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Friday, February 12, 2010
Night Owl
I do enjoy working in white charcoal on occasion. I find it a little more difficult to use than black because it only comes in one hardness and has a slightly oilier feel, but it is wonderful for drawing night scenes. For this drawing, I used a photograph I took recently of a great horned owl. The Wildlife Center, a wildlife rescue and rehabilitation facility in northern New Mexico, had an evening class on raptor identification a few months ago which I attended. Several of their educational birds were available, and I was allowed to photograph them. A portion of my profit from sales of prints and the original will be donated to the Center.
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5 comments:
Gorgeous, really really amazing, Heather!
Thanks so much, Glendon. And happy Darwin Day!
This is quite stunning, love it.
Thank you. I like the different effect that white on black has, I'd like to do more of it.
I look forward to seeing it, so effective.
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