Browsing all Artist Sketches

The Dawn Call

A lion calling out at dawn

Mischief Makers

A pair of sibling leopard cubs look down from the safety of a tree branch

The Cats Whiskers

A lioness with her favourite cub

Black Amber

A female leopard glances back into the darkness

Satao

Satao was one of Africa's largest big tuskers. He roamed the eastern sector of Tzavo National Park in Kenya until he was sadly poached in May 2014.

Game of Thrones

A pair of Burchell"s stallions rear up in battle

On a Mission

A young lion cub struts a nonchalant swagger with tail held high.

The Beauty Therapist

A Giraffe being groomed by a red billed ox-pecker

The Three Degrees

A micro herd of three zebra

Yaya

A lioness with two cubs

Dusty amble

A lone bull elephant flicks a trunk full of dust as it crosses a plain towards you

Curiosity

Two young lion cubs look out from a granite kopje

Feather Duster

A Helmeted Guinea Fowl takes a dust bath

Peek a Boo

A leopard takes a quick glacé from behind a tree

Chancers

A pair of sibling male lions take an early morning stroll..

Painted Creche

A Male Cape hunting dog watches over a litter of pups as they wait for the hunting pack to return..

Natural Charisma

A male lion lit by moonlight

Next Generation

A young lion cub takes the lead..

Brief Encounter

A brief encounter with a baby gorilla as it takes a quick glance at you.

Hidden ivory

The wrinkles and ivory of a large elephant.

Malaika

A leopard cub peers from behind a branch

Guardian of the Kopje

A beautiful female leopard called “Basile” guards her den in a kopje

Sasekile Green

Sasekile (The beautiful one) a young female leopard.

Spotted Siesta

A female leopard relaxes in a tree.

Gentle Persuasion

A female giraffe gently encourages her new born to move forward

Thirst quencher

A beautiful elephant takes a long drink of water.

Khokovelas Feather

A female leopard watches a guinea fowl feather float down.

The Ravenscourt

The Sabi Sands Ravenscourt leopard taking a stroll.

Amber Lightning

A female cheetah and her cub lock onto passing game.

Tree tots

A Gorilla youngster..

Guhonda

Guhonda is the leading Silverback of the Sabyinyo group in Rwanda.

The Disappearance

A northern white rhino disappears into the darkness of extinction.

The Bovver boys

Three squabbling Lilian's lovebirds.

Grumpy Pants

Two disgruntled ostriches looking at you.

Eye to Eye

A Zebra looking at you closely.

Sawa Sawa

A female warthog with flagged tail runs off into the bush.

Bush Tanzanite

Two vulturine guinea fowl (Tzavo)

Poster Boy

A very guilty looking young male lion cub.

Wild Ivory

Profile of an elephant's trunk and tusk

Taking a Bow

A Zebra bows its head.

Feather Spotting

A young lion cub plays with a guinea fowl feather..

Lofty

A young male giraffe

Kiaras Leopard

A Beautiful Ravenscourt leopard from Sabi Sands in South Africa, sketched from a photograph by wildlife photographer Kiara Rodgers.

Ndagukunda

A female mountain gorilla and youngster - this picture was entered into a Worldwide competition to give the image a name. Ndagukunda (meaning "I love you" in Kinyarwanda) was the name chosen as the winning title. 

Roll Play

A lilac Breasted Roller, one of the African bushes most iconic bird.

Bovver Boy

A Lilians love bird also known as the Nyasa lovebird.

Night fishing

A Pels fishing owl starts its flight to catch its prey.

The Pied Piper

A Pied kingfisher hovers over water as watches for movement.

The Battle of the Scarabs

Two dung beetle battling over a dung ball

The Scarabs Roll

Two dung beetles having a ball.

The Mokoros Companion

A Painted reed frog (Hyperolius Marmoratus) clinging to a reed stem in the Okavango delta Botswana. 

