Drawing from Nature Class 1: Feathers and Nests A Workshop with Watercolor and Ink
Saturday, June 14, 2025 / 9 AM – 12 PM
General public: $52, VINS Members: $48

Registration required as space is limited. Register Today

Other Drawing from Nature class dates

• Saturday, July 19, 2025 – Pollinators and Good Garden Bugs
• Saturday, August 16, 2025 – Predators of the Sky
• Saturday, September 20, 2025 – Fall Botanicals

In this year’s first Drawing from Nature class, get up close and personal with feathers and nests to appreciate their wonderful textures and intricate details. We will use this class to practice capturing those textures and details using VINS’ collection of artifacts.

Learn tips and tricks for drawing as well as for creating vivid pages that depict personal natural history experiences. Drawing, sketching, and watercolor, experience not necessary, all skill levels welcome.

This is the first class in our Drawing from Nature 2025 workshops. Join us for one class or the whole series. Sign up for multiple sessions and get a $5 discount on all classes. Use discount code MULTI25 in your cart.

Spend a full day at VINS. Purchase discounted admission to the VINS Nature Center for $5. Discount available only to registered participants on the day of the workshop.

This workshop is designed for adults 18 and up. Interested youth 10 and up may participate with an adult. No registration fee required for an adult accompanying a youth participant unless the adult also plans to participate in the workshop.

Suggested Materials:

• A water bottle
• A high-quality journal with heavyweight, mixed media, or watercolor paper
• HB pencil or mechanical pencil,
• An eraser
• Micron pen size 01 and/or 005
• Optional: your preferred art medium such as watercolor, gouache, or colored pencils

Instructor Bios:
Cynthia Moulton
Cynthia finds that observing and recording in a field journal enhances our engagement with the natural world. Teaching courses in ecology, animal diversity and biological illustration at Castleton University for the last 25 years has allowed her and her students to explore science through pen and ink, graphite and colored pencil.

Lois Moulton
Lois has been passionate about science illustration for years, creating numerous personal nature journals from her travels and time outdoors. As an educator at Eaglebrook School in Deerfield, Massachusetts, she has been incorporating art as a tool for observation into her science classes since 1995. Lois specializes in watercolor and pen & ink.

For more information, contact us at 802.359.5000 or info@vinsweb.org.