Giraffes are such beautiful animals. The possibility of sketching them motivates me to get over to the zoo. I think this is my fourth sketch of giraffes in two years. For this sketch I stood across the road and sketched from a distance. I wanted to get the big picture of these magnificent animals in their small enclosure with admiring people and foliage surrounding them. I worked in a 8 X 11 inch Moleskine sketchbook with black paper.