After only about 5 minutes of painting I decided I didn't like this. But having as thick a head as I have, I just kinda kept plugging away at it. I will admit that the longer I painted, the better I felt about this. I think one of my big problems is that when you paint owls, you have to put on two eyes. You never see owl pictures with one eye. The yes are what make the owl. So... since the eyes are such a focal point of the owl, you have to have them look correct. Right from the beginning (I mean even the drawing) I think my eyes were not quite right. Now they are different sizes, and that sets the painting off. Grrrrrr... Oh well, that's why these are practice and I have an actual day job.
On the bright side, I painted lots of layers on this. I would bet that there are places that have as many as 8 or 9 layers of paint. And on the wing closest to you, you can really see that.
I've been trying to paint in more, lighter layers. Trying to give my paintings a bit of depth. The down side, is that in the back ground, on the inital layer, I had branches behind the owl. Adding subsequent layers has rendered them invisible. Oh, well, take the good with the bad.
I still had fun painting this one. I've got friend who was looking for an owl painting, and this one just might end up in her office. Thanks for viewing.
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