sinuous sea lions

sea lions, ballpoint pen

zebra stomping

or at least, trying to stomp upon a fleeing cheetah cub. Sketched from more "Great Migrations".

wildebeest

I've been sketching a lot from the nature phenomenon that's currently airing on TV, "Great Migrations". Lots of Wildebeest, so here's a few. (My daughter calls them "wilderbeast" which I think is funny).

jumping into the river to cross

calf following an adult

another calf

cheetah mom and cub

kangaroos

Sketched some kangaroos off a tv documentary the other day. Six-year-old daughter joined me. Here's some of our results. Pilot easytouch pen; daughter used pencil and crayon.

male rearing up on his tail and tiptoes

mama kangaroo with older joey at heel and smaller one in pouch

young male lion

striding across the plain. Sketched with a pilot easytouch pen.

thompson's gazelle

rollerball pen, quick sketch of the face and pose

wildebeest gallop

pen and ink, from nature show

wild buffalo

I don't know what it is that intrigues me so much about buffalo faces. The huge, floppy ears give them kind of a clownish look combined with the challenging stare and fierce horns. Plus they're so huge! Sketched from a nature program, a few days ago. Ballpoint pen.

Black Stallion continued

More drawings! I thought it would be fun to show some where I had drawn nearly the same pose both times I sketched from the film. The first drawing in each pair is from eight years ago, in pencil; the second from two days ago, in pen.

matching poses
then and now: head shake

then and now: walking away

then and now: trotting

then and now: head low

the Black Stallion

Disney's Black Stallion movie has always been one of my favorite films. You can tell how much because not only have I watched it many times, but also drawn and sketched from it! Most recently, I got it to show my daughter and we both did some drawing a few days ago.

Here are some of my drawings from that recent viewing:

this one was the most fun and challenging to draw; horse rolling on his back in the sand

and my daughter's (she's five):

What's fun is that I went through old sketchbooks and folders and found drawings from two others times I watched this movie; some from when I was thirteen, others from just eight years ago (college).  I like looking back to see how my drawing skills and style have changed.

Here are a few drawings from when I was thirteen:

 and some from eight years ago:

note: the previous year's drawings were done in pencil; the ones I did recently with two different pens

fennec fox

Some more sketches from the Museum of Natural History.
A fennec, that little desert fox with huge ears

sleeping

and for all the world like he's laughing:

ringtail

a ringtail cat, from the Museum of Natural History again:

okapi

from the museum of natural history

ungulates

More sketches from the Museum of Natural History.
Mouflon:

Barbary sheep viewed from the side:

and from below: