This is not a drawing or painting but rather scratchboard. The scratchboard panel is a 1/8" thick board coated with a special white clay and a topcoat of black India ink. Using any sharp instrument, I scratch off the ink in various patterns to reveal the white clay and form an image. It is one of the most difficult art mediums because it is unforgiving if one makes a mistake. You can't erase or paint over an error. I used a #10 and #11 scalpel for this piece. I added a hint of color with acrylic ink washes.
I've wanted to do a rhino piece for a while and finally got one done. I thought about different angles to capture the image and a profile just seemed too overdone. I love this view from the front. This is an old animal as you can tell by the deteriorating tusks. This particular piece is a Southern White Rhino. They are considered near threatened with around 10,000 remaining in the wild. Its cousin, the Northern White Rhino, is extinct.