Abstract Owl in Pastels

I didn’t realise before how good pastels are for sketching images out in colour before painting them, and for playing around with ideas.  Today I worked on a slightly absract picture of an owl.  I have this idea in my head of what the final painting will be like and I wanted to see what kind of colour to use.  For this one I chose greens and blues but having seen it I think I should try to rework it just ising the colours of the barn owl in the background too.  I think that might look really effective.

So here’s the picture with a green and blue background – not my final colour choice I think…