Fearless Friday, Festive Owl Family

the Painted Apron

5 years ago

Today we are going to draw an owl family,

all decked out for holiday fun!

When I create characters, I use a combination of my imagination

and photos from internet sources

like Pinterest, Unsplash, Pixabay and Google

I combine elements I like from the various sources

and then add original touches to make them my own

This needlework canvas from Bedecked and Bedazzled

was part of the inspiration for my owl family

I loved their sweet faces and all the colorful patterns and details

I started my drawing with shapes for the owl faces,

placing them on the paper by their heights,

Mama owl, baby owl and Papa owl

After drawing the cheeks, eyes and beaks,

I added ears and the outline of the heads and bodies

Next came their feet and wings

Now the fun really begins, adding details like hats,

antlers with lights on Junior,

a present and candy canes tucked under Mama and Papa’s wings

Once I had things sketched in, I began to ink over the pencil,

making adjustments as I went

The pencil was erased…

Then I added more details with my pen

I started filling in color with the eyes, leaving a spot of white showing for the highlights

Ink swirls on the cheeks, for a last little detail…

“Festive Owl Family” 7″ x 10″ ink and marker on mixed media paper

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I have a combination of marker brands that I use, Prismacolor, Copic, and Ohuhu. Ohuhu are very affordable, and you can get them on Amazon here. I also use colored pencils sometimes to blend colors and soften marker edges.

The dots are made with Kuretake Zig Clean Color Dot pens. I have a set of 12 colors and they are tons of fun to use, one end has a dot tip and the other end has a fine tip. You can order them individually or in sets here