Sketching Venus Flytraps

Sketching Venus Flytraps

Check out my video workshop below where you’ll learn spooky facts about the Venus Flytrap and also learn how to create a drawing of one, complete with a captured fly! First, download your Venus Flytrap Sketching Cheatsheet that you’ll use to follow along...
Sketching a Scarlet Macaw

Sketching a Scarlet Macaw

Scarlet Macaw Workshop In the video workshop below, we’ll focus on macaws; the showiest and largest members of the beloved parrot family, many of which face extinction in the wild. Then, I’ll lead you through a step-by-step drawing tutorial of the...
Penguin Day

Penguin Day

Penguins are so lovable, they have THREE days of the year that celebrate them; Penguin Awareness Day on January 20th, World Aquatic Animals Day on April 3rd, and World Penguin Day on April 25th! So, learn all about penguins and how to draw them below in the two...
Paint a Hornbill!

Paint a Hornbill!

Hornbills are a group of fascinating but critically endangered birds that inhabit forests and woodlands of Asia, Africa, and India. In the video below, I demonstrate my quick technique for creating a detailed drawing by first doing a loose watercolor wash and then...
Sketching Jackrabbits

Sketching Jackrabbits

Discover and Sketch Jackrabbits  Suggested Materials Jackrabbit images (CLICK HERE to download) Sketching paper Sketching pencil Brown colored pencil (I use Prismacolor Verithins) Water-soluble colored pencils (I use Derwent Inktense and Faber Castell Aquas) Water...
Discover Spiders!

Discover Spiders!

Learn About and Sketch Spiders Be Kind to Spiders Week is observed annually from April 1 to April 7.  If you’d like to learn more about spider diversity and anatomy, check out my video workshop below where I’ll share fun facts about spiders and then show...
Discover the Naked Mole Rat!

Discover the Naked Mole Rat!

April 4th is celebrated as World Rat Day so I’d like to share a video workshop I created for you to learn about a fascinating wild species of rat that lives in Africa; the Naked Mole Rat. CLICK HERE to download your Naked Mole Rat image that I use in the...
Celebrate Manatees!

Celebrate Manatees!

Let’s celebrate Manatee Appreciation Day which is observed on the last Wednesday of March. You can learn all about the world’s species of manatees and their ecology, anatomy, and how to sketch them in the video below that I recorded as a part of a live...
Sketching Butterflies

Sketching Butterflies

Learn All About Butterflies and How to Sketch Them March 14th is National Learn About Butterflies Day so If you’d like to learn more about butterflies, I invite you to watch my 55-minute tutorial video below. I suggest you gather some graphite and colored...
Celebrate Aardvarks!

Celebrate Aardvarks!

Celebrate March’s National Aardvark Day and Week by watching my comprehensive video workshop below! You’ll learn all about the biology, anatomy, and behavior of the amazing African Aardvark. You’ll also learn how to sketch one in a step-by-step drawing...