Giant Pandas and Bamboo

Giant Pandas and Bamboo

Learn About Pandas and Bamboo Trees March 16th is National Panda Day, so in honor of these charismatic members of the bear family, you can learn about them and their favorite food; bamboo leaves, in a recording of my online video workshop below. If you’d like to...
Gesture Sketching Birds

Gesture Sketching Birds

Below you’ll find a video demonstration set to mellow music showing how I quickly sketch birds in the field. You might enjoy following along. Just get a pencil and paper then download Birds of Oregon Images that I use in the video. GESTURE SKETCHING OREGON BIRDS...

Neotropical Woodpeckers

Discover and Sketch Woodpeckers in a Video Workshop Woodpeckers are a global and diverse family of over 230 species. Whether you love ’em or hate ’em, everyone’s got an opinion about woodpeckers and finds them a raucous and intriguing group of birds!...
Celebrating Wild Pigs!

Celebrating Wild Pigs!

Javelinas, Warthogs, and Boars, oh my! March 1st is deemed National Pig Day. Yes, there’s a day for that! If you’d like to learn about pigs and how to draw them, then sign up for my free online workshop. You can join the live event (Sunday, February 27th...
Bleeding Heart Flowers

Bleeding Heart Flowers

Discover and Sketch Bleeding Hearts Continuing my Valentine’s Day-themed fuchsia-colored posts, today is all about a heart-shaped flower! Bleeding Hearts are a favorite garden ornamental native to eastern Asia. As their name suggests, their flowers are pink and...
World Hippo Day

World Hippo Day

Discover and Sketch the Hippopotamus World Hippopotamus Day is observed on the 15th of February.  Regardless of when you’re reading this, you can celebrate the hippopotamus with my workshop recording below. You’ll learn all about Africa’s two species...
Draw and Paint Anthurium Flowers

Draw and Paint Anthurium Flowers

All About Anthuriums and How to Paint Them In the video recording below I teach you all about Anthurium flowers and the intriguing family of tropical plants that they belong to. You’ll learn about some of the weird and fascinating members of this family and...
Sketching Tigers

Sketching Tigers

July 29th marks International Tiger Day! In honor of the occasion, I’m sharing a recording of my tiger sketching workshop below.  If you’d like to follow along, get some pencils and paper, then download the two tiger images that I refer to in the...
Serpent Day

Serpent Day

   Celebrating Serpents of the World! National Serpent Day is celebrated annually on February 1st. When one thinks of the word ‘serpent’, the first animals that likely come to mind are snakes. So, below you’ll find two video recordings of live online...
Draw A Turkey!

Draw A Turkey!

Join me for a replay of my Thanksgiving-themed turkey sketching workshop . This free, online class honors the bird that is responsible for our Thanksgiving dinner as we know it! The North American Wild Turkey is a prized game bird and was a table delicacy centuries...