Hi everyone! My name is Nia and I’ll be your teacher for today’s class. Today I’m going to share with you a fall themed class where I’ll be drawing out owls, both in pencil and in ink. I will take you through the steps in which I take when I draw these creatures, and break it down into smaller steps so it’s easier to understand. Despite the details of the feathers, these owls are actually quite simple to make, so I hope that you find this class useful.

This was actually part of a suggestion by one of my students who requested a class on how I painted my owl in one of my old sketchbook tours, and I decided to turn this into 2 parts. This class is Part 1 where I’ll be focusing more on the facial features and basic proportions, and Part 2 which is coming soon, will be the execution of the painting itself.

In this class I’ll be drawing fairly loose, focusing more on the facial features and textures in comparison to the anatomy of the owl itself, however you are free to take this further and study the anatomy more to create different poses as well.

I’ll be sharing with you my 2 versions of owl drawing, the first one with a pencil and the second one, I’ll by doodling straight with an ink pen, incase you would like to take this as inspiration for Inktober.

This class is aimed for all levels of doodlers, it may seem a bit complex, but once you understand the basic features and portions, you'll be able to follow through with the rest of the details.

Like usual, I’ll be speeding and skipping through parts of the footage where my hand is out of frame just to get the class going. And I understand that everyone works in a different pace, so I would always recommend for students to watch the class or the lessons prior to painting along so you know what is to come within the lessons. And when you are ready to paint along, you can pause in between each step so you can work at your own pace and continue on when you’re ready.

The drawings might look detailed and intimidating but I assure you, it’s not as hard as it looks and I hope you guys enjoy this class, and let’s begin!

Meg Lind

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