tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43870375877323230512024-03-05T23:54:23.891+01:00The OwlstudioWildlife Art BlogDaniela is an Austrian Wildlife and Ex Libris artist.<br><br>
Read about her wildlife art and<br>
her passion for all animals and nature.<br>
See artworks come to life from white canvas<br>
to framed masterpiece.Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06880719713642235029noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4387037587732323051.post-48263685641441375402009-08-26T08:59:00.004+02:002009-08-26T09:15:26.821+02:00Something new on the easel<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLjT4vrK298AYCYMVDS0r99j5i2N-WfKUJ15d0z6cHInjk_fhjhas1EyRZsrp6KaEo_2ito7jMsJOn7NRhXGpboXwDHoxJQycOVCO9E6OYDHu6aS-edsEAhgFP2j-Q5wZqehvVCKtW_iS7/s1600-h/boys2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLjT4vrK298AYCYMVDS0r99j5i2N-WfKUJ15d0z6cHInjk_fhjhas1EyRZsrp6KaEo_2ito7jMsJOn7NRhXGpboXwDHoxJQycOVCO9E6OYDHu6aS-edsEAhgFP2j-Q5wZqehvVCKtW_iS7/s200/boys2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374164680346539554" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfp-MprkVQzANcVtzFv8Ei4bdPdZfs8aj4FyZ1RMU0_Xf0iLz2VzUJ7AWeeFly5Jk3fBNo54sHrjZbvmthDCsVOGCFqGoFb8cen8MID7DDqbk5I5LF9Fx1rzcTwhRilNS2aRx4JL5CVtoK/s1600-h/boys1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfp-MprkVQzANcVtzFv8Ei4bdPdZfs8aj4FyZ1RMU0_Xf0iLz2VzUJ7AWeeFly5Jk3fBNo54sHrjZbvmthDCsVOGCFqGoFb8cen8MID7DDqbk5I5LF9Fx1rzcTwhRilNS2aRx4JL5CVtoK/s200/boys1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374164676096126530" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Just started off with a new watercolor painting showing five grey herons, four of which are youngsters with a funny "haircut" that looks sort of "punk-like". I took the basic photographic material at a place in Vienna where you can find some old trees on a very small island in the middle of a lake which host approximately 15 heron nests. It is a paradise for wildlife artists on the hunt for new motives ... size of the artwork is 16' x 16', watercolor on streched canvas.Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06880719713642235029noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4387037587732323051.post-2226698705047760572009-08-17T15:41:00.007+02:002009-08-17T16:22:01.562+02:00Building a wooden box ...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWIrFyOmgZVqXa7Wqvk7zf75ndp0Shn0cGCxCs4IHYtiad1jqVgHr9saz6UaRRTX_gomll0QleQOVVxunQPxuXEIuZuIrtSRCZ2SzRDDd9XYfTde97Uqh5SKj73Ua5RmAfdNg7nA5USpBL/s1600-h/material.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWIrFyOmgZVqXa7Wqvk7zf75ndp0Shn0cGCxCs4IHYtiad1jqVgHr9saz6UaRRTX_gomll0QleQOVVxunQPxuXEIuZuIrtSRCZ2SzRDDd9XYfTde97Uqh5SKj73Ua5RmAfdNg7nA5USpBL/s320/material.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370933250344059810" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">for shipping artwork. One of my new artworks 'Circle of life' (you can see it on the right hand) has to be shipped to the Ne</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">therlands in a few days to be exhibited at 'Survival' exhibition at Oog voor natuur wildlife art gallery in Opheusden / NL.<br />I made my first boxes for ship</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">ping out of </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">cardboard, but this materi</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">al will not be strong enough to protect your artwork and in case your artwork will be shipp</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">ed back after th</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">e exhibition a wooden box is the better choice.<br />I use two masonite boards which are about 10 cm / 4 inch larger than the artwork. Also a wooden slat cut in four pieces, two as long as the length of the board and two which are twice the size smaller than the thickness of the slat. I also use a power-screwdriver, a lot of screws and a permanent Edding to mark which srews have to be unscrewed to open the box.<br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I fix one of the longer slats to the masonite board using screws </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">and a power </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">screwdriver, after that I go on with one of the shorter slats, then the second longer slat for th</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">e third side. With two screws at each side I fix shorter and longer slats together at the corners for </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">stabilization.