I’m happy to announce that “Heart of San Pedro” (Western Screech Owl) has been accepted in the Society of Animal Artists‘ “Animal Impressions” Exhibition at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. The show runs August 21 – November 7, 2021.

This drawing is an 8″ x 8″ scratchboard, with watercolor. I took the reference photo at the San Pedro River Preserve in Arizona a number of years ago, so it’s fitting that the drawing will debut in AZ. 

I have a number of scans of this drawing in progress, but I still need to run a couple of them through Photoshop to clean up. Then I'll create a short video of the stages. I also have video of real-time drawing on this piece. I'll share that content to the $3 subscriber tier. I previously posted a short video and a couple of images of this drawing in progress, so please scroll back to see them.

Current drawing in progress. Bark & more bark! Look closely & you can see the owl hunkered down in the hole in the tree. This is an 8" x 8" Ampersand Scratchbord. I'll add color to this drawing once it's all scratched.