donderdag 13 november 2025

Owl in moonlight

See the moon shining through the trees... and in the moonlight everything looks blue. 

What do you need?

  1. white drawing sheet 
  2. oil pastel
  3. blue ink
  4. brush
  5. dish with water
  6. scouring pad

What should you do?

  1. Scetch a winter tree, so a tree without no leaves. Be sure your branches are thinner at the end. 
  2. Scetch a moon between the branches. 
  3. Draw an owl on one of the branches.
  4. Color the tree with blue oil pastel. Make differences in color by pressing harder or softer, or by using a little black or white. 
  5. Color the owl blue too. Use yellow or orange for eyes and beak. 
  6. Color the moon white-yellow in the center and darker yellow at the outside.
  7. Outline everything (even the smallest branches!) with white oil pastel. This is a difficult chore, because you barely see the white and you run the risk that the white crayon will get blue (scrape it then!).
  8. Paint the background with blue ink, water and a scouring pad. The white lines will resist the ink. Put undiluted blue ink on a dish and dip the soft side of a scouring pad in it. Stamp along the outer edges of the drawing. 
  9. Add water to the ink when you're nearer at the moon to make the blue lighter. Make a light blue circle around the moon.


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