<br /></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTkUnx-UdSrTG-1VlISxB5GOdtn9JQQ2Yv9Ai8lko7xltE_MM0EzRLJ2WjhQgYoUIV13P1d15svOuoZaOGwNihKW9JaY2lsssd5nXboZKkMkxBEpUrVM3A23t9xuymGjL7-8g1wJ0M451K/s1600-h/boc2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTkUnx-UdSrTG-1VlISxB5GOdtn9JQQ2Yv9Ai8lko7xltE_MM0EzRLJ2WjhQgYoUIV13P1d15svOuoZaOGwNihKW9JaY2lsssd5nXboZKkMkxBEpUrVM3A23t9xuymGjL7-8g1wJ0M451K/s200/boc2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370934443192795154" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA3VDpOstDMPBaMtndUgemFdgXPo8utnVsvsvjhyphenhyphen-f0SPDb1DRE4FB2fJbvtbmNCgOnMQqWikD56P_IXTrJOB0re4rOoYekDyct03gCUfG75js7p7Tie9nCTJI50h1XspwKxfOO_IWvmIy/s1600-h/box1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA3VDpOstDMPBaMtndUgemFdgXPo8utnVsvsvjhyphenhyphen-f0SPDb1DRE4FB2fJbvtbmNCgOnMQqWikD56P_IXTrJOB0re4rOoYekDyct03gCUfG75js7p7Tie9nCTJI50h1XspwKxfOO_IWvmIy/s200/box1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370934439816209506" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFyMetqL9wEyQXhWdG5UmUwpCWgeYfHDWv1YgX_1Rq0NZu7y2LAKfl_Wr1eeWUeMs_vazlLRxMUfR0Gid_XdBomedL4qKAqnyIeGoGFPv4_GrZ8kdxq2hMve_DVyLmo2mdelBNqrL0uQR-/s1600-h/box3.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFyMetqL9wEyQXhWdG5UmUwpCWgeYfHDWv1YgX_1Rq0NZu7y2LAKfl_Wr1eeWUeMs_vazlLRxMUfR0Gid_XdBomedL4qKAqnyIeGoGFPv4_GrZ8kdxq2hMve_DVyLmo2mdelBNqrL0uQR-/s200/box3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370934449806930290" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br />I fix the second masonite board on top of the slats, and then I've got a wooden box which is open on one side, this will be the removable lid ...<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1Qkc4uiOQRgNbyEJX1lcg7noBKypMyfI-tbx2gQkS_WyrtcBvQdZiLscyk6kShXoVSqiNpp6NEi97oHCmlPaQYV5BCHHhZRIWhMEmRN8QYfhiLdkMsWBe2nO4fbW9NV9y51ZESjRgYiry/s1600-h/box5.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1Qkc4uiOQRgNbyEJX1lcg7noBKypMyfI-tbx2gQkS_WyrtcBvQdZiLscyk6kShXoVSqiNpp6NEi97oHCmlPaQYV5BCHHhZRIWhMEmRN8QYfhiLdkMsWBe2nO4fbW9NV9y51ZESjRgYiry/s200/box5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370935565109635426" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiG1MmDHXPsr7X-34gHHjMItSk86bcjR3yXDKgU97zXl4oIWlvLATGASHmheh5lvwxGKSjhzynNUoZ0hGg_IW-xm_pUaEUjZNXQiGobhv6o2jeG5bZuxD4iczdR5UDdBbUIe_OIE6dyzTa/s1600-h/box4.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiG1MmDHXPsr7X-34gHHjMItSk86bcjR3yXDKgU97zXl4oIWlvLATGASHmheh5lvwxGKSjhzynNUoZ0hGg_IW-xm_pUaEUjZNXQiGobhv6o2jeG5bZuxD4iczdR5UDdBbUIe_OIE6dyzTa/s200/box4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370935555906122370" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMn0SxDjhHf6eRPilvtMTywkD1uyyHWQdvsZHVG22KSaMumQduHd7YC772YP38dHLyKBCNfmbmHLP9IYAv9NTGqZodTnwMX2pXApl895lx1lqfI0wWtvzssCvrWzw1b2CT74eI2oRzCKgX/s1600-h/box6.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMn0SxDjhHf6eRPilvtMTywkD1uyyHWQdvsZHVG22KSaMumQduHd7YC772YP38dHLyKBCNfmbmHLP9IYAv9NTGqZodTnwMX2pXApl895lx1lqfI0wWtvzssCvrWzw1b2CT74eI2oRzCKgX/s200/box6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370935569899861170" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I always wrap the artwork as good as possible with bubble wrap and protection for the corners of the frame. I attach at minimum of two printed labels with name, address, phonenumber and e-mail to front and back of the box which contain information of the place of origin as well as the addressee.<br /><br />This boxes are very strong and can travel back and forth without any damage to box and artwork ...<br /><br /><br /></span>Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06880719713642235029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4387037587732323051.post-2879689379730118042009-08-09T09:11:00.007+02:002009-08-09T09:46:10.706+02:00Starting the nuthatch artwork<span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwPPzwlYKPwwPdLuDxAYdSkoYvDL3ukgwItf8rEcwz-LB6JzTEPAvtMxq7uhyphenhyphendBZF_fW5zC48yMilA5B65JU1AmfWxqS3Slt1_OfF4jNuK1v6qTw78CLFtc2zLgFVcd8o9HaIroDCPKqlg/s1600-h/start.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 259px; height: 176px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwPPzwlYKPwwPdLuDxAYdSkoYvDL3ukgwItf8rEcwz-LB6JzTEPAvtMxq7uhyphenhyphendBZF_fW5zC48yMilA5B65JU1AmfWxqS3Slt1_OfF4jNuK1v6qTw78CLFtc2zLgFVcd8o9HaIroDCPKqlg/s320/start.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367858537301737410" border="0" /></a></span><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:100%;" >This will be the artwork of a nuthatch taking of a branch. I did a little sketching on the canvas to have everything correctly in place. This artwork will be 12"x12" done in watercolour on stretched canvas. </span><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:100%;" >Early in the year </span><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:100%;" > I took the reference photographs at some scenic fluvial topography of the danube river which runs directly through Viennas City, where I live. The nuthatch artwork will be part of a series of artworks which I will paint to illustrate a magazines </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqhPs-dXKkqyo55n8N6QyKKQMMNAjcRydM8Vc9dKXkWkAAIWjo3nlj_k5nciPPUSPjkUpoRkEPUIe6_rKnbd3dv-KySB06kpiL1YpSPFcnFTjjDMjZjpQzDx-APOthYqt0Gvks3eUUWtgQ/s1600-h/nuthatch.