Jef Jaxon

I met a group of students at the Berkeley Paleontology Museum in the Valley Life Sciences building at Berkeley to draw the collection today. I love it there, and it’s not that it’s free and air conditioned. Fleshed out the bones on display.

Some drawings of deer in a pasture, pelicans from Bodega Bay and cassowary from the zoo.

My buddy, Monty the ball python, is officially retiring from public interaction because the vet says he gets too stressed out to be handled by a large group now that he is an old man. He enjoyed your shared warmth and meeting so many humans over the years. He plans to spend his retirement in his habitat eating mice and finally getting a chance to read “Sssense and Sssensibility” and other classics. He wishes all of you great futures, stay warm and thanks for all the hugs!

Yi Qi exploration sketch.

A young parasaurolophus and her mother venture into the clearing.

The rest of yesterday’s zoo trip.

Monthly zoo drawing trip with friends. San Francisco Zoo this time.

Preliminary sketches for a larger painting. A parasaurolophus and her baby forage in the forest.

Doolysaurus Huhmini, a recently discovered and super cute mid-Cretaceous dinosaur from South Korea…even its name is cute.

A family of Bewick’s wren made a nest in our backyard. We call mom Lettuce and dad Tomato. I was out there drawing yesterday, and they raised a ruckus but got used to me and went back to look after their chicks. Our little dinosaurs.

I’m at In-N-Out waiting for a friend. ‘Drawing dinosaurs as usual, headphones on. Two construction workers walk by and one says, “bro that’s good.” Headphones come off, “thanks.” “No really bro, that’s really good .” He taps my sketchbook. This is, now, IN-N-Outosaurus, liked by that one construction worker in Mountain View.