San Diego Zoo

For my afternoon sketching with the NYC Urban Sketchers yesterday I headed over to the San Diego Zoo. It is a place I visited many times when I would go out and visit my sister and her family. We had a lot of good times there. I did the sketches in small frames but I overlapped them this time. People said they looked like animal cards.

First I watched the Elephant Cam. They were walking around quite a bit so I froze the screen when I got a fairly good pose. Next I moved to the Baboon Cam. They were easier to sketch because they were in a pose that really didn't change much...I guess grooming does that for you.

The Koala Cam moved around to different views, so I froze this view of the koala. They always curl up in the branches and usually face the opposite direction. lol The penguins were pretty active but I was able t focus on one at a time and sketched them in pencil first.

Here is how I composed the page for the entire day.

And last, but not least here is a photo I took at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum recently that I used for my Mother's Day Card. I hope all of you who in any way are responsible for the mothering or guidance of the children of the world had a wonderful Mother's Day!