The Meeting

Two leopards meeting at dawn

The kiss

A giraffe drinks from a water hole

Black on Black

A black Rhino sketched in Chalk and Charcoal.

The Sentinel

A giraffe looks out over the trees

Keep up

A Zebra whilst lying down looks back at the herd

En Garde

A Zebra stallion keeps an eye out for any predators. 

The Chief

The Chief that never was...The Kung tribe of the San (Bushman) knew themselves as Zhu twa si meaning "Harmless people" 

The Dagga Boy

The Dagga Boy is a nickname for an old buffalo. (“Dagga” refers either to mud or as a slang term for crazy)

Whoops a Daisy

A young gorilla inspects it's first daisy

Spotted Amber

A cheetah and her cub

The Scent of Carrion

A spotted Hyena sniffs the air for the scent of carrion.

Sweet Chariot

A young gorilla swings through the canopy.

Pause for thought

A gorilla in deap thought

Fly by

A gorilla watches a honey bee fly past

Whistling acacia

A giraffe nibbles on the pods of a whistling acacia

The Giggling assassin

A hyena sniffs the air for any scent of carrion

Warts and all

An old Warthog

The Wallow

A hippo wallowing in the shallows of a river.

Son of Mzee

A baby baboon peeps through the undergrowth.

Whiskers

A leopard stalking you.

Midnight dip

A hippo wallows in a pool

In Pursuit of Tsetse

An African Wild dog watches a Tsetse that's pestering him.

The Giggling Scavenger

A moonlit hyena scents the air for carrion

Mood Swing

A Black Rhino

Thirsty Work

A lioness and her cubs drink from a puddle of water

Safe Return

Dark clouds are building on the horizon as a fishing boat prepares to return to shore

Scented Danger

A herd of Elephants

Savannah Stroll

Lions strolling in the savannah heat

Painted Wolf

A cape hunting dog

Out on a Limb

A leopard relaxes on the branch of a tree

Kudu

A male and female kudu running

The Kakuli

An old bull buffalo

Giggle Cave

A pack of hyena relax in a cave away from the midday sun

Gathering Wake

With the backdrop of an elephant, vultures begin to roost at dusk.

Eyasi

A herd of elephants gather at the waters edge to quench their thirst

Coastal Cargo

Coastal dhows take refuge inside the reef as a storm brews

Delta Bull (sepia)

An elephant feeds on water lilies

Right of Way (Left elephant)

A large bull elephant

Right of Way (right elephant)

A large bull elphant

The Two Old Campaigners

Two old bull elephants cross a dried river bed during the dry season.

The One Old Campaigner

An old bull elephant crosses a dried river bed during the dry season.

Young Blood

A young bull buffalo sniffs the air for danger

White Mischief

A young elephant mock charges a cattle egret

The Twigletts

A flock of Little bee-eaters sit on a twig

In Two Minds

A large herd of elephants

Sundowner

A small herd of elephants at sundown.

Stumpy

A cheetah cub climbs a tree stump.

Striped Savannah

A zebra mare and foal on the savannah

Stand Off

A lioness and a wildebeest have a stand off.

