Studies of Arctic foxes and polar bears. Plus some sketches of Nanook with various expressions, and a sparkly-eyed shoujo bear.
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Studies of grizzly bears in preparation for the Vital Ground illustration I did last month. Plus, polar bears warm-up gestures.
Galaxy Bears (Previously seen cropped in my Mother’s Day card)
Polar Bear Hugs (Previously seen cropped in my Mother’s Day card)
More quick gesture sketches from the last few months. Polar bears, grizzly bears, and wolves.
Today’s warm-up sketches are of orphaned polar bear cub Siku, born last month at the Danish Scandinavian Wildlife Park. Such a cutie! Here’s the video that inspired the sketches: In Last of the Polar Bear news… I scanned a bunch of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Drawing a Bear in 4 steps: From Illustration School: Let’s Draw Cute Animals by Sachiko Umoto. Part of an adorable series of drawing books. I just adore Sachiko Umoto’s charming illustrations and whimsical approach to making cute animals that’s simple[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Warm up sketches of polar bears. The bears here range in age from a week to six months. Instead of my standard mechanical pencil, I decided to try a new technique: sketching with blue line pencil, and finishing with Tombow[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Just wanted to share this awesome link to a live HD webcam of wild polar bears as they migrate near Churchill, Manitoba, waiting for the ice to form. Beautiful footage in real time of polar bears. I’ve had it on[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
More studies of red foxes and arctic foxes, referenced from videos. The first page looks at motion and posture, while the second page focuses on muzzles.