekly challenge, and since I'm jumping in late in the week, I'm turning to a not-new-but-not-too-old illustration for this week's "Popularity" theme.
This drawing reminds me of my sister, who has always been quite the hit with critters large and small.

"Some days she would spend entire afternoons conversing with the fishes..."