Gentle Giant - African Elephant by Heather Ward
Heather Ward

Gentle Giant - African Elephant by

A male African elephant closeup. African elephants range from western to central Africa and are an endangered species. Elephants can live to be 70 years old – they die when their sixth and final set of teeth wear down and fall out.

Drawn in graphite on bristol vellum, 2008. Original and limited edition prints available.

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nature, pencil, elephant, animal, wildlife, graphite, african, pachyderm

Comments

  • AutumnLeaves
    AutumnLeavesalmost 4 years ago

    i always love your pics heather. very nicely done! ;-)

  • Karin  Taylor
    Karin Tayloralmost 4 years ago

    incredible work heather

  • Lisa G. Putman
    Lisa G. Putmanalmost 4 years ago

    I love this piece, Heather! The detail work is amazing! You did an awesome job of capturing a little bit of personality. He seems to be smiling, a happy free elephant. I love the eyelashes!

  • Angelgold Art
    Angelgold Artalmost 4 years ago

    Wow you did a great job

  • Shelleymay
    Shelleymayalmost 4 years ago

    you always do such a great job, beautiful!

  • Adam Stone
    Adam Stonealmost 4 years ago

    This really is a lovely drawing.

    I had been thinking about starting a new elephant drawing but sadly that got put on hold (when i was younger elephants were my topic of choice… however for one reason or another its been almost a decade since i last drew one!) but seeing this image has certainly sparkled my interest…. and i think i may just have to do it now, so thank you for inspiring me.

    The way you’ve drawn the skin texture and shadows is remarkable… esp around the mouth area. You have most certainly achieved your goal here; this is a very realistic piece of art… and it captures the animal’s live perfectly. Well done.

  • frozenfa
    frozenfaalmost 4 years ago

    wow…. the textures.. the details…
    WOW!! O_O

  • Michelle Pullen
    Michelle Pullenalmost 4 years ago

    Great contrast of textures, well done

  • williamsart
    williamsartover 3 years ago

    Nicely done heather. I can’t wait to see what else you do.

  • a~m .
    a~m .about 3 years ago


    Well Done Heather!