Elephants & Camels


Now that things have settled down a bit... I've decided to make more regular visits to the Oakland Zoo and keep my animal life drawing fresh. Today was a perfect zoo day. The weather was outstanding, and the place was practically empty! This made for calmer animals and more enjoyable drawing.

I spent time today focusing on elephants and camels. Usually the elephants hang back in their enclosure, but today they came right up to the fence. At one point it felt like I could pet them! I did a lot of sketching and did a final drawing with graphite and watercolor pencil. It was a lot of fun.

On my way out, I couldn't resist spending some time with the camels. I had tried to draw them several times during my class, but the space isn't very condusive to drawing due to the fact it's on a slope, no bences, and high fences so nowhere to lean you sketchpad. But today with the lower numbers and amazing weather, I just planted myself on the ground next to the female camel and drew away! It was a blast. Eventually I think she got tired of modeling though...

Comments

lindsey said…
Nice!!! This makes me want to go to the zoo with you so bad! Can we??? They really look awesome.
September 16, 2009 at 8:18 AM
JenKellerArt said…
Patience young, grasshopper... :-)
September 29, 2009 at 8:18 PM
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