Drawing from Nature Class: Predators of the Sky
Raptors, Vultures, and Corvids
A Workshop with Watercolor and Ink
Saturday, August 24 / 9 AM – 12 PM
$52 General Public, $47 VINS Member

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Other Drawing from Nature Class dates:
October 5 – Fall Foliage: Leaves and Landscapes

Workshop Details:

Enjoy time sketching in the VINS raptor exhibits before the Nature Center opens to the public. You will have an opportunity to marvel at the unique adaptations of your choice of predator/scavenger from the sky, drawing them from life, aiming to express the personality and intelligence of your chosen subject. What distinguishes raptors from vultures from corvids? Meet a bird ambassador for an up close and personal view with time for photographs. Learn some tips for photographing birds as well as ID tips for the field – this will help you begin to create your own reference library. For the last hour of the workshop, you will begin a more finished work on a Raptor, Vulture or Corvid from your study.

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

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 info@vinsweb.org or 802.359.5000.