Owls

Watercolour, about 23x25 cm/9x10 inches.

Finished version of a Sketch Fest sketch

The four classic elements are an old favourite for themed sets.

I guess I should practise the whole patiently-working-on-details thing, but I'll just leave those like this.

Acrylic paint on 640g/sqm bristol board.

So... YAY, I met the Owltober challenge - sort of. One for each day, even if made in bursts rather than daily.

You know, I have no idea.

If I manage another set of four tomorrow, I'll have made the Owltober challenge, more or less. Whee.

I got the idea from http://endless-spirit.deviantart.com/art/Pages-276-277-180908430

Un-pencilled sketches in ink pen (for all but the top right one including Pentel brush pen) on book pages.

The upper left one is sold, the other three available.

If I disappear, I will have been killed by a certain bibliophile mage, but since he's fictional, that's unlikely to happen.

Hear no Evil, See no Evil, Speak no Evil...

I'd noticed that I find it easier to complete small sets than a bunch of unrelated ACEOs, so I brainstormed some possible themes for set. This one, well... "Hear" and "See" occurred pretty easily. "Speak" is... special. *cough*

Each is the usual 2.5 by 2.5, in ink(wash) on bristol board.

Finished version of a Sketch Fest, er, sketch.

I wanted to try a watercolour-only painting (well, apart from the thin outlines), but ended up adding a few highlights with white ink, too.

5x7 format.

's actually the first thing I drew for Owltober, and since it doesn't look like I'll add anything in the style, it's going up alone now.

ACEO, acrylic inks on bristol paper.

Way back when I did an ACEO series with fantasy creatured in rainbow colours. This set turned out better, particularly since I allowed myself to use other colours for the background. Yellow is particularly tricky for me, because I tend to sort things as "yellowish orange" or "yellowish green" pretty quickly.

Those are all ACEOs - meaning 3.5 by 2.5 inches - on 600+ g/sqm bristol board, made using watercolours, colour pencils, matte acrylic paint, more colour pencil, acrylic ink, and a bit of PITT artist pen.

They're available for sale, for 8$ each or if the first asker wants all, 40$ as a set, shipping included. (Or they'll go up on Etsy in a while, where shipping will be extra)
I'm also open to trading, though. :)

Three more Owltober pics, even with each their own title: "Dinner on the Mind", "Waiting for Snow" and "Hoo-Hoo". :D

I'd been playing with brushes and ink this afternoon, and those are the results.

Once again ACEOs (3.5 by 2.5 inches), on bristol paper/cardstock.

Barn owls look spooky (when they're full grown, as opposed to little fluffballs).
Also, drawing them like that saves me the hassle of drawing their feet. :D

Those are all painted on seriously heavy duty watercolour paper, in ACEO format - 2.5 by 3.5 inches. I mainly used acrylic ink, but there's a bit of other stuff mixed in.

The top right one is sold, the other available.