Zoo sketching with a new old pen

Recently I rediscovered the great "Speedball Elegant Writer" calligraphy pens and these zoo sketches are part of getting reacquainted with them. I also tried holding my Bee Paper sketchbook in 'landscape' mode.

Zoo sketches within an Apple's reach

Since Apple is a branding "top dog", the "big cats" reminded me of their OS versions. These were drawn with a Sharpie Calligraphic pen in an Aquabee sketchbook.

Capturing animals at the zoo

Some selected sketches from the zoo. These were drawn with a Sharpie Calligraphic pen.

Dry-media in Manga Studio EX4

This is a location zoo sketch from my previous post re-drawn using the "Brush Pens" in MSEX4 to simulate dry-media.

Exploring pens at the zoo

Here's some sketches from yesterday's trip to the zoo that I used to test some new felt-tip pens to replace the extinct (?..I think..) Eberhard Faber 'DESiGN' Calligraphy pen—used to be my favorite location sketching pen.

Zoo sketches

Sketches at the zoo with a Bic ballpoint pen.

Dog

While running errands today, I saw this irresistable subject. Without my sketchbook, I flipped over my "to do" list and used my Starbucks card holder as a "drawing board".