The Ultimate Reference Guide for Bird Lovers, Woodcarvers, and Artists

Renowned illustrator, woodcarver and wilderness enthusiast, Denny Rogers, delivers over 200 pages of detailed anatomical drawings for the Screech and Snowy Owls. This reference provides meticulously accurate line drawings and clear instructions for rendering the birds' natural behaviors, with scale charts to resize the drawings and exclusive color charts to paint your work. A must-have for any artist!

Inside You'll Find:
-50 Drawings of the Snowy Owl in Different Poses
-100 Drawings of the Screech Owl, Including a Thrilling Predatory Sequence
-Paint Pattern Chart Created by Bird Carver, Lori Corbett
-Individual Feather Charts For Both Top and Underside

Raised in Abraham Lincoln's hometown of Springfield, Illinois, Denny Rogers holds a bachelor's degree in
visual communications (with a double major in graphic design and illustration) and a master's degree in product design/ manufacturing from Illinois State University. He has done doctoral work in bronze sculpture and foundry technology and has taught design and illustration courses at ISU.

Denny has crafted numerous limited-edition bronze sculptures of animal, religious, and presidential subjects in cooperation with The White House and Presidential archives. His life-size bronze statue of an American Bald Eagle in dramatic flight, Winged Magnificence, was chosen by President Ronald Reagan for his second inaugural and by Vice President Bush's committee for the Texas Sesquicentennial.

Additionally, Denny has done graphic design/illustration work for officeholders, businesses, national figures, and entertainers, including singer/songwriter Willie Nelson, and has assisted police, coroners, and prosecutors in reconstructing crime scenes and human anatomy in homicide cases. His woodcarvings have
been featured in national woodcarving and art publications, and his animal physiology illustrated reference books have been used by woodcarvers around the world to secure contracts, win blue ribbons, best of show, state, national, and world championships, and earn induction into the White House permanent
collection and other prestigious world collections.

He has worked as a museum exhibits artist and has used his design, sculpture, and construction skills as a special effects artist in the movie industry.

A lifelong outdoorsman and wilderness enthusiast, Denny lives with his wife, Carol, in rural Bloomington, Illinois. They have two adult sons, Darren and Scott. Denny is currently working on a book for artists titled An Eagle, an Artist…and Other Critters: The Life, Times, and Misadventures of Denny Rogers.

For those of you who enjoy carving owls, you will absolutely love the latest book from Denny Rogers, the latest in his
popular series on bird anatomy. Packed full to the brim with pages on anatomical drawings for the Screech and
Snowy Owls, this volume is a must for carvers who want to carve realistic and proportionally correct birds.
Included are accurate line drawings and clear instructions for rendering the birds' natural behaviors, with scale charts to
resize the drawings and exclusive colour charts to paint your completed work.