Browsing all Artist Sketches

A lion calling out at dawn

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

A lioness with her favourite cub

A female leopard glances back into the darkness

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.

A pair of Burchell"s stallions rear up in battle

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

A Giraffe being groomed by a red billed ox-pecker

A micro herd of three zebra

A lioness with two cubs

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

Two young lion cubs look out from a granite kopje

A Helmeted Guinea Fowl takes a dust bath

A leopard takes a quick glacé from behind a tree

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

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

A male lion lit by moonlight

A young lion cub takes the lead..

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

The wrinkles and ivory of a large elephant.

A leopard cub peers from behind a branch

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

Sasekile (The beautiful one) a young female leopard.

A female leopard relaxes in a tree.

A female giraffe gently encourages her new born to move forward

A beautiful elephant takes a long drink of water.

A female leopard watches a guinea fowl feather float down.

The Sabi Sands Ravenscourt leopard taking a stroll.

A female cheetah and her cub lock onto passing game.

A Gorilla youngster..

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

A northern white rhino disappears into the darkness of extinction.

Three squabbling Lilian's lovebirds.

Two disgruntled ostriches looking at you.

A Zebra looking at you closely.

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

Two vulturine guinea fowl (Tzavo)

A very guilty looking young male lion cub.

Tusks and Trunk

A Zebra bows its head.

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

A young male giraffe

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

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. 

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

A Lilians love bird also known as the Nyasa lovebird.

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

A Pied kingfisher hovers over water as watches for movement.

Two dung beetle battling over a dung ball

Two dung beetles having a ball.

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

Two leopards meeting at dawn

A giraffe drinks from a water hole

A black Rhino sketched in Chalk and Charcoal.

A giraffe looks out over the trees

A Zebra whilst lying down looks back at the herd

A Zebra stallion keeps an eye out for any predators. 

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

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

A young gorilla inspects it's first daisy

A cheetah and her cub

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

A young gorilla swings through the canopy.

A gorilla in deap thought

A gorilla watches a honey bee fly past

A giraffe nibbles on the pods of a whistling acacia

A hyena sniffs the air for any scent of carrion

An old Warthog

A hippo wallowing in the shallows of a river.

A baby baboon peeps through the undergrowth.

A leopard stalking you.

A hippo wallows in a pool

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

A moonlit hyena scents the air for carrion

A Black Rhino

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

A herd of Elephants

Lions strolling in the savannah heat

A cape hunting dog

A leopard relaxes on the branch of a tree

A male and female kudu running

An old bull buffalo

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

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

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

Coastal dhows take refuge inside the reef as a storm brews

An elephant feeds on water lilies

A large bull elephant

A large bull elphant

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

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

A young bull buffalo sniffs the air for danger

A young elephant mock charges a cattle egret

A flock of Little bee-eaters sit on a twig

A large herd of elephants

A small herd of elephants at sundown.

A cheetah cub climbs a tree stump.

A zebra mare and foal on the savannah

A lioness and a wildebeest have a stand off.

A cheetah bounces to a halt after a failed chase

The silhouette of a leopard in a tree

Three giraffe are spooked

A giraffe gallops into the scrub

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

Fishermen in Lake Eyasi

Elephant with calf

Two reticulated giraffe relax

Rendille tribes women move to new pastures

A female leopard moves her cub from danger

Elephants covered in Red Ochre

Elephants covered in red ochre

A leopard relaxes on the branch of a pepper tree

Young Cape hunting dogs sit at the entrance to their den

A lioness carrying a young cub to safety

A lioness with three cubs

An old buffalo bull

An old bull elephant crosses a lugga by a baobab tree

A family of meerkats

A rare Northern White Rhino bull

Two lions relax on a kopje

Wildebeest stampede into the Mara river during the migration

A pod of hippos charge back into the water

Two hippos charge back into the water

A single hippo charges back into the water

Two meerkat use an anthill as a vantage point

A young giraffe

A flock of flamingos

A springbok takes flight

Cattle egrets follow a herd of elephants

Three bull elephants having a dust bath

Rendille tribes women move their camels and belongings to new pastures

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

An elephant feeds on water lilies

A Black rhino charge

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

A male lion relaxes

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

A lioness cleans her cub

A lone bull buffalo

Two buffalo bulls

Herds of elephants crossing paths

Two bull elephants meet at the rivers edge at dusk

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

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

A male lion looks up at the stars

A White rhino

A leopard stalks the night

A Kalahari black maned lion

A lioness and her cub

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

Just a glimpse of a leopard as it passes by

A baby gorilla looks for an ant it has just caught

A lion cub yawning

Two lionesses on the lookout

A cheetah at full speed

A serval cat pounces onto a Papilio Dardanus

A young gorilla tries to catch a falling feather

A leopard appears from out of the darkness

A moonlit lion looks for movement in the blackness of night

A moonlit leopard gazes intently into the black of night.

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

A gorilla youngster.

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

An elephant calf follows its mother during the dry season

A female Northern White rhino

Two giraffe

Fishermen chat as they fish along the Tanzanian coast

Young coastal boys play in a dugout

Camel shadows on a dried lake bed

Young elephants in Botswana

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

A bull buffalo (Askari)

White fronted bee-eaters on a branch

A matriarch leads a herd of elephants through a dust storm

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

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

Giraffe shimmering in the heat of the day

A lioness with two cubs

Young lion cubs playing at dawn

Three old askari buffaloes