This post has been updated. See note below :(
Above, white rhino. Below, Indian rhino. Pen and ink on plate Bristol Board. I really love the smooth texture of this gorgeous 500 series surface. Okay, it's just cotton paper. I love it. I am also experimenting with different pens.
I was not happy with the Indian Rhinoceros drawing I recently completed. It was crude. The lines looked harried and tired. No "ooomph!" I decided to draw another one (above) and told my friends I was going to draw it again. My brother, ever the inquisitor:
Him: How do you know this is from India?
Me: I
did not say it is from India. It is the Indian rhino species -
Rhinoceros unicornis. It is primarily found in India's Assam region and
also in Nepal. It is the only Asian rhino.
Him: There are Javan and Sumatran rhinos. He he , now you have to draw 3 species.
Me: WHOOOAAAA!!! You are right. Okay. Never heard of Javan and Sumatran rhino. Thanks for the information. Oh boy so many things to learn.
Him: so many things to draw by you.
Me: Sumatran rhinos look different and they have hair! Javan rhinos are so ugly. Hahahah!
Him: you have to give them a shave, ha ha ha.
Me: Hahaha. Okay, gotta go to work. Tsup!
Update: Since I posted
this early this morning, I have been reading about the rhino. I take back what I said about the Javan rhino being ugly. So okay, it looks very primitive. It saddens
me to know that there are only five remaining rhino species and in
2011, the Javan rhinos in Vietnam officially became extinct. The
Sumatran and Javan rhinos are both endangered with the the Javan rhino
topping the world's most endangered species with fewer than 50. Read more. Surely there is something we can do to help these intelligent animals, I know I can do something. The loss of habitat is killing these animals. There are people who save whales or save trees. It is all good. I want to help save the rhino. Please join me.
Ooomph!
ReplyDeleteSave the rhino! Yes we can!
Yes, indeed. :)
DeleteMy Peeps in Naples have for long time believed me certifiably insane.
ReplyDeleteWhen I tell them at 7 AM, that I wish to help save the Javan rhino--
they will be certain of their diagnosis.
This rhino series is X-QUIZ-it, Ces
I'm IN! Let's save the (what is it we're "saving"?) Oh yeah, those big Peeps.
Our motto!!!
"SAVE 'EM OR LOSE 'EM"
Aaah, I get the same reaction but they are too polite, so they just smile.
DeleteWell, first I have to say that I wouldn't have put 'intelligent' and 'rhino' in the same sentence, but we live and learn! Clicker training, huh? Wow...
ReplyDeleteSecondly, I LOVE your drawings. Are you using pointillism? I flirted with that when I was a teenager, partly because my Dad was an expert illustrator of beetles using this technique and I spent hours watching him draw. Takes me right back!
Jay, I did not know a lot about rhinos and what I have learned so far fascinates me.
DeleteI use both but mostly little circles I call squiggles, these days. Stippling is very hard on wrists and squiggles are more gentle. I also like the effect. Thank you.
I feel unhappy about the extinction of the rhino. As long as there are people eating exotic foods or making medicine from internal organs of rare animals, Man will continue to do as he pleases until, ...., until he himself will become extinct.
ReplyDeleteAmen. Ignorance destroys everything.
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