Back at Folly Farm yesterday, I was in the right place at the right time, standing under a fodder bucket in the Giraffe enclosure during feeding time. Rhian the giraffe was eating her scran just a couple of feet above my head! Well, I had to scribble her, didn’t I? Then she turned her attention to acacia branches hanging from the roof, so I sketched her from behind, rather a vast behind. Giraffe are HUGE! Her eye was about the size of my hand. What a magnificent animal. Drawn with a Faber Castell Pitt drawing pen, size F into my A5 Tate Gallery sketchbook.
scribblah 
Animal sketches – nice!
Bit different to my usual cats
Nice! I visited Folly Farm twice this year with my small person – its a great place. Didn’t really think about drawing while I was there…
It’s fabulous. The meercats are bonkers!
Really nice sketches. These animals are really cute AND huge. 😉 Greetings from ice cold Northern Germany. 😀
Thank you. The animals were all gorgeous. And greetings to you from mild, sunny Wales. Walked on the beach earlier – gorgeous.
Wonderful! I love this sketch, it really captures the hugeness of the giraffe.
Thank you. She was enormous 😀
Certainly a variation on foreshortening!
It was quite scary, looming over me 😀