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Snowy owl portrait

 A Snowy owl portrait painted in watercolour .Always a challenge painting white birds unter certain light conditions using just the white tone of the paper . No opaque colours have been used. Based on photo taken by my good friend Matthew Montonini. Thank you Matthew!

There is also a video  showing taken during the creative process:

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ao9iKXYghUM&t=236s


 

 


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