Animal Class

In this class we will focus on all kinds of animals. You'll practice FUR, FEATHERS, TEXTURED SKIN, & HAIR! You will see how to add texture to certain animals, like Elephant Skin. You'll learn how to color your Cat Smooth & Hairy. For this class you will need the following Copic Marker Colors-E70, E71, E31, E33, E35, E37, R00, R01, R02, W00, W1, W3, E53, E55, E57 & E59. If you have a small Flat bristle art brush, this would be helpful also.

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A Day at the Zoo

Hey All,
I've been busy doing stuff like going to the St. Louis Zoo- too busy to post on my blog. Ha! So, I thought today I'd share a few amazing pics from the zoo. I just love animals. I would prefer getting these pics of animals in the wild, but let's be real. It's just not going to happen for most animals. So, I'll pretend they are not all behind bars and glass windows. I stuck my super zoom lens on my camera before I left and I am so glad I did. I was able to get some really amazing shots, even through glass. Here are just a couple of my favorites.



I love the butterfly house. It's so quiet and 'gentle'.


My absolute favorite though is BIRDS. I just love how much of a variety there is. Our creator really put some serious thought into the Birds. They have such expressions, colors & sense of humor. I could watch them all day long.
Look at the eyelashes on this one.
This Kookaburra has the biggest head. He was hilarious.

I have no idea what this was. She resembles the Guineas that we have on our property. I do remember she had Peafowl in her title.

This Toucan kept cleaning his bill. He would dip it in the water and then rub his foot all along it.
There is a Penguin House at the zoo that is like 45-50 deg inside. They are beautiful birds, but the smell in there is tooooo much for me. It smells like rotted fish (I'm sure that what it was too).

Check out those razor looking claws. Whoa!

Had to throw an elephant in. Get it! Throw an elephant! No way!

These two Tigers were playing and I just kept snapping shots and I got this really cool one of him. Love it!

I hope you all get to go observe some animals this summer. As you all know, I have lot's of my own animals to watch. And some of you may not know that right across the highway from our place, there is an Exotic Animal Farm. It is not open to the public, but we do favors for each other, so we can go any time we want. Some of our friends & family have been fortunate enough to go with us. He raises his animals to sell to the Zoos. He has Lions, Bears, Camels, Monkeys, Deer, Elk and lot's of weird, unusual goats and birds. He has animals that are found only in Madagascar. No hissing cockroaches though. (Zoo joke) We hear the Lion roaring every single day. As the crow flies, he's only about 2 city blocks away, so the sound is very clear. You might think that is scary, but we love it. It is so beautiful. My husband helped them build the cage system they are kept in, so we are pretty confident they are well contained. No accidental escapees yet!! Okay, enough about the animals. Later!

Pics of our many little critters

Hello Everybody, I just have to show you what I get to look forward to every summer around here. Our resident Whitetail Female gives us twins every summer. These are from last summer and they are about 3 days old in this pic.

ps. Let me clarify something-this mama deer is our pet. She is not wild. That's the only reason I'm able to play with her babies.








Two summers ago my husband brought home this little surprise from a camping trip.

Yes, he does things like that a lot. Isn't he the most adorable thing.

Well, about 6 months later.......

Yup, not so cute now is he!

He weighed in at 125#'s. Remember, he is a potbellied pig. Wow!

Here's another cutie from Summer 09. This time it was me who brought something home. And I'm sure you can see why. She was the prettiest kitten I had ever seen. We name her SKY because her eyes were sooooo blue. At about 3 months they changed to green. She's still the prettiest cat I've ever seen.

Here she at 10 months.......




















Here's my pride & joy. April. She's a teacup poodle that I had flown to me from NC. She's worth every single penny I paid for her. (lot's and lot's of pennies). She's 2 in this photo.

This is why I love her. She let's me do whatever I want to her. She has a whole wardrobe of clothes and jewels. She is a really good sport about it all. And she is sooo adorable.

This is from last summer. She is now 4 yrs old and weighs in a 4.5#