Megaloceros giganteus
Following pictures are from the second Leeds Sketch and Draw which took place this Sunday just gone at the Leeds City Museum.
No Mummy sketch to warm up this time, went straight in with this sketch of the skull of the Megaloceros. The horns on this thing are huge! and i think i failed to follow the “draw what you see , not what you know”. The Horns on this thing really skewed the proportions. I also noticed this thing has huge neck bones as well, which in my sketch I under compensated on the length of the Jaw in comparison.
Wikipedia Article on Megaloceros
[...] I had one mission in mind when I went to the Leeds City museum, and that was to have another go at drawing the Megaloceros. My orginal sketch from February 2009 is here [...]