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12/10/2010

sinuous sea lions

sea lions, ballpoint pen

11/22/2010

zebra stomping

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

11/20/2010

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

11/05/2010

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

11/01/2010

young male lion

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

10/31/2010

thompson's gazelle

rollerball pen, quick sketch of the face and pose

10/28/2010

wildebeest gallop

pen and ink, from nature show

10/27/2010

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.

7/19/2010

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

7/17/2010

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:

7/16/2010

ringtail

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

7/12/2010

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: