๐Ÿ”น MY ART - owl in winter - watercolor painting - process

in art โ€ขย  7 years agoย 

Hello mates, I am glad I can present you a new painting I made yesterday. I continue with painting animals and the last one I chose was an owl. I found a beautiful picture but dont know what kind of owl it is, maybe some of you will tell me ;)
I also bought new watercolor papers, so I tried them. It soaks water faster and the structure is stronger, but I like it.

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Here is the process:

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๐Ÿ”น First I made an outline. I drew it really light so it is not very visible, but I dont have to rub it then, so it is better. I started with painting, first only some light base.

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๐Ÿ”น There is a practice to paint all the light parts first and move to darker, but I always need to see the darkest places, so I used black paint at the beginning.

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๐Ÿ”นMore of black parts... and also longer thin srokes to create a feather feeling.

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๐Ÿ”น I left the most difficult part at the end. The feathers under the beak are round and head forward.

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๐Ÿ”น I painted more details and added shades. You can see the eyes are also nicer now, with some reflection and iris structures.

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๐Ÿ”น Here is a detail look and at the end I painted the background. I used more water, dark blue and black. While the paint was still wet I added white acrylic dots so it looks like a snow.

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๐Ÿ”น It is done!

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Thanks for watching!

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ย  ยท ย 7 years agoย 

inspiring! i suck at watercolor, the owl eyes are just awesome
congratulations! great work
upvote resteem!

ย  ยท ย 7 years agoย 

Oh now she sees my soul!

ย  ยท ย 7 years agoย 

she looks scared :D

ย  ยท ย 7 years agoย 

She look like. Good art i like it!

ย  ยท ย 7 years agoย 

I like your art! So beautiful owl!
Whale Upvote from @dunsky

ย  ยท ย 7 years agoย 

Haha your whale is awesome too!

ย  ยท ย 7 years agoย 

Thanks! I got much more of them in my posts :)
Follow from @dunsky

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ย  ยท ย 7 years agoย 

I really appreciate it :)

ย  ยท ย 7 years agoย 

Such wonderful detail, this is such an amazing piece of art, Love the way your share your progress

ย  ยท ย 7 years agoย 

kind as always, thank you :)

ย  ยท ย 7 years agoย 

No thanks needed I always love seeing your work,

An WOW I see you got a nice visit from blocktrades Awesom adwell deserved :)

ย  ยท ย 7 years agoย 

Yeah, at least one of my painting got above 100 sbd, wuiii :D

ย  ยท ย 7 years agoย 

Very Beautifull drawing ๐Ÿ’• keep it up ๐Ÿ’•

ย  ยท ย 7 years agoย 

this is good, i love it

There's something so mammal-like about owls. Your paintings really remind of that feeling I have when I see owls. Thank you.

ย  ยท ย 7 years agoย 

Really cool! :D i love owlzz :)

ย  ยท ย 7 years agoย 

This is amazing! I love owls.

ย  ยท ย 7 years agoย 

Wow... This is really amazing art... I'm very much impressed.. If you have time then take a look of my profile. Hope you'll like this..

ย  ยท ย 7 years agoย 

wow i love this i love the eyes especially you can really see his expression and alertness.

ย  ยท ย 7 years agoย 

thank you, Im glad you have pointed it out.

ย  ยท ย 7 years agoย 

I really like the process of your painting, its very soft, and you stop exactly at the point where no more is needed and nothing can be taken out. lovely!

ย  ยท ย 7 years agoย 

love him, thanks for posting

ย  ยท ย 7 years agoย 

beautifu art @marty-arts, I will follow, upvoted, resteemed

ย  ยท ย 7 years agoย 

thank you so much :)

ย  ยท ย 7 years agoย 

You are so welcome

ย  ยท ย 7 years agoย 

I love your drawings .. too much talent. !!!! I follow you.

ย  ยท ย 7 years agoย 

Wow ,so lively and beautiful thank you for step by step process. Love your art @marty-art . reteemed.

ย  ยท ย 7 years agoย 

thank you so much, I really appreciate it!

ย  ยท ย 7 years agoย (edited)

Your painting with watercolor is so realistic, I am still a bit struggling with it but will keep doing. Beautiful owl!

ย  ยท ย 7 years agoย 

Wow! What a great watercolor painting, @marty-arts
Keep up the great painting.

ย  ยท ย 7 years agoย 

This owl comes to life on paper ...) Very talented!

ย  ยท ย 7 years agoย 

Damn Marty!! So good

ย  ยท ย 7 years agoย 

Damn Marty!! You are amazing. Alliance GO. Bravo *applauds *

ย  ยท ย 7 years agoย 

hehe, thanks :D

ย  ยท ย 7 years agoย 

Wow! This is beautifully done. I followed you here and on Instagram -- I can't wait to see more of your artwork! :)

ย  ยท ย 7 years agoย 

Thank you for your interest :)

ย  ยท ย 7 years agoย 

Amazing! Detailed and well chosen colors!

ย  ยท ย 7 years agoย 

I could never draw something like this. Thank you for sharing, its amazing.

ย  ยท ย 7 years agoย 

Oh my that is stunning! The eyes look like real. I really every everyone who can paint.
I even got myself some paper and paints... but all I do is kindergarten level pictures :p

ย  ยท ย 7 years agoย 

thank you :)
well, you need to train a lot to paint really good :)

ย  ยท ย 7 years agoย 

Yeaaa I should. But it looks so easy for other and them I just get frustrated :p

Beautiful !

ย  ยท ย 7 years agoย 

nice as always

ย  ยท ย 7 years agoย 

Absolutely beautiful! Thank you for including the process pics. The background really makes a difference in finishing off the piece.

ย  ยท ย 7 years agoย 

superb, follow up . Thank you very much ..

ย  ยท ย 7 years agoย 

Fantastic. That looks great. I think it is a Tawny Owl? Thanks

ย  ยท ย 7 years agoย 

thanks :) Its similar to tawny owl, but im not suer of those "ears"..

ย  ยท ย 7 years agoย 

amazing! great done!

ย  ยท ย 7 years agoย 

Wow that's wonderful! Love the details! Wish I could handle watercolours this way! Very inspiring. ๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ‘

ย  ยท ย 7 years agoย 

Thank you :) you would have to train a lot :D

ย  ยท ย 7 years agoย (edited)

Oh my goodness. That is beautiful, and you showed your steps in painting it too! Go Alliance! tip!

ย  ยท ย 7 years agoย 

The minimum tip amount is 0.1 SBD - check if you have sufficient deposit :)

ย  ยท ย 7 years agoย 

I should have plenty - unless my account has been raided. LOL!