It's a beautiful day in the (zoo) neighborhood :-)
FINALLY GETTING TO IT, DEPT: After stalling all year, our group finally found the time for a field trip to our local zoo. What started out as a cold and blustery day turned out to be fabulous sketching weather . The low temperature kept the bus loads of kids away, and kept the animals in sight and active. Almost too much so. The drawings below are, by necessity, 1-2 minute gestures. The animals kept moving around; especially the birds. So, that's my excuse for the poor quality. But, it was lots of fun and we're going to do it again real soon! All sketches with black china marker @ 8.5" x 11"