Adorable Owlets!

10 year old "S" was back to paint a nature scene with me after her initial Tropical Beach painting a few months ago.  This time, her painting was a gift for Grandma who "LOVES owls"!  "S" was really excited to paint her cute owlets for Grandma!   Animals of any sort are no easy task, 

and I was very impressed with her result!   Adorable!

On our first meeting, "S" worked on the misty background, similar to what her older sister did in her Iris painting.  Using a sponge, she mixed a variety of shades of green throughout the background.  At first she was nervous, but once she got started, she saw how cool it looked and did an amazing job!

Her friends and classmates, my daughters, worked on some of their own artistic creations to keep us company while we painted!

After the greens were in, I gave her a round sponge to add bits of light yellow and white to the background.  Beautiful!

Next "S" used a sponge dotter to add the eyes.  Then we began to add in the tree ledge with grays.

Mastering the double brush technique!  :) Awesome!   We worked on texturing the branch....this took some time, but paid off in results!

Highlighting the top with some terra cotta....

And session 1 is done!   "S", you created a beautiful backdrop!  Now on to those owls!

Session 2:
Today we started the owls' face details since this would be the area which would take the most concentration!  Lots of little finicky things here with the eyes and beaks!

Great job with those faces "S"!  No easy task for sure!  Now "S" did some darker shading and then sponged over the owlets' fuzz because we wanted to create a "furry" look, no feathers on these guys yet!

"S" loved the light color of the owls, so we did some miminal shading on their bodies and added light reflections to their eyes, and called it done!   Adorable!   "S" these little guys make me smile!   Just as you do!  I loved your excitement as you got to see your painting come together!   It was contagious!   Awesome work!   I think Grandma will LOVE it!