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Friday, December 27, 2013

The watercolor owl. . .

We spent last weekend in Mississippi with my cousin Selena and family.  Selena loves all things owl and while we were there I was inspired to try my hand at a Cori Dantini inspired owl.  While my owl is nowhere as whimsical as one of Cori's - I definitely swiped the shape of her owl for mine. 
Forgot to take a pic of the pencil sketch but you can see some of it through the watercolor.  When we travel I usually take a few art supplies with me - this trip I had my KOI watercolors, a few pencils and black pens/markers, some Stabilo watercolor pencils and my favorite white Sharpie paint pen.  It all fits along with my notebook and a small handtowel into a small makeup bag. 
I always love how a picture starts to come together with the pen work!  It is so worth the time that it takes when suddenly your bird comes alive with personality! 
Some pencil shading and a liberal dose of "dots" and the critter is done.  This isn't the first time Selena has inspired me to play with owls - check out this post! 
Linking to Paint Party Friday,
Illustration Friday - REFLECT,
Mix It Monthly
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13 comments:

  1. Lisabella RussoDecember 27, 2013 at 1:50 PM

    What a beautiful owl! It is certainly full of whimsy and so lovely. How smart of you to take art supplies with you as you travel.

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  2. UnknownDecember 27, 2013 at 2:20 PM

    So so sweet! Your owl is really adorable - great work :)
    Happy PPF and a Happy New Year too!

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  3. FayeDecember 27, 2013 at 5:21 PM

    Beautiful artwork. I really like the little white dots. It really makes the owl pop!

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  4. veronicaDecember 28, 2013 at 8:01 AM

    I love it!
    Is it for sale?
    How much?

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  5. dentheDecember 28, 2013 at 8:58 AM

    Such a beautiful owl! Love the colours and especially the eyes ....

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  6. Joy MurrayDecember 28, 2013 at 5:36 PM

    What a great idea to use the Sharpie white paint marker. The owl is so vivid and has such a sweet personality. The colors are great!

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  7. UnknownDecember 29, 2013 at 6:56 AM

    beautiful and the pen work really made her pop.

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  8. froebelsternchenDecember 29, 2013 at 9:52 AM

    gorgeous watercolor owl!

    Happy PPF!
    Happy New Year!

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  9. LiliansArtDecember 29, 2013 at 11:24 AM

    gorgeous process!.. I hopped on her by way of Piant party friday. Happy new year!

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  10. UnknownDecember 29, 2013 at 12:41 PM

    Very lovely!

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  11. alarmcatDecember 29, 2013 at 4:47 PM

    love your owl!!! very sweet. i haven't heard of Cori before…will have to check out her work.

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  12. PiaRomDecember 31, 2013 at 7:17 AM

    Your owl is adorable and how I love to see the steps it comes to life!!! Yes the black and white marks are the important ones to give it personality in my opinion too ;) ♥ Thank you so much for beeing part of
    http://mix-it-monthly.blogspot.de and a Happy New Year ♥ Conny

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  13. ~coriMarch 31, 2015 at 11:30 AM

    this is a WONDERFUL twist of my owl!!! i love it. you totally made it all your own, but i can see mine referenced which is so cool! thanks for the link to this!

    cori

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