Inside Your Naturalist's Studio: Collect, Observe, Create

Are you an artist who seeks inspiration and meaning in nature? Maybe you already have a well established creative practice...or maybe you are looking for a boost in your artistic process. Are you someone with a passion for science or a fierce curiosity about the natural world? This community is designed for you! Each week we will get together to share tools and techniques that will bring you closer to conveying the wonder and fascination you find in animals, plants, rocks and water. Each session begins with a drawing and observational / still life warm up - afterwards, we will observe and discuss diverse historical (some well known, some obscure) and contemporary artists who use naturalist image-making methods such as diagramming, drawing "realistically", making cross-sections and mapping. We will then share an "open studio" time in which we will make our own unique response to art we have seen and leaves, rocks, plants and other common items you collect before class.