Painting a Barn Owl | Wildlife Art | Robert E Fuller

Follow my journey as I paint this portrait of Willow, a beautiful barn owl whose secret life I have followed closely. You can watch me create more wildlife art here:    • My Wildlife Art 🎨🖼️ | Robert E Fuller   and learn more about my gallery here: https://www.robertefuller.com/visit-us/ Or, of course, you may like to purchase my artwork which you can find on my website: https://www.robertefuller.com. Many of my paintings are portraits of the wonderful characters you watch here! ABOUT THIS FILM ____________________ Barn owls are extremely beautiful birds. and watching them soar over the fields and valleys of the Yorkshire Wolds Is an incredible sight Barn owl paintings They’ve inspired many of my paintings, including this one of Willow. Willow is a barn owl I know well and I want this painting to do her justice. Painting the background I start this painting by putting the sky down first. Using acrylics I have to work really quickly before it dries. I use a roller to soften some of the brushstrokes out and blend it a little. Perspective I have to get up on to a ladder to see the painting fully, because I tend to work so close to the picture this gives me the perspective I need to plan where the barn owl will be positioned. Adding colour It's only when I see the painting from a distance that I realise I need to add more colour to the clouds to get a bit more warmth in. It's amazing how many different colours there are in clouds. Foreground Next its time to work on the foreground and, working from dark to light, I add bushes and grass. I then use an airbrush to even out the strokes around the clouds. Outline Once I'm happy with the background, I start to get the outline in. I use coloured pencils and once I'm happy with that it's a case of blocking in the basic colours. Adding detail. I can then move on to the details of the facial disk and then the wings. Using an airbrush I then use an airbrush to soften the brushstrokes. I put very fine layers of paint on with the airbrush and sometimes you can barely see it, but it just helps to bring more colour into the wings and creating the softness of feathers. Further details Finally I put darker markings on with a pencil and fine brush. This final touch really makes a difference to the painting. Finish After months of work, I think it's complete. It's hard to know when to stop with a painting, but after adding a few highlights to the grasses I decide it's complete. Framing And finally it's time to get it into a frame. I hope you’ve enjoyed this painting journey, from blank canvas to finished painting. ABOUT ME ____________ I am a British wildlife artist and filmmaker on a mission to share my love for wildlife with the world. As well as creating detailed animal film and art portraits, I promote wildlife tours around the world and do all I can to help conserve and protect wildlife here at my home in Yorkshire. I hope that by putting nature in the frame I can foster a deep love for wildlife amongst my followers. You can support my work by donating here: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?cmd=_s... or joining one of my supporter communities: https://www.robertefuller.com/support... Follow me on social media: https://www.robertefuller.com/pages/s... Or sign up to my newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/robertefuller/news... #robertefuller #barnowl #wildlifeart CHAPTERS _____________ 00:00 Watching barn owls in flight 00:23 Starting with a blank canvas 00:41 Painting the clouds 01:07 Getting a perspective 01:29 Painting the foreground 02:01 The outline 02:15 Adding detail 02:50 Using an airbrush 03:41 Finishing touches with pencil and brush 04:19 Highlights 04:27 Finished painting ___________________ © Robert E Fuller Copyright Disclaimer: Please feel free to share my videos but do not download any content without permission with the intent to re-upload. If you would like to license any content, please get in touch: mail@robertefuller.com