I’ve seen other people do amazing things with a biro and thought I’d have a go myself as there’s nothing quite like trying something new.

I’m drawing this Rhino from memory. It’s meant to be Albrecht Durer’s famous Rhinoceros print, which I chose to demonstrate something in the Wednesday Drawing Show a couple of weeks ago.

I came across the work of Pittsburgh artist Don Moyer. He had traced the Durer image onto a Trade Show Booth more than forty years before, but the image was left ingrained in his memory. He done quite a few versions of the Rhinoceros from memory that quite captivated me. and inspired me to have a go at drawing it from memory too.

Don’s amazing sketchbook Blog is at this link http://moyersketchbook.blogspot.co.uk/2012_02_01_archive.html

This is a larger drawing than I’d normally do – it’s A3 and took me about three and a half hours to complete but I think it’s worth upping the scale to benefit from the texture of the ink.

I’m also doing a patterned version on the http://www.youtube.com/shoobeedoodling channel