Showing posts with label owl. Show all posts
Showing posts with label owl. Show all posts
Friday, April 14, 2017
Owl Cinema Week 4 Owl Wars
Owl Cinema Week 4 Owl Wars
Owl Cinema is a New Series.
See Week 1 here
See Week 2 here
See Week 3 here
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Wednesday, April 12, 2017
Owl Cinema Week 2 Serpicowl
Owl Cinema Week 2 Serpicowl
Starring Owl Pacino. Yep, I am ALL ABOUT the owl puns.
Owl Cinema is a New Series.
See Week 1 here
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Saturday, April 8, 2017
Owl Says There is a New President on the block
Owl Says There is a New President on the block
JFK is new to the nick nack shelf. Hes still trying to fit in....
My Awesome Brother in Law found this JFK bust at the Maleny Dump. He was poo brown and missing his nose and a fair bit of face. Tom fixed him up for me. How cute is he? He is a dirty bird though... (JFK, not my Brother in Law. Hes lovely)
JFK is also relevant, as I have also just finished my second reading of 11/22/63. Really, what a fantastic book. So amazing.
It made me think... If I could go back in time and save someone, and I could choose just one preson, out of any time, who would it be? Well, I didnt have to think too long. I would be making sure that John Lennon and Mark David Chapman did not meet outside the Dakota Building on December 8, 1980.
AND my Stephen King Universe Flowchart (including the Dark Tower) is almost reading to release onto the world. I know I have been saying that for a while, but this time I mean it!
Who would you save, if you could?
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Monday, April 3, 2017
Owl Says 6
Owl Says 6
I have invited to my owls to guest post on Tuesdays. They have a lot of opinions.
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Saturday, April 1, 2017
Owl lovely is that !
Owl lovely is that !
Hi there!
Glad to see you here again.
Saturday’s Blog a new technique, right?
Well, Bank Holiday Monday Dave and I
went to Herstmonceux Castle, to a Medieval Festival.
It was fascinating, especially the owls!
The guy presenting the birds was a mine of information,
and it was very enlightening to learn about the many fallacies we have been fed about them.
Did you know that a group of owls is called a
Parliament, a wisdom, a bazaar or a study?
Yep.
And baby owls are called Owlets. I love that!
They’ve even named an owl after me!
Yes the Great Gray Owl is one of the largest in the world...
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Owls’ eyes only point forwards.
They can’t move their eyes in their sockets at all;
instead, owls can move their heads round 270ยบ .
I must have been an owl in a past life,
because Grace and Mark always swore I had eyes in the back of my head when they were kids!!
When I was a kid, my Grandad taught me how to draw eyes.
Human eyes, cat’s eyes.
Actually, he taught me how to draw a lot of things!
Eyes, faces, hands.
He wasn’t able to go to art college in those days,
because they couldn’t afford the uniform,
so he was self-taught. But very talented.
Lefthanded too.
So today I thought I would take a leaf out of our colouring book,
the Owl leaf.
And focus just on the eyes.
Let’s warm up with the colouring pencils first....
I use these...
Spectrum Noir Colourblend.
(work well on parchment too)
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| click here to buy |
and I use these.
Expensive, but very good.
So let’s put down a light coat, just to warm up and get focussed.
Our darling Mel drew these owls.
The lineart is beautiful, quite stylised.
I want to show you how you can transform this funky style
into something much more real.
A light grey around the outer rim.
Black in the centre.
But - and this is the key - leave a large white fleck in the top left area. This denotes the light reflection.
Sharpen your black pencil.
It’s time to add the outer colour using light pencil flicks from the inner line.
Add a whisper of orange in the same area.
Step back and check for realism.
Slowly slowly catchee Owlie...
I just went back and forth between light and dark
until he stared me out!
And thus ends the Owl Eyes colouring session.
If Eye had more time Eye would carry on!
Bet my Grandad would have loved our colouring book.
I think what I like is that you can colour it in for fun and funky.
But you can also use the exceptional and ultra fine lineart
to learn and to improve your colouring.
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Don’t forget to leave an uplifting comment,
to be in with a chance to win yesterday’s wonderful
Rose Artwork by Dee.
Love & Hugs,
Barb
xxx
P.S.
Know any Owl Jokes?
Q: How do you know that owls are cleverer than chickens?
A: Have you ever heard of Kentucky Fried Owl?
Hahahaha! What a hoot!
Groans, takes a bow and exits stage left...
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Sunday, March 19, 2017
Owl Cinema Week 6 Titanic
Owl Cinema Week 6 Titanic
Owl Cinema is a New Series.
See Week 1 here
See Week 2 here
See Week 3 here
See Week 4 here
See Week 5 here
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Friday, March 17, 2017
Owl Says 2
Owl Says 2
I have invited to my owls to guest post on Tuesdays. They have a lot of opinions.
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Wednesday, March 15, 2017
Owl Ink
Owl Ink
So, I have a star tattoo on my right upper forearm. It is a part of my past, and I think me and my arm need to represent my present and my future!! I am working on some designs to cover/ disguise it.
This little owl is making me pretty happy! What do you think? I am trying to work out colours, obviously... I am always conscious about colours on tattoos- I dont want it to look like an owl shaped bruise, you know?
Which one do you like?
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Tuesday, March 7, 2017
Owl Says 10
Owl Says 10
On Tuesdays, its over to the owls...
AND, you can check out the whole series on Pinterest!!
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Tuesday, February 14, 2017
Owl Cinema Week 3 Psychowl
Owl Cinema Week 3 Psychowl
Psychowl. If you were an owl, and you went to a motel with ALL THAT TAXIDERMY youd freak out too.
Owl Cinema is a New Series.
See Week 1 here
See Week 2 here
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Tuesday, February 7, 2017
Owl Says 3
Owl Says 3
I have invited to my owls to guest post on Tuesdays. They have a lot of opinions.
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Saturday, February 4, 2017
Owl Says 5
Owl Says 5
I have invited to my owls to guest post on Tuesdays. They have a lot of opinions.
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Tuesday, January 31, 2017
Owl Says 7
Owl Says 7
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