"Thankful Owl" 8x10 mixed media on canvas
I have to be honest, for today's painting I had no plan... I knew I wanted to use (what I consider to be) Thanksgiving colors, but other than that I decided to just let the art take me where it wanted to go. I started by creating a warm layered background and eventually an owl emerged. I decided to keep the owl fairly translucent because I liked how it was all blending together.
Tonight as I write this I feel full... Not just because I indulged in pumpkin and pecan pie, but because I feel so blessed. I am filled with gratitude for my friends and family here at home and also for the new community of friends I have found online that feel like an extended family.
For my friends that are celebrating today, I hope you and yours are enjoying a wonderful holiday filled with lots of reasons to be thankful!
xo
Kristin
p.s. Make sure to stop by the Creative Every Day blog between bites!
Happy Turkey Day, Kristin. I do hope you had a good one. Love your owl..brings back some memories for me when I was younger.
ReplyDeleteHow beautiful! I love the warm coloring and all of the textures that this has.
ReplyDeleteThis is really cool. I love the transparency of the owl. It adds a really cool dimension.
ReplyDeleteHope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving!
This is a great piece and so great that you didn't have a plan, I currently have a canvas sitting on my art desk which I painted green and I have no idea what I'm going to do with but plan to have some fun with tomorrow! Love these colours and tones you have used!!
ReplyDeleteI like the translucent quality. Beautiful :-)
ReplyDeleteLove the texture in tis piece. Glad you decided to not take the owl too far. It most definitely works. :-)
ReplyDeleteVery Thankgivingy colors and a wonderful result! What a handsome owl!
ReplyDeleteI adore the colour blends in this, and the textures...they feed the colour cockies in my brain :D
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for sharing and for your wonderful support. I always look forward to your comments as I respect your opinion a lot, because you do great work yourself.
Nutty
(is there a better synonym for 'a lot'?)
Hope you had a great Thanksgiving! Love this owl, too. Yummy colors!
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