The owl is still a work in progress. The initial underpainting came out a little more of an olive green rather than an olive brown, so I had to paint over that with a second coat of paint. The body is painted, but I have not had time to work on the face area yet. However, I am much happier with this layer of paint.
The new color is a smoke gray. I worked it into the feathers; leaving the previous dark spots. The gray took away some of the hard edges from the dark paint. This color has a nice camouflage effect to it. The dark patterns make a great background for the next layer of paint.
I am still working on bringing up the color. The next layer will be spots of dark brown paint, probably burnt umber. After that, there will be a layer of off white paint, probably a mixture of white an raw sienna. I have not settled on that last color yet. I will have to experiment to see which color combination looks best.
It begs the question of how many coats of paint I plan to add to the bird. Once the white paint is finished, I will start the final painting of the face, throat, and talons. The face and the white feathers at the throat look a little chalky. I had initially used titanium white. It just did not look as I wanted so I brushed over it with some raw sienna. It looked better, but still chalky. I plan on using a different white on the next attempt.
I think it will be one or two more weeks before the project is finished. I am looking forward to its completion. I have spent seven months on this project so far.
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