Now that the weather in Southern California is getting cooler it is time to return to the zoo and sketch!
Here are drawings from a sketchbook dating back a few years. Most of them were done from life, some of them from wildlife documentaries. As I said before, if you are a newcomer to drawing animals, it is essential to start drawing them from real life. Spending time in front of animals and observing them is the only way to get started.
But since you don't get wild animal behavior at the zoo, it is equally important to then study footage of wildlife. Freeze individual frames, analyze the motion and pick a frame that informs you about the animal's character.
Like Eric Larson said, for an artist one of the most important things is: Observation!
