{"id":34229,"date":"2026-02-20T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.london-artcollege.co.uk\/news\/?p=34229"},"modified":"2026-01-06T13:27:49","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T13:27:49","slug":"weekend-art-challenge-owls-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.london-artcollege.co.uk\/news\/2026\/02\/weekend-art-challenge-owls-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend Art Challenge &#8211; Owls"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This weekend we are turning our attention to <strong>Owls<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Owls are fantastic subjects, whether you prefer a detailed, realistic study or something looser and more expressive. Their strong shapes, striking eyes and patterned feathers make them ideal for practising observation and mark-making.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can choose any species of owl and any pose \u2013 perched, in flight, or close-up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tips<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Spend time looking closely at the eyes and face<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Simplify feather patterns into shapes and tones<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Do not overwork the background<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A limited palette can work particularly well<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>You can use <strong>any medium you like<\/strong> for this challenge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If students would like to find photographic reference, we always recommend using <strong>Pexels \u2013 copyright-free images<\/strong>:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pexels.com\">https:\/\/www.pexels.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Simply use the search box and you will find thousands of high-quality images to save and work from.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We will be featuring the results on <strong>Thursday 26 February<\/strong> on our blog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-background-color has-text-color has-background\">The idea of these challenges is to help students improve their skills by drawing, painting and creating regularly. <br><br>So try to submit work that you have created specifically for the challenge &#8211;  or course work you are currently creating for your art course. Sometimes our challenge themes cross over with what students are learning. Our challenges are great practive for your coursework too! <br><br>Remember to submit your artwork to us via email if you would like it posted on our blog next week.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background\">Email your artwork to us for inclusion on the blog next week. We sometimes take challenge posts submitted to our Facebook group to add to the collection, however we may miss some, so if you really want to see your work here, make sure you email it to us!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-background\" style=\"background-color:#ffe1e8\">All students can take part and they can post their artwork on our main <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/1833827336869316\/\">Facebook Group<\/a> to share with fellow students. <br><br><strong>If you would like your work included in our weekly Thursday blog post <a href=\"mailto:techsupport@londonartcollege.co.uk\">Email<\/a> it to Melanie on<br><a href=\"mailto:techsupport@londonartcollege.co.uk\">techsupport@londonartcollege.co.uk<\/a><\/strong><br><br>Please only post new artwork that you have created specifically for the challenge. <br><br>The idea of these challenges is to help students improve their skills by drawing, painting and creating regularly. Most of all, have fun!! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#f7e2cb\">All of the photos we post on our London Art College Weekend Challenges are copyright free. Feel free to use the artwork you produce however you wish. If you would like your artwork posted here on our blog, email it to Melanie at <a href=\"techsupport@londonartcollege.co.uk\">techsupport@londonartcollege.co.uk<\/a>. If you have any Weekend Challenge requests let us know too! Best of luck and happy drawing and painting! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-background\" style=\"background-color:#d7f0ff\">For those who are new to our challenges, we post them every Friday, so that students have a chance to pick up their pencils, pens, brushes or tablets to create artwork in their downtime over the weekend. <br><br>The results are the posted here on our blog on the following Thursday. <br><br>We love it when students add text to go along side the artwork, we will always post it on the blog if included. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-background\" style=\"background-color:#4f697e\">If you would like to receive a roundup of all of our blog posts once a week to keep you inspired in your inbox, why not sign up to our newsletter. You can access our sign up at the top of our page. 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