Owls are gorgeous, mystical birds and very popular in illustration. You can't go into a gift shop without seeing loads of cute cards and stationary with owls on. I love this cute mixed media owl taken from a print:
“The Owl and the Pussycat” was one of my favourite poems when I was younger and I had the book. It was written by Edward Lear and first published during 1871. It's such a beautiful poem and the book has lovely illustrations.
The Owl and the Pussycat went to sea
In a beautiful pea-green boat,
They took some honey, and plenty of money,
Wrapped up in a five pound note.
The Owl looked up to the stars above,
And sang to a small guitar,
"O lovely Pussy! O Pussy, my love,
What a beautiful Pussy you are, you are, you are,
What a beautiful Pussy you are.
I was very excited when deciding my artwork for today, here it is:
What books do you remember from your childhood?
nice post and I do like owls - oww almost wishing I did owl now :)
ReplyDeleteThanks david, I decided to keep it short and sweet today. Orangutans were a good choice!
DeleteOwls are beautiful birds. Books from school: See Dick and Jane. I can't recall too many other than Little Bear also.
ReplyDeleteKaTy Did at: Life's Ride As I See It
Hey KT, just checked out Dick and Jane, very cute.
DeleteThis post has so many things that I love in it. I love owls, I love mixed media, I love your sketches, I love the little book, and I love the reminder of my favorite childhood books. One of my absolute favorites was called Serendipity. :)
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Thank thanks Kristen, mixed media is my preferred method for artwork (Rauschenberg is my fave artist). Just checked out serendipity books, I would have liked flutterby I think.
DeleteMy youngest cousin's favourite animals is the owl. I always think of Owl from Winnie the Pooh whenever I see or hear about one. They're so cute. Did you ever read 'The Owl Who Was Afraid Of The Dark'? It's a children's book and I loved it when I was younger! In regard to making the photos bigger on your blog, once you've uploaded them into your post you can click on them and it gives you options to make them small, medium, large or x-large and you can add a caption too. My new layout has the photos x-large :) xxx
ReplyDeleteHi laura, I don't remember that book? The cover looks familiar though...thanks thanks for the advice about changing image sizes, my blog doesn't seem to do the small, medium, large etc thing when I upload pics, it used to a while ago but stopped. I'll see if I can work it out! X
DeleteI loved The Very Hungry Caterpillar and most of the Roald Dahl stories! I have a mug with owls on it, love your illustration, its quirky :)
ReplyDeleteThe hungry caterpillar is one of my faves too (still is!), it influenced me when I was doing degree work too. I have a hungry caterpillar mug.
Deletethat looks so precious your artwork, I really like it! i loved the wizard of the emerald city which was the russian version of the wizard of oz...
ReplyDeleteThank you! The wizard of oz is a classic book, not sure if I've seen the Russian version, I will check it out now :)
DeleteI just love Owls in every form or manner.
ReplyDeleteDid you know owls are sacred to the Hindu Goddess of Wealth?
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