Owl Inspired

I was inspired by Penny Duncans use of an owl in a recent make. Penny has some gorgeous work and i always fall in love with her creations. So i dug out my old owl stamp and began to work on an idea.
Firstly i wanted a textured beautiful coloured and unusual background. So using a great deal of mixed media i structured the background in stages as some of it needed plenty of drying time.
The flower branches are drawn free hand from somewhere in the jumble i call my imagination and then coloured with sakura pens.

I then wanted a brown and gold owl which was simply stamped owls and top layer being embossed and painted and coloured. The owl shadow was the same stamp but blanked out with deep brown ink.
The moon was a circle i cut out and covered in textured marks using a palette knife with embossing paste. When it was dry i added some mica and coloured ink for definition.

I enjoyed the time and the playfulness of making this piece :)