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Eric taught us how to draw a mountain gorilla and now we move on to Fahad’s instruction on how to draw a forest buffalo. Forest buffalo, Syncerus caffer nanus, not to be confused with a savannah buffalo! Below, Annonciata NTAWIZERA, a student from Art of Conservation’s Shingiro adult class draws and paints a forest buffalo. Forest buffaloes, smaller than savannah buffaloes, are below 120cm in height and 320kg in weight. Their smaller, but heavy build, short legs and slow pace isn’t a disadvantage to them when they want to retreat into the dark forest cover. Annonciata’s pictures above show the animal’s small, back-swept horns - unlike the savannah buffalo’s enormous bossed horns. Here’s a collection of watercolors from 9 Shingiro artists. Don’t forget about the other guys! While mountain gorillas are surely the claim to fame here in the Virungas, our students bring to light a few of the other wonderful animals inhabiting this area. Fahad busy at the chalkboard. I am not in the forest often and I have yet to see a forest buffalo, but as long as they are there doing their forest buffalo thing I am greatly satisfied. Hmm, what Animal of the Virunga Forest will Art of Conservation students illustrate next? Julie
7 Comments posted on "FOREST BUFFALOES:Animals in the Virunga Forest"
Theresa Siskind St Petersburg FL on April 18th, 2008 at 7:58 pm
Nice work! I couldn’t get the picture of the forest buffalo to work, but these water color illustrations are lovely. As for what animal could soon be their subject, I’m guessing bonobos! Have a great weekened to all.
julie (Art for Gorillas) on April 19th, 2008 at 12:07 am
Hi Theresa, When I open the blog, the two big pictures of the forest buffalo come up for me. I will check it out on other computers to see what the problem is…Nice guess with bonobos….they are coming up in our evolution lesson….NICE WEEKEND!!
vernon minor on April 20th, 2008 at 1:37 pm
I think Julie sent me the Forest Buffaloes because she knows I’m a fan of the Colorado Buffaloes (she also participated in my study abroad program in art history at CU, back in 1989). These are lovely images, as wonderful as the happy faces of the artists. I’m reminded of an anecdote about Picasso, who once told a friend, as they watched children drawing, that it had taken him his whole life to learn what they already knew. He then said (if I have the quote right) “All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once one grows up.”
Theresa Siskind St Petersburg FL on April 20th, 2008 at 7:09 pm
Great quote Vernon! Speaking of Picasso, I’m reminded of his style, when I look at these children’s work.
Wanda, Atlanta on April 21st, 2008 at 6:50 am
Wonderful - wonderful art.
julie (Art for Gorillas) on April 21st, 2008 at 12:24 pm
Hi Wanda, Great to hear from you. Happy you like the art. Much more to come.
manish n antriksh on April 25th, 2008 at 12:07 am
good work! Post a comment
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Welcome to Art for Gorillas.
This is Julie Ghrist, director of Art of Conservation (AoC):
Creating a Healthful Connection between People & Mountain Gorillas.
Team AoC includes Valerie Akuredusenge, Eric Mutabazi, and Fahad Ndangiza.
AoC is a partner of Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project, Inc. (MGVP, Inc.).