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[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Former Resident of the Woodland Park Zoo, Chai the Asian Elephant, was found dead in the Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical garden. She was 37. Just a little something I threw together in honor of Chai having missed her and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’ve been having an extremely productive week so I decided to give myself a treat and play cookie this afternoon and go to the zoo. I’d mostly going on Fridays but I’d been cutting it a little too close with[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I spent my Sunday afternoon at the Zoo… not my first choice for good drawing time but it was a nice day so why not. Regrettably when I got to the Orangutan exhibit I heard that the male Orangutan, Towan,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The last time I went to the zoo was also the first time I’d gone in a weekend for a while so I really wasn’t expecting to get into my zone with the crowds nonetheless I think I got a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I had a slow start of the week on Monday. So I did what I frequently do when facing creative block, go to the zoo and draw gorillas! Drawing Gorillas has been a bit of a mixed bag since November. With[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I just heard that Leo, one of the Silverback Lowland Gorillas at The Woodland Park Zoo just passed away. Leo was one of my favorite models at my numerous visits at the zoo and I have numerous pages in numerous sketchbooks[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Just saw this on the Woodland Park Zoo’s Instagram Feed. We have some sad news to share with our zoo family. Our beloved Pete passed away last night at 50 years old. The western lowland gorilla was one of the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
