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Kerkini lake-Autumn scene composition

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


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