Dougalis Wildlifeart-Life studies-Portraits

I spent several hours in Nymphenburg park hoping to make a watercolour study, but the first owls I saw disappeared shortly after my arrival.I decided then to go back home, when I was lucky to meet a friend who is visiting regularly the park and he led me to a location where a new owl appeared. Because it was late, I didn`t use my watercolours but my sepia fineliners. On my way back to the car I spotted a male Roe deer sitting hidden in the bush.

Τhe preliminary study and the watercolour illustration of an Ural owl I did lately.

Attached ,a watercolour demonstration I did for an adult evening class. There is series of shots showing the progress while it was created

Last October I spent a week in beautiful Kerkini lake in Northern Greece, guiding  birdwatchers and sketching birds. Check out my previous posts at to see them all:https://dougalis-wildlifeart.blogspot.com/2018/10/kerkini-lake-northern-greece.html https://dougalis-wildlifeart.blogspot.com/2018/10/kerkini-lake-northern-greece_24.html. Shortly after my return I`ve got a commission to do an illustration inspired  from a certain scene I managed to sketch on location. Attached, the field sketch, the preliminary study and the finished watercolour based on the sketch and video footage. The studio watercolour Preliminary study Field sketch

Attached a couple of images, showing  the development of an older painting depicting a Bonelli`s eagle in the rain The finished painting, painted in acrylics back in 2005 Here is the fieldstudy done back in 2003 The first acryic study based on the field sketch

Attached, this time a portrait of an Iberian lynx I did for an adult evening class few days ago. Here, the various steps as well the completed image.The photographs are not of the best quality but I hope that they show a lot..

I spent three hours in the Old masters Gallery today , studying once again works of Albrecht Dürer. In this case the Four Apostles (1526) as well his self-portrait to the left, just to give you an impression how they look like hanging in the Gallery`s wall together. Sepia fineliners