The Spotted Assassin

A cheetah bounces to a halt after a failed chase

Spotted

The silhouette of a leopard in a tree

Spooked Herd

Three giraffe are spooked

Spooked

A giraffe gallops into the scrub

Somnambulist

A herd of elephants following the matriarch.  The third elephant is sleepwalking

Samaki

Fishermen in Lake Eyasi

Saba Saba

Elephant with calf

Reticulated Siesta

Two reticulated giraffe relax

Rendille Caravan

Rendille tribes women move to new pastures

Relocation

A female leopard moves her cub from danger

Red Rains Right

Elephants covered in Red Ochre

Red Rains Left

Elephants covered in red ochre

Peppertree Siesta

A leopard relaxes on the branch of a pepper tree

Painted Pups

Young Cape hunting dogs sit at the entrance to their den

Mum's Taxi

A lioness carrying a young cub to safety

Mothers Pride

A lioness with three cubs

Manyara Mzee

An old buffalo bull

Lugga Bull

An old bull elephant crosses a lugga by a baobab tree

Lookout

A family of meerkats

Kubwa Jim

A rare Northern White Rhino bull

Kopje Lions

Two lions relax on a kopje

Horned Avalanche

Wildebeest stampede into the Mara river during the migration

Hippo Highway

A pod of hippos charge back into the water

Hippo Highway 2

Two hippos charge back into the water

Hippo Highway 1

A single hippo charges back into the water

Hillary & Tenzing

Two meerkat use an anthill as a vantage point

Genevieve

A young giraffe

Flushed Flamingos

A flock of flamingos

Flight of the Bok

A springbok takes flight

Feathered Friends

Cattle egrets follow a herd of elephants

Dust Bath

Three bull elephants having a dust bath

Encroachment

Tribal cattle Masai 

Desert Ships

Rendille tribes women move their camels and belongings to new pastures

Delta Elephants

An herd of three elephants feed on water lilies in the Delta

 

Delta Bull (Colour)

An elephant feeds on water lilies

Defiance

A Black rhino charge

Dance of the Angel

An old hyena backs its rump into an aardvark hole to protect it from attacking Cape hunting dogs

Chilled

A male lion relaxes

Beyond the Baobab

An elephant and calf walk past an old baobab tree while guinea fowl catch insects at their feet .

Bath Time

A lioness cleans her cub

A Load of Bull 1

A lone bull buffalo

A Load of Bull 2

Two buffalo bulls

Crossing Paths

Herds of elephants crossing paths

Tusks at Dusk

Two bull elephants meet at the rivers edge at dusk

Early Lesson

A young cheetah cub looks up at it's mother for a sign

I Spy

A cheetah and her young cub look out at the savannah for game

Boxing Clever

African savannah hares boxing 

Star Gazer

A male lion looks up at the stars

White on Black

A White rhino

Night Stalker

A leopard stalks the night

Kalahari Dume

A Kalahari black maned lion

Ready and Waiting

A lioness and her cub

The African Bird Table

Ox peckers feed on a buffalo as it drinks from a river

Passing By

Just a glimpse of a leopard as it passes by

Where Has It Gone

A baby gorilla looks for an ant it has just caught

Wakey Wakey

A lion cub yawning

Silent Teamwork

Two lionesses on the lookout

White Lightning

A cheetah at full speed

The Hors dOeuvres

A serval cat pounces onto a Papilio Dardanus

The Elusive Feather

A young gorilla tries to catch a falling feather

From Out of Darkness

A leopard appears from out of the darkness

Moon Gazer

A moonlit lion looks for movement in the blackness of night

Night Watchman

A moonlit leopard gazes intently into the black of night.

Cold Calling

A lioness calls out at night, her breath highlighted by the moonlight

Windows to the Soul

A gorilla youngster.

Right of Way

With a backdrop of old baobab trees, two large bull elephants converge, which one will give way?

The Trek

An elephant calf follows its mother during the dry season

White Angst

A female Northern White rhino

Twiga

Two giraffe

Pangani

Fishermen chat as they fish along the Tanzanian coast

Pangani Boys

Young coastal boys play in a dugout

Saltflat Shadows

Camel shadows on a dried lake bed

Botswana Bottoms

Young elephants in Botswana

Born to Lead

A young elephant takes the lead in a breeding herd of elephants

The Black Askari

A bull buffalo (Askari)

Bird's Eye View

White fronted bee-eaters on a branch

Beyond Borders

A matriarch leads a herd of elephants through a dust storm

Beauty and the Beast

A baby gorilla watches a Papilio Simonii whilst clinging to its mother's back

In Anticipation

A cub looks up at its mother in anticipation of some food

Alpha

A lioness with two cubs

A New Dawn

Young lion cubs playing at dawn

A Load of Bull

Three old askari buffaloes

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