April 6
How To Paint An Owl – Week 1
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This week, I started the How to Paint an Owl E-course. This is the second e-course I’m taking from Juliette Crane. I also took her How to Paint a Girl E-course.
The classroom is set-up on a private blog. Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, Juliette posts a new lesson with pictures, inspiration and video demonstrations.  There is a place to upload photos of your work and a “discussion†area where you can ask or answer questions.
Juliette starts with backgrounds. When I create my backgrounds for How to Paint a Girl, I worked on them until I had something I really liked. Then, when it came time to paint my girls, it was a little tough because I didn’t want to “ruin” my backgrounds. This time, I started my backgrounds, but left enough undone that I’ll be able to fill them out once my owls start to take shape. I’m curious to see if I prefer one method over the other.
Here are the backgrounds I created this week:
Daily Inspiration
 
 Tell me who admires and loves you, and I will tell you who you are.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
backgrounds look great, can’t wait to see your owls and what a sweet picture of caspy, he is a looker 🙂
Oooooooh them is just BEEEEEAUTIFULS! I hads togo back and look at them likes a million times. They really look likes they haves some 3dementions on them. Okays nows you slap some owls on theres so I can see da finished thing.
Hey Casper…is we related by chance? You has such long legs like me.
Puddles
Each of your backgrounds are unique. Can’t wait to see the owls on them! 🙂
They are indeed lovely backgrounds. Puddles you are probably related to Casper, given that he and I are cousins. Hehe! Deccy x
thanks so much for sharing a bit on my class…love seeing your backgrounds! have a lovely weekend!
-juliette
Love all the backgrounds, but especially the second one down. I think it’s great (a hoot!?) that my SIL (who first told me about you) is taking the class with you 😀 I told her yesterday I came *so* close to signing up to take it with you guys, but had to restrain myself ‘coz I am spread *way* too thin right now and there’s that whole gotta’ sleep some time thing! Can’t wait to see as your work progresses.
I love the last one!
Dachshund Nola
I’m excited you took this class. I really enjoyed the other one. I wish I had the talent to do it.
Oh, gosh…I think those backgrounds are already pretty enough that you don’t even NEED an owl on them! I can’t wait to see what they look like once they’re owlified.
Wiggles & Wags,
Mayzie
Love seeing your art progress and develop! Hope the heirloom project is working out xxxx
I really like those backgrounds! That green swirly one is my favorite, but they’re all really cool. I can’t wait to see your owls.
That’s a great quote, too! The Little Prince is one of my favorite stories!
SQEEEE! Me LOVES your backgrounds, and your daily inspiration is inspirational!
Kisses
Nellie
Oh my. I’m wondering how you might fit an owl on them too. Shall wait and see.
Very true daily inspiration.