Doing more Fiona the Hippo studies after visiting her at the Cincinnati Zoo awhile back. This is also an experiment with the Kuretake Zig Clean Color blue-gray brush pen I picked up over the weekend. You can use water to dilute the ink to give it a watercolor-like quality. It also plays well with Copics (since they’re alcohol-based)!
#Inktober, Day 10 (yesterday): My husband and I went to the Woodland Park Zoo yesterday, and I thought it’d be a great chance to get some animal sketching in. My favorite part was hearing all the conversations going on while I drew:
– Both kids and adults were shocked by the tapier’s look and size. Popular kid guesses: “Cow!” “Panda bear!” “Bear?” “Warthog?”
– Another conversation, in one of the many monkey exhibits:
Boy: That monkey’s eating broccoli! At least, he eats his vegetables. He likes broccoli, but I don’t. How can he be my brother?
Mom: I wish you would stop saying that. He’s not your brother.
Boy: But didn’t we come from monkeys?