Pet Portraits in Oil

I was asked to paint some chickens on to a terracotta pot, which I first thought would be unsuccessful as the usual medium for outdoor artwork is acrylics, as far as I know, not oils. It turned out okay in the end, although the colour easily sunk for the first few layers, and the surface was completely different to linen canvas. My brushes wore out extremely quickly!

I painted three chickens all around the pot, this is one of them, and the pot has to stay indoors for at least 6 months now before it can be varnished ready to go outside.