Rhinos in Love

I started these guys quite some time ago, but recently came across the drawing and decided to work on it more. This was a drawing from a photo that I snatched from a rhino blog that is not public domain, but I'm just doing this for myself as practice with colored pencil and certainly do not have any intention of selling it. These guys are two Sumatran rhinos and as I really have not come across any public domain photos of Sumatrans, this is my only way of drawing them. I found this photo so incredibly sweet. Rhino sweethearts... I do plan on taking a trip to the Cincinnati zoo this summer and they do have Sumatran rhinos, so I hope I can come away with some good photos of my own.

On another rhino note, my friend informed me that she saw "Growing up Rhino" on Animal Planet yesterday. It was part of their "Growing Up..." series. So, I spent some time investigating when or if this is going to repeat. And yes, it is going to repeat! It will air again on April 23rd at 9:00 AM, so I am going to have to remember that and set my VCR. I figured if I document it here, I will be more likely to remember...

Singing Rhino ATC

I've drawn and painted this guy before, but this is the first time in colored pencil. I plan on sending him out as an artist's trading card for the trade that I'm way behind in. He (or she) is an Indian rhino. You can tell by the fact that he has one horn and very bumpy, wrinkly hide. I think he looks like he's singing...

My first rhinos...

These are the dudes (or I should probably say dude and dudette) that started my rhino journey. For some reason, after I drew this picture, I became obsessed. I wanted to start this blog with this drawing for the very reason that it was my first. I will probably include some other rhinos that I have already drawn or painted, but hopefully, I will be focusing on new work. And I know I said daily, but let's shoot for almost daily.