Wood-Burned Art: Green Eyed Owl (Club100)

Had some personal things to deal with this weekend so I wasn't around as much as intended. Actually, I didn't really get any of my goals for Sunday accomplished. I'll just have to stay focused this week as I have a few things to get done that aren't making art. One thing I did finish up this weekend though was this new piece of art.

This was one of a bunch of sketches I made recently. Sometimes when I don't feel like working on a specific project I will just doodle. Those doodles become the seeds of a future project. I usually have many projects ongoing. I need to wait for inspiration to strike on occasion.

Like always, I start with the wood-burning to transfer my image to a slice of wood. In this piece, I made the owl I had drawn up first, then added a tree branch for him to sit on.

Everything is shaded and the pyrography portion is done! This is the part where most of my projects will linger for awhile as I will have many different ones in progress.

With fluid masking applied, I don't have to worry about bleed over when I watercolor the background. This works best with curved surfaces but is a lot trickier if you are trying to mask off sharp angles.

After allowing the watercolors some time to dry, I add the stars and constellations. At this point, once all of this is dry, I will pull the masking fluid to uncover the owl.

Finally, I used a special adhesive and some green foil to give this owl a beautiful emerald eye. I thought the green color added some nice contrast while still complimentary to the background of the art. I was pretty happy how this one came out.

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