Daily Sketch Day 52 - Wapiti

 

 

 

Today's sketch is the wapiti, also known as the elk is said to be one of the largest land mammals in North America and Eastern Asia.   Only males have antlers and they use it for defense, together with the front leg kick.  It is said that they are less likely to group with other elks when they have their antlers, which they usually retain for more than half a year. But once antlers have been shed,  they form bachelor groups and worked together in fending off predators.



Photo reference courtesy of Ben C. Masters

Daily Sketch Day 43 - Wetland Buddies

Whenever there's a cow, an egret won't be far behind. A former work colleague provided me with a the photo of this, taken from his trip to Vietnam.  My first impression was that the cow and the small bird were buddies. After doing a little research, I found out that it's a cattle egret, known to have a symbiotic relationship with cows, oxen or buffaloes. They usually sit on the back of these animals and eat little bugs that bite and tend to bother the cows. It's not Drawing Birds Week yet, but today is an exception.

Daily Sketch Day 39 - Cow Face

 

After weeks of drawing cats and dogs, I'm back to drawing hoofed animals. I've previously sketched horses, donkeys and zebras as part of the ungulates or odd-toed animals. This week is the start of my Drawing Cows Week, another ungulate but even-toed animal.  I'll be including bulls and buffaloes  as well. And so... here's a simple pencil sketch of a cow's face. Mooooooo...................

Daily Sketch Day 37 - No Blinking Contest

My sketch for the day is two cats posturing for a major fight. Both watching each other closely waiting for the first move. No one dares to blink.  One cat is about to tip over, getting ready to throw the first hit. while the other looks on  intensely, paw up in anticipation. Full of tension..... A cat fight in the making...... A fight we'll never see....Ha!

Daily Sketch Day 34 - Cheetah

 

Today's sketch is the fastest land animal in the world - the Cheetah. This cat has an elongated body and legs that's built for speed. Tan in color and has spots all over it's body. It's one of my must-draw member of the cat family.

Daily Sketch Day 33 - Roar

 

 

My Drawing Cats week wouldn't be complete without a sketch of a male lion. So here's my sketches of a lion's head in different stages of a roar.

Daily Sketch Day 32 - Cat Poses

I decided to extend my Drawing Cats Week for a few more days. I'll be doing new ones soon. for the meantime, here's an old sketch. 

Daily Sketch Day 31 - A Lioness Sleeping

Another old sketch for a very hectic day -  a lioness sleeping.

Daily Sketch Day 30 - Big Cats

 

Here's a loose sketch of some feline animals. As huge and ferocious some of these can be, their behavior can be observed to be very similar to those of a regular house cat.  Same can be said in drawing them.

Daily Sketch Day 29 - Cat Stare

Another busy and hectic day. Didn't get to do any sketch. But, I did a few cat sketches before, so here's one. Meow.

Daily Sketch Day 28 - Blue Eyes Kitty

 

This sketch was  all I could do in a very busy, and tiring day.  Called it Blue Eyes Kitty, Funny how the stripes looks like a camouflage outfit. Perhaps this cute and tame looking kitten is really a fierce and mean cat warrior ninja. Mmmeooooooowwwwwww!!!!

Daily Sketch Day 27 - Lioness and Cub

Today's sketch is simple. Just a rough drawing of a lioness and her cub in a tender moment.  This sketch I dedicate to my mom who passed away yesterday morning .  That's all.

Daily Sketch Day 26 - Tiger

 

After the cute cuddly kitten sketch yesterday, it's the ferocious Tiger for today. Just like the Zebras,  those Tiger stripes were great visual cues in finding the major anatomical landmarks that helped me draw this Tiger a lot easier. But it took me longer in rendering this though.  Partly because I was trying and testing different styles in rendering it.  Also because there were some chores I needed to do today that I didn't get to start drawing until it's already quite late in the day. Much as I try to avoid it, I missed my deadline again.   Well...tomorrow's another day, another chance.

Daily Sketch Day 25 - Kitten Playing

Starting today, it's drawing cats week. I'm starting with this cute kitten playing with a yarn. This time, I'm trying a Chinese painting look where it's mostly brushwork. I think this technique is suited for the soft furry animals like this kitten. I still penciled in the rough drawing initially to get the correct proportion. Then just used a Mimosa preset brush from Artrage4 to achieve the effect, erasing the outlines after.  I'm still learning how to do it well and I can see that it's not quite the same as the Chinese painting style.  But at least this style is quicker. Finished it earlier and would like to do so from now on.  Yay!

Daily Sketch Day 24 - Jerry

 

Today's sketch is a yellow Labrador Retriever named Jerry. . I kept the line work visible, reminiscent of the visual style of  Disney's 101 Dalmatians. Achieving this look took some experimentation to get it just how I like it.   I always try to achieve the solidity of form in my drawings, and it always takes me many iterations to get it right. So once again, I worked past the 12 midnight deadline.   Now that it's done, I want nothing else but to sleep soundly like this dog.