Northern Saw-whet Owl

I have started the first of 2 painting donations for The Owl Foundation for this fall.

The photo reference is by Gary Irwin.

Step 2: EEEEK, just a week left to finish this.



Step 1:

I stretched the canvas on a 24" x 36" frame and primed it. Although this is a small owl in real life, he is 15" on the canvas.

I added a coat of dark browns, blues and reds as a base colour. That took a while to dry.

Last night I painted the outline of the Saw-whet owl and the tree stump.

This will be painted fairly quickly so it can dry and be shipped by mid-September.


Pam