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Barn Owls: Sketching To Build Muscle Memory (opens the original)
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Hi, friends!More practice drawing Barn Owls — this week the owl’s general form. Next week we’ll focus on wings and draw some flying owls!xoSusannah<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="100" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!NfwQ!,w_1456,
Barn Owls: Exploratory Sketching For A Collection (opens the original)
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Thank you , , and many others for tuning into my live video!Hi, friends!Welcome to the first phase of developing a collection of paintings. As I mentioned during the livestream, I only have a topic, the Barn Owl, and start by making rough sketches to become familiar with the Barn Owl visually while simultaneously conducting research. I’ll continue making sketches like this until a concept begins to form — and it always does. Sketching, like walking, is a wonderful activity to inspire ideas!We’ll
Pen & Ink: Organizing Values To Get Realism (opens the original)
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Thank you , , , and many others for tuning into my live video! Hi, friends!So glad you could make it yesterday, and for those who couldn’t please enjoy the replay. (I’ve included a 5-minute excerpt for free Cricklewood subscribers.)During the livestream I mentioned a few things. The first was the ink that I used. It’s called Best Bottle Sumi Ink, and you can buy it at John Neal Books. It’s a great
Adding Feather Texture And Specific Color To My Great-Horned Owl Painting (opens the original)
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Thank you , , , , , and many others for tuning into my live video! Hi, friends!What a lovely time I had with you this week. Free subscribers, enjoy the wee excerpt; paid subscribers, I hope you find something useful in my process. Thank you for keeping me company while I worked!xoSusannah<a class="image-link image2" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!NfwQ!,f
Cricklewood Camp 2026: Another Plein Air Study (opens the original)
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Thank you , , and many others for tuning into my live video! Hi, friends!That was fun! Next week we will be in my studio as I suspect I’ll still be working on the Great Horned Owl painting for the gallery. This is a large painting (for me at least: 30x22 inches!) and while the color palette is rather compressed, there is a lot of texture to explore: bark, feathers, beak, etc). <a href="https://naturalhistoryillustration.substack.com/p/current-months-livestream-schedule?r=rxzdt&utm_campaign=post-
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