An Ural Owl from Japan being absorbed by whatever Ural Owls from Japan are absorbed by (Japanese Ural Mice perhaps?)
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March 26, 2009 at 6:20 pm
vivienmr
The texture of his breast feathers is very good, the paper’s roughness works well to give a fluffiness to them. But I would like to see his feet, as I feel that a Ural owl’s feet are as important to the essence of him as his beak and he seems to be unfinished . But I expect I am being ‘feetist’ here, as I felt the same about the daffodils.
March 27, 2009 at 4:32 pm
sworth
This has a japanesey feel to it, which I like and I love the cool muted colours. I too feel that feet, or at least a branch covered by feathers, would remove the slight discomfort that I too get from seeing him floating, but maybe you intended him/her to be rather like an apparition, ungrounded.
April 6, 2009 at 12:29 pm
davidworth
Is this a watercolour because the monochrome pastel effect is quite clever?!! As webmaster i feel its my duty to keep contributions within the rules, so if it is indeed a watercolour I apologise and commend you on disguising one artistic medium as another.
The owl looks very sleepy – I guess you could say absorbed in dreams of plump mice and voles. I am less worried about the missing appendages. They might have been included in the painting and been horribly distorted, oversized or withered which would have been much worse.
April 9, 2009 at 1:52 am
suemiddlesex
I’m pretty sure I waved a brush over it at some point.
April 10, 2009 at 2:37 pm
janetedd
I had assumed you had used dry brushwork to get the feathered look – but whatever, the texture of the paper and whatever you used make it very effective. I am not too concerned about the feet – not being a bird expert I thought they may be hidden under the feathers anyway.