Owl you need is love!

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I can't resist big, round-eyed owls. I recently painted two curious owls sitting on the trees, now I continue with a tiny, even bigger-eyed sweetness.
Owl is an animal of the moon like cats, that’s clear. And it is also a bird of darkness, but it also represents wisdom. I found a pretty funny title, it was originally a Beatles song: "All you need is love!", where "all" became "owl". And yes, this little owl is an alien and can only be loved!

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Here is the step-by-step process.
A loose sketch with pencil
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Filling the background with watercolor paint then salted.
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Moon and eyes are yellow
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First layer
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Those big-big eyes
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More brush strokes
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Ready!
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Finally, some gif, made with PhotoMosh:



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Wow - I wasn't expecting the gifs at the end of your post! Those are pretty intense...

Love the colors you used; it makes the owl in the drawing seem thoughtful and a bit mysterious, which, I think, owls naturally are, anyway...

Cheers!

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Manually curated by ackhoo from the @qurator Team. Keep up the good work!

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