After being encouraged by Terry Smith, a great watercolorist and acrylic artist (not to be confused with Berry Smith, his identical twin brother and fellow watercolor artist whom Terry has dubbed "The Evil Twin," to which Berry replies that Terry is the ugly one), I have dipped my toe into the waters of miniature painting. While I had been painting smaller pieces lately, some down to 5" x 5", I have now decided to "intentionally" paint a miniature. I picked a barn owl for my subject matter, so we will see how this little adventure comes out. I researched what actually constitutes a miniature painting and according to the American Miniature Artists Society, it has to be no more than 25 square inches. Gulp!