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Giant Pandas live in dense bamboo forests in the misty, rainy mountains of southern China. Currently, there are only about 1,500 surviving in the world. The average lifespan in the wild is around 20 years. Pandas eat almost nothing but bamboo shoots and leaves; this accounts for 99% of their diet, and they spend about 12 hours a day doing it. Bamboo is not very nutritious, so to stay healthy they have to eat up to 15% of their body weight in 12 hours and can eat up to 38kg a

Pumas are classed a ‘Near Threatened’ by the IUCN. The total breeding population of pumas is less than 50,000 individuals and continues to decline

As with all my paintings, the first stage is to draw the subjects without any fine detail. Then, I add a fine acrylic wash. The next stage involves deciding on the background: should it be simple and blurred, or detailed? Choosing the Right Background For stage three, I opted for a savannah-type landscape. I focused on the detailed wrinkles of the elephant’s skin. The final stage was to complete the details in the background and lighten the sky. African Elephant and Calf Fact