Rhapsodies

Well I finally got to do what I got my zoo membership for… Drawing Gorillas!

The first time I went was a nice Saturday and it was packed and while I’m not going to begrudge people the right to go to the zoo I have trouble getting into my zone if there’s more than ten people around. The second time I tried the last hour of the day… Regrettably the flaw in that plan is thatit turns out we’re not the only hominid species that takes quitting time seriously.

Finally I chose a weekday and it was nicely dead and I got plenty of Gorilla sketches and probably could have gotten more. I had a few with the Orangutans as well but they didn’t come out quite as well. They were moving around too much. Two of them came up to see just what I was doing… even tapping the glass to get my attention!

So anyway enjoy these sketches of a couple residents of Phinney Ridge!