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The Illustrated Owl: Barn, Barred, & Great Horned: The Ultimate Reference Guide for Bird Lovers, Artists, and Woodcarvers (The Denny Rogers Visual Reference series)

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I bought this book for my boyfriend who loves barn owls. He is thinking of getting an owl tattoo and so I purchased this book for possible references. The book's illustrations are amazingly detailed and there are so many different angles that the owls are drawn in. My boyfriend loved the book.

As an artist that often uses these particular owls in my work, this book is invaluable. The information (with out a lot of reading) it gives is over whelming. Feather details, measurements, charts, views from all angles, some facts, drawings, photos...and more.
So worth the price!
Just to have this book in your library as a visual source about owls is a plus.
My art is not realistic, but making it with this knowledge is more inspiring.

As one who loves owls - the calls in the deep silence of the night, the huge eyes which see everything, everywhere, the feathers 'round the eyes,capturing each small rustling in the leaves below,the mystical symbolism of the wisdom Goddess Athena and of which it is said, "The Owl of Goddess Minerva Flies at Dusk"...which I translate as "wisdom comes only to the old".

This book is a dream come true and everything I dared to hope it to be. Yes, it has wonderful, precise drawings of foot and feather and color palettes and diagrams to enable those who paint and carve to produce fabulous representative art of this incredible creature, it also provides those of us who work with clay,the tools to better capture the essence of owl... or just to gaze at these incredible Beings.

LadyBeth

This is one of the most in-depth and beautifully illustrated books on owls that I have come across. With it's lavishly illustrated 248 pages of in-depth information on Barn, Barred and Great Horned Owls this is an unparalleled reference book that would be a great addition to the library of any artist, photographer, naturalist or owl lover! Highly recommended!