Paschalis Dougalis

@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

I 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!

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This 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

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Cyrenaica 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

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