FLORA AND FAUNA of the RAINFORESTS Below you can find a list of stories I’ve written and sketching workshops to watch on flora and fauna that reside in the world’s rainforests. Tapirs Pangolins Carnivorous Plants Dart Frogs Tree Frogs Flying Foxes Bats Orchids...
Celebrating Bees on World Bee Day On May 20th we celebrate World Bee Day, an occasion to recognize their important roles in nature and in helping to produce our food by pollinating our crops! The United Nations declared May 20th to be World Bee Day and this specific...
All About Salamanders and How to Draw Them! If you’d love to learn all about salamanders, then watch the video workshop below in which I teach you all about salamanders; their biology, ecology, species diversity, and anatomy. In the second half of the...
May 2-8th has officially been deemed Amphibian Week in the United States by proclamation of Interior Secretary Deb Haaland in recognition of these species’ global decline and threats due to climate change, chytrid disease, and habitat destruction. You can find...
All About Gila Monsters and How to Sketch Them! The Gila Monster is named after the Gila River in New Mexico; one of the states in the southwestern deserts where this largest lizard of the United States lives. It grows up to 2 feet long and 4 pounds and can live over...
All About Pronghorns and How to Sketch Them! The American Pronghorn is an iconic species of North America, roaming the grassland, desert, and sage steppe habitats from south-central Canada to Baja, California. Although commonly called an ‘antelope’ it is...
All About Pikas and How to Sketch Them Pikas are endearing mammals that live high in the alpine zones of North America’s Rockies, Cascades, and Sierra Nevada mountains. They make their homes on talus slopes where large boulders form protective crevices that...
Learn About Clownfish and How to Sketch Them Here’s a workshop I recorded that teaches you fun facts about a favorite marine species; the Clownfish, made famous by the movie, Finding Nemo. In this 45-minute video, you’ll learn basic fish anatomy, facts...
In celebration of International Day of the Seal on March 22, I’m sharing a workshop I taught on the two families of seals and sea lions. In the video replay below of my live, online class, I teach you about the characteristics of these charismatic marine...
In my mind, no insect denotes ‘summer’ more than our friend, the dragonfly, who patrols his territory and catches smaller insects for dinner over your favorite swimming hole at the height of the season. The darner family of dragonflies is among the...
