Owls
In Spring 2017, I spent a study weekend at Kingcombe Farm, the headquarters of the Dorset Wildlife Trust. Live captive owls were bought into the studio so we could observe them at close quarters and sketch them. There was a beautiful English barn owl and an exquisite African barn owl with much darker colouring. I enjoyed painting the owls in watercolours with a touch of other media. Then, I started doing much looser paintings with acrylic inks and a touch of watercolours.