The zebra is one of the earliest relief block I created. Notice on the first sketch that I have drawn grid lines on the tan Strathmore paper - something frequently did to keep my sketches "square." In fact, one of the reasons I still get excited about "back to school" sales in the fall of the year is because this is often the only time graph paper hf varying grid sizes is available!
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| Zebra sketch - pen on tan 300 series Strathmore paper |
The Como Zoo, in St. Paul, MN, seems to have good successing with their breeding program. In the last few years they have welcomed a couple of baby zebras, and a new giraffe. For the sketcher, is is helpful to note the patterns of similarities and differences contrasting the parents and the offspring.....patterns, in particular, for BOTH of these animals!
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| Zebra relief print - black Daniel Smith water soluble relief ink on gessoed 300 series tan Strathmore paper. FW acrylic ink added around ears, eyes, mouth and nostrils. |
The differences between the patterning and markings on the MN and FL animals zebras and giraffes is amazing to me. I know it really has nothing to do with their current location and is really about where the mini-herds were imported from. Would these different groups ever have had the opportunity to interbreed in the wild, or would they maintain the stark isolational development they experience in zoo-life?
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| Zebra relief print - Daniel Smith black relief ink on 400 series Strathmore printmaker paper. |
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