All About Warblers

All About Warblers

 Warbler Slideshow and Sketching Demo With Spring hot on the heels of Winter here in North America, warblers are making their way from their southern wintering grounds to establish their breeding territories in the north. In the slideshow below, you’ll learn the...
Sketching Robins

Sketching Robins

Learn to Sketch Robins and their Kin In this video replay below (filmed as a live online workshop) you’ll learn all about Thrushes; a global and diverse group of birds in the family Turdidae. We’ll cover their biology, ecology, and especially anatomy to...
Sketching Tropical Hummingbirds

Sketching Tropical Hummingbirds

Hummingbird Sketching Workshop Watch the replay below of a live workshop I taught on January 11, 2020, on the Crowdcast app. You’ll learn fun facts about hummingbird biology and ecology, then I’ll show you step-by-step how to draw a beautiful tropical...
Joys of Toned Paper

Joys of Toned Paper

Using Toned Papers in Nature Journals I usually don’t advocate for using any particular type of art-making material, since I want folks to feel free to use what they readily have on hand. But toned papers are a creative, flexible, and inspiring ground to work on, and...
Sketching Seahorses

Sketching Seahorses

How to Sketch a Seahorse Get a pencil, download your Seahorse Sketching Cheat Sheet, then watch the video tutorial below to draw your own seahorse. Learn more about Seahorses Learn all about seahorse biology, ecology and conservation on THIS BLOG POST. Learn to Draw...
Let’s Draw Rufous Hummingbirds!

Let’s Draw Rufous Hummingbirds!

Learn All About Hummingbirds! In the video tutorial below, you’ll learn fun facts about hummingbird biology and anatomy then I’ll lead you in a step-by-step demonstration of drawing a Rufous Hummingbird together. Download your copy of the Rufous...
Sketch a Pangolin

Sketch a Pangolin

In Celebration of World Pangolin Day (3rd Saturday of February) I’ve created a video that shares some fascinating facts about the habits and habitats of pangolins. You’ll also learn a lot about pangolin anatomy while you follow along to my sketching...
Nepenthes Pitcher Plants

Nepenthes Pitcher Plants

Pitcher Plants of Borneo I’ve been lucky to observe many species of carnivorous plants out in buggy bogs and water-logged wetlands like the ones pictured below on the island of Borneo. Borneo has over 30 species of pitcher plants in the genus Nepenthes, distributed in...
How to Sketch Moths

How to Sketch Moths

All about moths and how to sketch them Sketch alongside me by getting a pencil and paper or downloading the Let’s Sketch Moths handout (as seen below the video). Enjoy! QUICK DEMO OF DRAWING A LUNA MOTH   Hope you enjoyed this tutorial and learned a lot about...
How to Draw a Red-eyed Tree Frog

How to Draw a Red-eyed Tree Frog

Learn how to draw a Red-eyed Tree Frog in this video tutorial, while also learning fun facts about their biology, ecology, habitat and more! I filmed this tutorial as a Facebook Live video so that’s why it’s a bit grainy and in the vertical position, but I...