Love Heart Owls

'Paisley Love Heart Owls'

© 25/9/16 By Shiloh Moore

8"x10" Pitt Pen and Posca Marker on Paper

At the beginning of September I was browing Pinterest.  I saw an amazing photo of owls made into a love heart shape (below:)  I reverse image searched to try to find the amazing artist/illustrator, but unfotunately I could not find an original source to reference. 

Image from Pinterest and other sites on the internet, artist unknown

In May 2016 I posted the Paisley Heart Thanks Owl, (you can look up my post to see more by clicking here) 

 'Paisley Heart Thanks Owl'

© May 2016 by Shiloh Moore

5"x5"Posca Markers on Paper

When I looked at the image from Pinterest, I could see my heart owl could be adapted to fit 2 owls into a heart shape using a similar design.

Firstly I did a watercolour of the image: (below.)  I was not entirely happy with this, but as I was looking at it, I could see that it may be more effective to use the Paisley pattern used in the 'Paisley Heart Thanks Owl', so today I drew the top image above, of the 'Paisley Love Heart Owls.'

'Love Heart Owls'

© 1/9/16 by Shiloh Moore

8"x10" Pitt Pen and Watercolour with Rock Salt on Paper

Circular Heart Owl

'Circular Heart Owl'

© 21/8/16 By Shiloh Moore

6"x6" Oil Pastel and Watercolour with Rocksalt On Paper

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Using the same outline of an owl that I used for 'What a Hoot',  and 'Dotty Owls'  I drew the owl with white oil pastel, then added the colour with watercolours, sprinkling it with rock salt while it was still wet.  Once dry, I removed the rock salt and this gave the coloured areas their pattern.  Then I added the black for the eyes and around the beak/nose (weird question: does an owl have a beak or a nose or a snout?!!!)  Then she was done!

Dotty Owls

'Dotty Owls'

© July 2016 by Shiloh Moore

5 x 7" Ink Stamps and Pitt Pen on Paper

Using the same design for an owl as used in 'What A Hoot', and the idea of drawing creatures from ink spots used in 'Dotty Creatures', I came up with this rainbow column of Owls. 

What A Hoot

'What A Hoot'

© July 2016 by Shiloh Moore

5"x5" Collage

Using 'What A Hoot' papers by Kaisercraft and  Pitt pen

Paisley Heart Thanks Owl

'Paisley Heart Thanks Owl'

©  20-27th April 2016 by Shiloh Moore

6"x6" Posca Markers on Paper

When I completed 'Hypnotic Heart Owl' (see here) I could see the drawing of the owl I used looked like a Paisley pattern.  I've been wanting to make thank you cards, so I decided to make a design I could use using the owl in a Paisley pattern.  I recently bought new small Posca Markers in Black, Blue, Green and Pink, so I used them.

After I finished the thank you card design (above) I saw the pink around the heart-face could also be used with curves like the rest of the body, and I also wanted to draw the owl larger, on its own without the word 'thanks,' so I redrew it (below:)

'Paisley Heart Owl'

©  20-27 April 2016 by Shiloh Moore

4"x6" Posca Marker on Paper

Hypnotic Heart Owl

'Hypnotic Heart Owl'

© April 20-21st 2016 by Shiloh Moore

8"x10" Pastel and Watercolour on Paper

I was trying to sleep and a quick sketch of a heart faced Owl came to mind.  

I wanted to experiment with watercolours and pastels.  I first drew the owl using white oil pastel seen below, then put a layer of bright watercolours over it.

'Hypnotic Heart Owl'

© April 20-21st 2016 by Shiloh Moore

8"x10" White Oil Pastel outline on Paper

I love the effect! 

Heart Of An Aussie Owl

'Heart of An Aussie Owl'

© 2015 by Shiloh Moore

December 2015

Pitt Pen on Watercolour Paper 

I sell (and give away) cards I've made from cardstock, scrapbooking materials and stickers.  In October a friend wanted an owl card (of which I had many!) but he did not want a 'horned' owl or owl with heavy eyebrows - 'they're American.  I want an Aussie Owl!'

Of course all the scrapbooking materials I can find only have 'horned' or 'heavy browed' owls.  So I looked at Australian Owls at www.owlpages.com and fell in love with their almost heart shaped faces.  So bit by bit throughout December 2015 I drew my own version of an Aussie Owl.

'Heart Of An Aussie Owl - Step by step Collage'

© 2015 by Shiloh Moore

This was the evolution of my drawing. 

May the heart, the essence, the wisdom, the power and the beauty of an Aussie Owl be with you :)

May this owl welcome you to the New Year.