Owl study

Owl's sketches for today's warm up 🦉✏️

My sketches and designs for week 3 of the creature anatomy course I'm in. Week 3 focused on bird and dinosaur anatomy. I decided to combine owl anatomy and the anatomy of abelisaurs for my creature. Below you can see a few of the studies I did of owls and various abelisaurs along with final design.

Description Some of you may follow me on Tumblr others don't but I've started a daily routine to force myself to practice what I'm not great. For the foreseeable future that's gonna be animal drawing. It's one of the things I've been critiqued about in my portfolio so I'm rectifying it. These will be rough quick sketches I'll post daily, part of me was going to keep them off DA because they were more spontaneous and not refined to full illustration. However I think it's important to show…

Everyone knows by now that I am fascinated by the interiors of animals. This Wise Old Owl by Chris Dunn is a fine example of the kind of detail that pleases me the most. I love how he has decorated his hollow tree and filled it with antiquarian books and scientific instruments. via I dug a little deeper and found the artist's website and related immediately with this image of Mole's House Getting a Bit of TLC. It is from Wind in the Willows illustrated by Chris Dunn. Is fall cleaning on…

More barn owl drawings (photo reference) Hoo!

Are you a Night Owl or an Ealy Bird?

Szabolcs Kokay, Blakiston's Fish Owl studies, Watercolour, 35 x 46 cm, £1,500