Animal Sculpture Course Day 2

On the second day of the course run by my brother David we spent the day at Barcelona Zoo with the intent of gathering enough reference material (sketches, photos and videos) for sculpting a bird or animal as an alternative to our rabbit- Carmelle. First we had a quick stroll around about half of this excellent zoo where we saw elephants feeding, a rhino having it’s face cleansed, a Komodo Dragon, parrots, warthogs and giant tortoises then we all convened at the penguin pond for some sketching before a coffee break. Between coffee and lunch we had a go at drawing the gorillas and chimpanzees  which proved very difficult as they are constantly moving. Then over lunch David had a look at everyone’s sketches and asked us all which subject we had settled on to try and sculpt for the next three days in the Academy. Sophie, Ella and Rosa will all be making sculptures of our supermodel bunny- Carmelle. Kevan went off to try and get reference material of the parrots and I spent the next hour or so sketching and photographing the warthogs, the giant tortoises and the vultures. I remain undecided which to attempt so I’ll look over all my ref and sleep on it tonight!