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 271px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqhPs-dXKkqyo55n8N6QyKKQMMNAjcRydM8Vc9dKXkWkAAIWjo3nlj_k5nciPPUSPjkUpoRkEPUIe6_rKnbd3dv-KySB06kpiL1YpSPFcnFTjjDMjZjpQzDx-APOthYqt0Gvks3eUUWtgQ/s320/nuthatch.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367862496306522002" border="0" /></a></span><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:100%;" >article about wildli</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;font-size:100%;">fe in a city. There is a lot of wildlife in big citi</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;font-size:100%;">es, much more than you would expect. Have a look at places with water, like ponds in parks or riversides. Watching wildlife is a fantastic thing to do. Sometimes you only have to stand still and wait some time until everything around you has settled. The animals will go back to their daily business and you will have the great chance to watch. <br /></span></div><br /><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><br /><br /></span>Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06880719713642235029noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4387037587732323051.post-867580428208476822009-08-07T07:42:00.009+02:002009-08-07T08:23:03.125+02:00The Beginning -let's start with a white canvas ...<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv85q_5StpCBj8ZFQCUbEGGSArTBlpBk_jZaKLOkt8-EIkaMucKsOTzZsZPErCNQEtK_f9nzQEvG-y3OJWajPqsRqpsaGS9_eXp05g9ZACf-YunAO23M1P_bTIrpbMT1ukfGdxL1DdfA11/s1600-h/prime.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 197px; height: 155px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv85q_5StpCBj8ZFQCUbEGGSArTBlpBk_jZaKLOkt8-EIkaMucKsOTzZsZPErCNQEtK_f9nzQEvG-y3OJWajPqsRqpsaGS9_eXp05g9ZACf-YunAO23M1P_bTIrpbMT1ukfGdxL1DdfA11/s320/prime.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367101031744871378" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:100%;" >... the greatest fear of many artists. I've never had a problem with that, it is more excitement and curiosity for what is coming than the great fear to fail ... but let's go back a little fu</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="font-size:100%;">rther. I'm most comfortable to stretch and prime my own canvas, it is sort of "pulling all the strings" and not leaving anything to chance. I use a heavy, very smooth and fine woven canvas as I paint in watercolours on canvas and need a surface that is as even as possible.</span><br /><br /></span></div><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje1_2jQyCHfx6H0Lf1XUyCHGCh_KXocVhnL2tInlUps1BmzLpBbwCOfLqrXoanvgwXagSKW09VqFCwo-ChcUZnAKG-20mFT7vA0XUEqEoTsrWV6CqScqW8LBPLJ388DNj9tPwk7wtRLCty/s1600-h/prime.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 264px; height: 208px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje1_2jQyCHfx6H0Lf1XUyCHGCh_KXocVhnL2tInlUps1BmzLpBbwCOfLqrXoanvgwXagSKW09VqFCwo-ChcUZnAKG-20mFT7vA0XUEqEoTsrWV6CqScqW8LBPLJ388DNj9tPwk7wtRLCty/s320/prime.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367101875612444002" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">So this is the</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> complete artists business from the first th</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">o</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">ugh</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">t a</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">b</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">out a mo</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">tive</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">, research, taking photos, choose what and how I will paint, decide about the size of my artwork, over putting</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> together the stretcher fram</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">e, stretc</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">hing the canvas, prime it with gesso, let it dry and then do the </span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">first stroke of the b</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">rush, work the way over the whole canvas to the last stroke of the brush, fix it, give it a name, a frame, and a signature ... </span><br /></div>Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06880719713642235029noreply@blogger.com1