Common Snipe

Common Snipe, Gallinago sp
Oil painting on wood, 30x42 cm.
As many blogger mates such as Juan Carlos Gálvez, Luis Sogorb, Antonio Ojea... have done, in this post I´ll show you the creation process of a small oil. It is a common snipe - Gallinago sp-. I´m drawing it from a photograph I took at the Navaseca Lagoon in Daimiel, while I´m trying to draw the landscape on site (but the weather is not good). The base of graphite is almost finished and when it isn´t cloudy I´ll try to colour it.

Painting in Doñana

Sketches on site of Avocets, Recurvirostra avosetta
Watercolour and pencil, 29'7 x 21 cm.

Last weekend I travelled to my homeland. I enjoyed it a lot, especially on Saturday. In the morning I was painting with my niece, who made her first `Wildlife Art´work; I enjoyed collaborating on it. Then, after a splendid meal, an afternoon working in one of the most beautiful places to watch birds, the marshes of El Rocío, in Doñana. I was with my colleague of the AEAN: José A. Sencianes. Besides talking about wildlife art, it´s a pleasure to watch how he works... so fluid, quick and, of course, well. Thanks for these moments, mate.



Watercolour made by my niece Aurora(she´s only 4).