Animal Drawing

Every fall I take students to the LA Zoo, and I go a few times in advance to sketch, see what's new and mentally map out the best routes.  Some sketches from this fall...

Meerkats greet you near the zoo entrance...(while they watch the skies for winged predators)

 We watch and sketch the "elephant training"--Billy, Jewel and Tina.  The girls are retired circus elephants...

Someone said you cannot be in the presence of gorillas for an hour and not be completely awed...this is very true.
















Chimp mothers...

Amazingly, we happened to be at the zoo the day after the birth of a baby hippo!  Seen here nestling with mom--baby's sex hadn't been determined yet since mother and baby were being left alone to bond...

Orangutans in the "Orangutan Forest"...

 One of my favorites--Francois Langurs--visitors stand in a little house surrounded by the Langurs' forest habitat...














The siamang making his extraordinary resonating calls with his throat pouch...






I always find zoo visitors pretty interesting to sketch as well!