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Published: 2016-10-29 04:06:17 +0000 UTC; Views: 525; Favourites: 24; Downloads: 0
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Or should I say three views? The alternate title I thought of for this piece is "Starry Eyes"This is my entry for the monthly challenge - Owls. These owls serve as a window to their homes; a lakeside forest, deep green woods, and tall branches silhouetted against the full moon. In addition to the scenes and their colors, I wanted to give each owl their own unique shape. The blue lake owl is based on a fish owl, the little green one with the harvest moon is a Eastern screech owl, and the violet one with the large moon is a sooty owl. All three carry the stars in their eyes and the moon as their heart.
Materials: pigment liners, watercolors, masking fluid, acrylics, Photoshop elements
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Love this sooo much (I actually have an owl painting idea on my 'to do list' very similar to this)!Β Whaddya know!
Hey, this is great... another account from you I can explore!
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Thanks so much, Zed! I would love to see your owl painting when you get around to it
Explore at your peril!Β Β All joking aside, this account will give you a glimpse of my college years.Β Β
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College years?Β Love it! 
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So cute! I love how it's so different yet still works so well together. Also, nice job on the inner scenery
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Thanks Glider 
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Awesome idea!
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I love how much thought you put into this, and your description is equally as lovely. Very nice concept!
Also, I appreciate that you've drawn the owls with correct toe placement, haha. Just a pet peeve of mine when I see art / statues / etc of owls with feet looking more like eagles or songbirds!
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Aw, thank you!Β Β I was very excited for the idea as soon as the owl theme was announced, but it sat around in my head for a while before I finally decided to sketch things out and run with it.Β
Owls can rotate their fourth toe to face forward, but I think I've only seen this in photographs of an owl in flight diving for prey, not perched. Though you're right, I have seen plenty of art depicting them with three toes forward Β Β Owl toes are pretty easy for me to remember because I mostly draw parakeets and other psittacines with zygodactyl feet.
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Yes, their third forward facing toe is opposable, and they almost always perch and clutch prey with it turned to the back. This allows them to have a very tight grip! Strange that this characteristic goes unnoticed by so many people.
Anyway, you're welcome. : )
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Gorgeous! There's so much to look at from the patterns in the feathers to the eyes and the designs on their chests. The one on the far right has very hypnotic eyes ^^
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Thanks so much! I hope her eyes aren't too creepy. I was worried about the lack of visible iris, but Tyto eyes are often like that, so I went for it anyway
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Wow, this looks amazing! 
I hope you win the contest!
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Thank you! ^_^ We'll see... there are several amazing entries and I entered kind of late.
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