Black and White "Spectacled Owl", "Great Horned Owl", and "Burrowing Owl"

Last three owls for the calendar. I will post the hand-colored ones tomorrow.

Hand-Colored "Snowy Owl", "Great Great Grey" and "Barred Owl"

Here are the three owls in flight that I posted yesterday with hand-coloring with watercolors.

Black and White Owls In Flight: "Barred Owl", "Great Grey", and "Snowy Owl"

Here are black and white proofs of the three owls that are in flight for the owl calendar I am working on. Hand-coloring these today and will post those images tomorrow. I especially love these in black and white because all the busy mark-making deliberately emphasizes how these predators blend in with their surroundings. I imagine that most of their prey never even see what's coming.

Hand-Colored Bay Owl, African Wood Owl, Long-Eared Owl

Here are the finished versions of the three linocuts I posted about yesterday, hand-colored with watercolors.

Black and White Proofs: Bay Owl, African Wood Owl, Long-Eared Owl

I have proofed all the owl linocuts for the calendar I'm working on, but these three are the only that I'm satisfied and finished with the cut. It is quite an interesting challenge to create images that will read well in both black and white and hand-colored. More to come soon.

Linocuts by 2nd and 3rd Graders at UCAL

More linoleum cuts from my wonderful 2D Mixed Media after school class at the University City Arts League. These are by 2nd and 3rd graders. None had carved linoleum blocks before. The first image here is by Audra (who works fast and always finishes before everyone else), who got creative with tissue paper chine colle and printing the block multiple times on the same piece of paper.

Sketchbook Sunday: Two Nests

This is a continuation of the studio play from Friday and my decision to start drawing on paper I made this year. White acrylic paint and ball point pen on paper made from day lilies.