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1/17/2012

young male lions

at about the teenage stage
just beginning to grow their manes
this one annoyed by a younger cub

1/08/2012

cheetah face

and here's a cheetah head forward-facing, looks much better, doesn't it?

1/06/2012

1/05/2012

young leopard

Leopard cub, I think it was six months old in the film? I don't usually concentrate long enough to draw all the spots and you can see this time I lost interest in rendering all that detail when I got to the rear legs. My husband doesn't like this drawing, he thinks the face looks strange. It is a little akward- the nose skewed, the eyes not quite looking in the same direction. But I still think he's a cute little leopard, regardless.

1/04/2012

caracal

small african wildcat named the caracal, front and back. Russet brown with dark ear tips and golden eyes. The face reminds me of an abbyssinian cat.

1/03/2012

bird

some kind of bird that walks across the tops of lily pads

I have not been drawing lately, plus the baby has been sick so that's why no posts for a while. These are all drawings I did back in 2010 but didn't post then. Will notify when they become current.