Wednesday, November 2, 2011

ADULT SAW WHET OWL: PEN



Another owl....I heard one last night, coming in late from a girl's day out.  There is so much expression in an owl's eyes! My favorite part of this drawing? The unfinished negative space and wind-blown feathers.  I like to add a bit of a ruffled look to most of my birds.  It makes them look a bit more realistic. 

2 comments:

Laura G. Young said...

Hi Rose -- Oh, I really like this one! The facial expression is just lovely, and it's indeed enhanced by the negative space.

Rose Altom said...

Thank you so much! I had an exceptional drawing teacher 35 years ago who stressed looking BEYOND the picture. Amazing what you can see that isn't there.