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Since I'm doing this Art merit badge course, I thought it might be good to have some 'normal' art to show the boys. When I was teaching, I would tell my students that in order to draw unnatural things, you had to start by drawing things from real life.

Technically speaking, I drew this from a photo in Birds & Blooms but have you ever tried to get an owl to pose for a portrait? Damned irritating the way they can swivel their heads around like that.....

Cretacolor Aquamonolith pencils on Strathmore art paper (brown Bristol board)

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:iconsnowydemon:
Argh!!! You drew the owl I held the other week. Well the species anyway...Damn heavy that bugger was....I like this owl...not ever tried to draw an owl....doubt i would even if i could draw lol...you're right their heads swivel...so cute when they do that.

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:iconcrazynina:
It is a pretty owl with it's tree bark patterning. You did a nce job on the feathers.

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holy. . .that's one hell of an owl. i never knew you had such a talent for realism, normally your stuff is so delightfully cartoony. nice change of pace.

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:icondreamie:
Very nice! ^_^

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:iconkizzamity:
Hehe, it looks so real, it's coming out the screen! Love the detail :)
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Hehe, it looks so real, it's coming out the screen! Love the detail :)
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Very nice! It's even better than a photo.

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Beautiful detail, very well-attended to. The anatomy is perfect, the pose is correct. He actually seems alive!

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