How I Painted This Barn Owl Coming in to Land & the Inspiration | My Wildlife Art | Robert E Fuller

I've been captivated by barn owls ever since I found a nest in an old elm tree on the farm where I grew up. They are such beautiful birds and I have painted them often. This short film shows you my latest original, featuring a barn owl as it comes in to land.

Watching a barn owl fly across the meadows in the evening light is one of the most stunning sights on the Yorkshire Wolds. Barn owls have such soft feathers they offer little resistance to the wind and consequently, their flight is almost silent.

When painting barn owls the challenge is to capture the soft colours of their feathers. I painted this in acrylics so that I could portray these colours in fine detail.

The barn owl is one that lives at my home and art studio at Fotherdale Farm in Thixendale. It took me 17 years to persuade barn owls to nest here, and I am so glad I persevered because now I am able to view many barn owls from my living room window as they quarter the valley below. There is something really quite special about watching a barn owl in flight.

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I am a British wildlife artist based in Thixendale, North Yorkshire, UK. I build ideal habitats to encourage wildlife into my garden and use nest cams to study their behaviour. These studies inform my paintings. I share the best of my video research on this channel for free. If you would like to support my work please consider a small donation here: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?cmd=_s...

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