Today was, and still is, mighty sloppy outside! Rain, dark skies, cold...perfect day to draw inside the reptile house at the zoo! Here are a few I made...
I mostly worked from the male dwarf crocodile on multiple sheets as one drawing...the last sheet interrupted by the keeper telling me the zoo was closing, so I had to stop. I did find out from her, though, that the male croc was hatched in 1968, making him 45 (life expectancy is 50-100 years). The smaller crocodile there is a female of the same age. She even vocalized a bit while I was drawing--always exciting. the female is the smaller drawing, showing her eyes closed and "smiling"!
Maria, the three banded armadillo, was running around as she always does, forever busy! I managed a quick 10 second'ish gesture before she burrowed underneath a rock. What a fascinating beauty she is.
And finally, or firstly actually, a head study of a gaboon viper that was eyeing me (head up in the air) the whole time. I think he/she was hungry...anxious for their keeper to fling in a tasty furry dinner...
HAPPY NEW YEAR OF THE SNAKE!
(All drawings by Barbara Fugate, conte on paper)
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