Animal Study drawings.

I decided to do some drawings to add to my project, of some studies of animals whilst they are alive. I chose to do them in quite a graphical style as just simple sketches and quick drawings to test myself on speed. I enjoy drawing in this style as it is fast and easy and allows me to make my art look quite dynamic with the posing.

This drawing was more studying angles and anatomy than trying to make an impressive piece. I think the orca is quite anatomically correct, and I like the way the pose is rather dynamic. 

This picture was more of a study of dynamics and angles, as well as colour. I wanted to put a bright coloured animal with a dark coloured animal, and it was also a good practice for different textures, like the parrots feathers and the piranhas scales.

I attempted an ocean background on this piece, and I am quite proud of the result. Usually water is quite hard to draw as it doesnt seem to have a texture and sometimes people get carried away just making it one colour. I tried to give the water on this drawing depth, and to show the whale moving towards the camera by making its back end darker. I also tried to show the whales movements properly with the way the bubbles are flowing. I used Sally Manns whale photos as a reference for the colour on this piece, and the way the lighting would work.