Bald eagle study drawn from life using Sepia fineliners & warm grey pitt pens. Sea otter island-Cordova-Alaska
15.10.2025 12:47 โ ๐ 23 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0@dougalisart.bsky.social
Professional wildlife illustrator for 30 years with a special interest on European fauna and Extinct species. I work from life as often as I can
Bald eagle study drawn from life using Sepia fineliners & warm grey pitt pens. Sea otter island-Cordova-Alaska
15.10.2025 12:47 โ ๐ 23 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Snowy owl portrait drawn with Copic & Staedtler fineliners
12.08.2025 07:03 โ ๐ 254 ๐ 30 ๐ฌ 5 ๐ 0Rock partridge at the left and Chukar partridge to the right, head comparison. It is something I wanted to do long time now because there are still people who often mistaken Chukar for Rock partridges. I tried to show all the importrant features as clear as possible and hope to create a coloured image soon. Fineliners
27.07.2025 20:41 โ ๐ 34 ๐ 4 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I haven`t been in the Zoo for ages and I was missing the atmosphrere working outdoors desperately. When I saw in the forecast about best weather conditions , decided to spend few hours in the Zoo today in the monring. Lot of visitors , kind reactions and nice talks!
18.07.2025 15:42 โ ๐ 42 ๐ 9 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0This is the portrait of "Josephine" , I drew within two hours from life in an evening session organised by the Akthof art school ( in Munich) back in 2017. I used Derwent fineliners ,Faber Castell Pitt pens & Gelly Roll Basic white pen on Strathmore toned tan paper
03.06.2025 21:24 โ ๐ 65 ๐ 8 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0Bonelli`s eagle female in the nest with a chick. An acrylic painting I did back in 2013 and is based on video footage I took in Greece, Attached also, the preliminary drawing sketched directly from the video
27.05.2025 10:49 โ ๐ 49 ๐ 11 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Cyrenaica wren illustration painted for a scientific article few months ago in gouache. German ornithologists observed this Northafrican Wren subspecies in Libya prior to civil war, Also attached, the preliminary drawing I did using fineliners
23.05.2025 15:40 โ ๐ 34 ๐ 5 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0A double Bearded vulture portrait I did years ago, using Staedtler fineliner.( based on video footage I took in Alpenzoo Innsbruck - Tirol-Austria).
22.05.2025 11:07 โ ๐ 220 ๐ 53 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 1thank you!
02.05.2025 13:00 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0thank you! I feel privileged to have good friends who know where to find the birds!
01.05.2025 10:17 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0A long legged buzzard chased by two hooded crows. A study inspired by a video and is drawn with fineliners
30.04.2025 18:32 โ ๐ 42 ๐ 8 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0A Golden eagle portrait drawn from life today in the morning in a Wild Park close to Munich uisng Sepia fineliners
26.04.2025 12:32 โ ๐ 32 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Barred Warbler singing. Based on my own video nad drawn with various fineliners and Pens on toned paper
24.04.2025 19:13 โ ๐ 58 ๐ 8 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0A Dalmatian pelican in breeding plumage. A commissioned piece I`ve just finished and is drawn on toned paper using various fineliners & Pitt pens
21.04.2025 21:17 โ ๐ 75 ๐ 13 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Long legged buzzard immature ,head study, based on video footage I took in Munich zoo few years ago,,,Bic pen & Staedtler fineliner
08.04.2025 09:43 โ ๐ 78 ๐ 8 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Carolina parakeets gouache painting, Also included is the preliminary drawing as well a couple of shots taken during the painting process
02.04.2025 15:52 โ ๐ 30 ๐ 5 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0A video taken by my good friend Georgios Kostikidis while I was drawing a Long eared owl last week in Greece . Many thanks Georgios !
19.03.2025 14:20 โ ๐ 15 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Long- eared owl studies drawn from life close to my hometown in Greece last week. Many thanks to my good friend Georgios Kostikidis for showing me the place and for his support
18.03.2025 11:03 โ ๐ 36 ๐ 7 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0A Peregrine falcon study based on a video taken by a friend and is drawn with Staedtler fineliners. Here is the Link to the video where it is based on: www.facebook.com/reel/1155585...
06.03.2025 21:10 โ ๐ 69 ๐ 8 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Common kingfisher portrait. A watercolour demonstrationn I did for an adult painting class in Munich.
05.03.2025 13:56 โ ๐ 48 ๐ 7 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0A Calandra lark singing on the rock. I used various fineliners and pens to draw it on Daler Rowney ingres pastel paper.
04.03.2025 12:08 โ ๐ 55 ๐ 6 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Something else now, a study of Horse chestnut tree foliage pattern I did on the spot in the Park...Bic black pen
28.02.2025 13:10 โ ๐ 29 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0thank you! I did start drawing when I was four, painting with seventeen and more than thirty years working as an illustrator
26.02.2025 18:52 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Attached now, few images showing the creative progress of the recent Fox watercolour
26.02.2025 12:19 โ ๐ 75 ๐ 10 ๐ฌ 5 ๐ 3A Red fox portrait I finished today for an adult evening painting class. A series of images showing the process of the painting will follow soon
25.02.2025 18:43 โ ๐ 186 ๐ 12 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0thank you! I wish I could upload more steps but it is impossible...
06.02.2025 13:27 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Attached now, a series of images showing the creative progress of the recent Cat watercolour
06.02.2025 13:17 โ ๐ 34 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0A domestic cat portrait, a watercolour demonstration I did for an adult evening class yesterday. A series with some of the stages will follow soon
05.02.2025 20:28 โ ๐ 199 ๐ 7 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0A Peregrine falcon study (falconry bird),Staedtler fineliner & Gelly Roll Basic white pen on toned paper
01.02.2025 14:54 โ ๐ 106 ๐ 11 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Kazakh eagle hunter portrait based on video. Drawn with Faber Castell piit pens of warm grey tones. More to see here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEld...
28.01.2025 10:53 โ ๐ 23 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0