Amazing Elephants - Vickie Henderson

I have recently had the pleasure of visiting Kruger National Park in South Africa, an emersion in everything wildlife.  In particular, I enjoyed so many elephant experiences.  Wonderful elephant sightings from very young nursing babies to old bulls with amazing long tusks.  

Below you see one of my sketches of a young elephant probably around three years of age.  He surprised me with his boldness and came charging into the watering area scattering a herd of cape buffalo.  It seemed impossible that one so small could have that kind of power!  

I created a blog post on my website, Vickie Henderson Art, sharing more of this story.  Please join me in this fun experience at The Magic of Africa!

Vickie

22 - 28 nov 09 The Virginia Zoo (color added)

Fred R. Crowley

The Virginia Zoo 22 Nov 09 - 28 Nov 09

I had the opportunity to visit the Zoo while in Norfolk to work family matters. The new area called "Trail of the Tiger" or "Tiger Trail" is proceeding nicely. It will open sometime next year or early 2011. It will be oriented toward Asian animals.

I went around and discovered that the lions had four cubs and that there is a baby giraffe in the community. Unfortunately I didn't draw either. You can see a couple of ovals on the lion page where I started. He moved out of sight. The baby giraffe was hard to see with all the humans clambering for a photo.

They have also created a new area called "Australia" with about ten or eleven kangaroos and one emu. Watching the adult kangaroos fighting was interesting. They get back on their tail and kick with the feet.

I finished off a couple of spreads and started some new ones in my Moleskinne. I have added color to some of the postings. To see some others not posted check out my blog. I have posted the African lion, Red Panda, Hyrax, African Elephant, and Meerkats.

Fred Crowley