Hi everybody. Sorry it's taken so long to post my sketches. Anita and I had a great time with you all at the zoo. What wonderful drawing weather too! We're looking forward to the next one.
I finally got to draw an elephant or two. The amazing thing is the way they just let the elephants wander around anywhere they please, even amongst all the people visiting the zoo.* I never expected that.
In the words of Gary Larsen, birds of prey know that they are cool.
They have a fancy new penguin exhibit- probably inspired by that documentary from a year or two ago.
I was not the first who had drawn this fellow, and I think he might have been getting a little bored with us.
Just for the record this was the first time I've tried to draw animals that were "on the hoof." While fun, it can certainly be an exasperating experience! I don't know how much they get in modeling fees, but IMHO they aren't very good at it. I sure got a lot of rear views...
It took a while to spot the duiker (pronounced "diker" btw) as he was very shy. Ostriches and elephants not so much!
Most of the elephants that were out were girls- the boys tended to stay just out of view for the most part.
* Not really. Kidding!