Owl Digital Painting Take 1

Mkay as you all know by now I LOVE OWLS! So...I'm doing a digital painting of an owl for a school project. I'm gonna put up the steps I do so you can see how I work. This way maybe you'll get some ideas or you can give me some. Just a fun way to see how my brain wants me to make things :) I'm doing this on a Cintiq at school so thats fun and new! I'm working in CS5 and any work at home is done in CS3. So ciao for now. Don't know when the next post for this cutie will be, its gonna be a busy weekend. I'm going to The Haunt tomorrow!!!!!!! >D I LOVE HALLOWEEN!!!! :D