Browsing all Pastels

A leopard watches out for prey from a tree.

A young male leopard has a quick glimpse from around a tree.

Tusker Craig and a fellow bull elephant having a dust bath with Mt Kilimanjaro as a backdrop

A small herd of elephants in the dust

A leopard stalking 

A leopard relaxing in a tree

An old black & golden maned lion

The world's largest living tusker called Craig with the world's highest free standing volcano Mt Kilimanjaro

A leopard quietly stalking its prey

An Amur tiger busrts through deap snow

Two baby bush babies perched on a tree branch

A tiger appears from behind a tree..

A leopard relaxes in the fork of a marula tree

The world's larger tusker, Craig with his feathered companion

This is an image of a chimpanzee looking at a passing bee

An Amur leopard appearsvfrom the snow on a mountain pass

A Bengal Tiger crouches at the rivers edge to have cool drink of water

The rarely seen Pangolin running from danger

Two sibling Iberian Lynx kittens up to no good.

A couple of ringtailed lemurs having a cuddle

A black maned lion walks out from the dust

An adult African leopard pauses briefly as it appears from the green undergrowth.

A Lion and a lioness affectionately rub noses

A tiger gazes into the darkness

The stare of a leopard as it appears from out of the darkness

A leopard cub relaxes in the dappled light of a tree

A young leopard cub pauses for moment

A young leopard cub clings precariously to a branch as its mother watches closely

Two adult male lions relax as they plot a take over

A pair of mischievous leopard cubs play in a tree

A lioness and her cub walk in step along a ridge

An African wildcat stalks a dung beetle

A young white rhino calf nuzzles up to it's protective mother

A herd of Hartmans Mountain zebra in Damaraland, Namibia

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

A female cheetah looks back over her shoulder as a large male lion follows her in the shimmering heat

Two young cheetah cubs playing in the bush

A lioness takes a brief look around after bringing down a zebra

A young lion cub nestles with its mother

A young leopard cub peers from behind a tree branch. The blueness of its eyes is due to the small deposit of melanin in it's irises which gradually fades as it gets older..

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A wild dog trotting towards you

A lioness with her favourite cub

A young lion cub rests it's weary chin

A female cheetah looks out over the savannah from a small termite mound at dawn

Ahmed was one of the first Iconic Big Tuskers

Tolstoy is one of Africa's last remaining big tuskers

A large lion with it's mane being blown about by a cross breeze

A large tusker with a broken tusk (One of the big tusker group)

Three cheetah siblings look out over a shimmering plain from a well worn termite hill.

Kamboyo was one of Africa's largest and most symetrical big Tusker's. He roamed Tsavo West National Park in Kenya before his death in 2017

Craig is one of Africa's largest big tuskers. He roams the Amboseli National Park in Kenya.

A lion cub tentatively follows in it's mother's footsteps down a track on a misty morning

A pastel sketch of Tusker Tim and fellow tusker Craig stolling through Amboseli National Park with the backdrop of Africa's highest mountain Mt Kilimanjaro in the distance.

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.

Tusker Tim, one of Africa's last big tuskers who roamed the plains of Amboseli National Park in Kenya until his passing from natural causes in March 2020.

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 portrait of a cheetah as it looks out fo danger..

An image of a suckling lion cub

A Helmeted Guinea Fowl takes a dust bath

A lioness begins an attack on a herd of zebra as they stampede through dust

A lilac breasted roller perched on a twig as an elephant appears in the background

A leopard takes a quick glacé from behind a tree

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

A young leopard peers from behind the bow of a tree

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

A lioness stares intently into the darkness

A male lion lit by moonlight

A young lion cub takes the lead..

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.

Male leopard Sephiri has a quick glance from behind a tree

A female leopard relaxes in a tree.

A bull elephant stands his ground, raises his head and spreads his ragged ears as he senses danger.

A female giraffe gently encourages her new born to move forward

A beautiful elephant takes a long drink of water.

A bull hippo yawns its dominance within his territory..

A female cheetah and her cub lock onto passing game.

Three squabbling Lilian's lovebirds.

A young male giraffe

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

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

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

A lioness and her cub