Quirky Owls

This was a page in my art journal that began innocently enough as a layered background.

My next stage was to doodle and highlight before blocking in a figure, but as I sat on the couch, my mother was sitting to my right and exclaimed "What cute owls"! Then I could see nothing else....and the page took a different turn. 

I was inspired by an old Life Book lesson about Quirky Birds. Isn't it lovely to be inspired by art 2 years later? 

I doodled, and I glazed, but I just couldn't alter the background cos I love it. 

The outcome is not where I expected to end up, and not my usual subject matter, but they make me smile.

It will always remind me of that visit from my Mum ♥