Allium sativum

the ancient and beloved garlic: this was a particularly beautiful specimen, asking to be drawn, here in delicate pencil.

Cheetah

 ink & wash on brown paper

Brown Bear

Interesting little philological tidbit: the scientific binomial nomenclature for the brown bear is Ursus arctos, ursus being Latin for "bear", and arctos being Greek for "bear".  It didn't occur to me before looking this up that they ever mixed languages for these names, but there you go: Bear bear.  As in the quintessential bear.

Amsterdam Albatross

dog gesture

Gray Wolf (canis lupus)

Congress is expected to remove Endangered status protection from the Gray Wolf, at least outside Wyoming.
This drawing was done with a blue Sharpie until it died.

Japanese Crane

The Red-Crowned Crane (grus japonensis), in oil pastel on paper.

Observing the Cries of the World

in tribute to the suffering in Japan: Kannon, Bodhisattva of Compassion