Dougalis Wildlifeart-Life studies-Portraits

Some studies from my visit to the Zoo today in the morning. I haven`t been there for weeks and the weather was pretty foggy and cold, but I decided to ignore the weather conditions and do my best..Various fineliners & pens on toned paper

I have been in the Park two weeks ago, but I didn`t have any possibility to work in colour then due to the lack of time. As soon as I saw that the weather is gonna be cold but fine today, I didn`t  miss the chance to work with Gouache outdoors again and I`ve been rewarded with this study..

A portrait of an Eurasian eagle owl while calling. Sketched on toned paper using various fineliners & pens. Attached also,a series of scans showing various stages of the drawing while it was created.

Something else this time, the friend`s dogs in a portrait. Watercolours. Attached also the preliminary sketch.

Attached this time, an illustration and the preliminary drawing I did lately, depicting a post-glacial Landscape in eastern Austria.

I spent few hours in the Gallery of old masters(Alte Pinakothek) yesterday, visiting the current exhibition showing works of Antonis van Dyck from its own collection as well international loans. I found this portrait of the engraver Karel van Mallery particularly expressive and I did this sketch.. I copied also Van Dyck`s self portrait painted when he was 16, loan from the Gemäldegalerie der Akademie der bildenden Künste, Vienna /AustriaSepia fineliners