Past classes:
Create a Summer Nature Journal
Celebrate summer with your own nature journal! See a variety of examples and develop your own unique style. Create your own pages of studies and see how much more you notice the world around you. Part outdoor exploration, sketching and note-taking, Krista will introduce some of her favorite observation and field techniques. For all ages, beginner to experienced; children with an adult.
http://www.sittingroom.org/events.html
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Birds – Art – Life – the Art and Science of Birds
Bird portraits, field trip, sketching from live raptors, 3D nest sculptures, bird call and evolution games- we had a great time!
Wild Coast Journaling
Meets at Bodega Head or other coastal locations; this is an outdoor class
Science Art: Pen & Ink
Meets in Zoology Classroom, 1860 Baker Hall
References and Interesting Links
Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s interactive and video resources https://academy.allaboutbirds.org/media-library/
Searchable database of plant, animal, + habitat photos http://calphotos.berkeley.edu
Searchable illustration directory: Medical Illustration Sourcebook www.medillsb.com
California Native Plant Society cnps.org
Guild of Natural Science Illustrators gnsi.org
Limpets.org is a citizen science program that monitors the coastal ecosystems of California
My recent article on science illustration is published here: http://www.youshareproject.com/illustrating-science/
& Artists:
Scratchboard ink artist Trudy Nicholson www.science-art.com/member
Artist Margaret Mee illustrates the Amazon Rainforest http://botany.si.edu/botart/mee.htm
Marine biological illustrator Ernst Haeckel, 19th century– click on the images for enlargements http://caliban.mpiz-koeln.mpg.de/haeckel/radiolarien/
Albrecht Durer, fine artist of the 16th century– click on the images for enlargements http://www.albrecht-durer.org
Maria Sibylla Merian, 17th century, insect metamorphoses http://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/merian/
daVinci journals http://www.drawingsofleonardo.org
Environmental and Eco Art: Women Eco Artists Dialog weadartists.org