Recently I went through many of my old reference photos. This one was taken about twelve years ago. In my photo the snowy owl was nestled amongst the ferns looking slightly up at the camera. A lovely portrait to be sure, but I wanted something a bit more dramatic. I thought an ombré of dark blues for a background would really allow my owl to “pop” on my canvas. I then added spatters that could either be interpreted as stars or snow, this being left up to each individual viewer.
Recently I went through many of my old reference photos. This one was taken about twelve years ago. In my photo the snowy owl was nestled amongst the ferns looking slightly up at the camera. A lovely portrait to be sure, but I wanted something a bit more dramatic. I thought an ombré of dark blues for a background would really allow my owl to “pop” on my canvas. I then added spatters that could either be interpreted as stars or snow, this being left up to each individual viewer.