Comply with my journey as I paint this portrait of Willow, a stupendous barn owl whose secret life I’ve adopted intently.
Barn owls are extraordinarily lovely birds and watching them soar over the fields and valleys of the Yorkshire Wolds Is an unbelievable sight
Barn owl work
They’ve impressed a lot of my work, together with this certainly one of Willow. Willow is a barn owl I do know properly and I need this portray to do her justice. I begin this portray by placing the sky down first. Utilizing acrylics I’ve to work actually shortly earlier than it dries. I take advantage of a curler to melt among the brushstrokes out and mix it a bit.
Perspective
I’ve to rise up on to a ladder to see the portray totally, as a result of I are likely to work so near the image this offers me the angle I have to plan the place the barn owl will probably be positioned. It is solely once I see the portray from a distance that I realise I want so as to add extra color to the clouds to get a bit extra heat in. It is wonderful what number of completely different colors there are in clouds.
Foreground
Subsequent its time to work on the foreground and, working from darkish to mild, I add bushes and grass. I then use an airbrush to even out the strokes across the clouds. As soon as I am proud of the background, I begin to get the define in. I take advantage of colored pencils and as soon as I am proud of that it is a case of blocking within the primary colors.
Including element.
I can then transfer on to the small print of the facial disk after which the wings. Utilizing an airbrush I then use an airbrush to melt the brushstrokes. I put very high-quality layers of paint on with the airbrush and generally you’ll be able to barely see it, however it simply helps to convey extra color into the wings and creating the softness of feathers. Lastly I put darker markings on with a pencil and high-quality brush. This remaining contact actually makes a distinction to the portray.
End
After months of labor, I believe it is full. It is arduous to know when to cease with a portray, however after including a couple of highlights to the grasses I resolve it is full. Framing And at last it is time to get it right into a body. I hope you’ve loved this portray journey, from clean canvas to completed portray.
