I have just a quick post and no new pictures this week. The photo below is the same as last weeks picture. I have been out of town, and had very little time to work on the project. The best that I could do was to finish the layers of paper mâché on the beak and feet. I will be starting the painting this afternoon.
After two coats of gesso, I will begin painting. I am both excited and stressed about this part of the project. I am hoping that I will make a good job of painting the owl. I have put so much work into the project that I start to stress over perhaps messing it up at this stage.
I have looked at a number of owl pictures for great horned owls and long eared owls. I really had no idea how individual the plumage on owls actually are. In some ways that is a relief. There is so much diversity in the plumage that I can't feel that I am "doing it wrong". Of course there are many similarities around the face of an owl, but I can readily say that you could tell individual owls from their markings.
Anyway, that is about as far as I have taken the project. Next week there will be time for me to work on it. Check back next Tuesday to see the latest on this project.
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