Field Arts Workshop: Around the World in 80 Animals No. 9 – Oceania
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Based on my series Around the World in 80 Trees (in which we spent a year traveling around the globe by region and sketching interesting, weird, iconic, or beautiful trees and tree-like plants), this is a new series based on animals—we’ll travel the world and learn as much natural history as we can, plus master the art of quickly sketching birds, mammals, monotremes, and more!
No. 9: Oceania
What you’ll need: a multi-media sketchbook or an accordion style booklet (see below), pen and / or pencil for our base drawings, and then watercolor or colored pencil to quickly bring them to life.
TIP: For plants I used a strip of heavy watercolor paper folded into four squares to create an “accordion” booklet to record my trees (8 total, 4 on each side). For animals I recommend a full sketchbook, or larger squares, at least 5” if you choose an accordion.
Prepwork: Create a map of the region so you can place the regions the species were located. Longtime “Around the World” series attendee Dorothea suggested this one (just be sure to acknowledge the source on your sketch): Simple Outline Oceania Map
Length: 2 hours
Downloads and Resources
PDF of the Presentation
Because I had so much trouble with the internet, I had to turn on the “talking head” box, and this showed up at times covering the titles on the slides, so here is a link to view the PDF of the slide show for detail. Please note this is for personal use only, and may not be used for any presentations or workshops without written permission.
Colors and brush I use:
I favor a simple primary “triad” plus two extra colors: Manganese Blue (“cyan”), Quinacridone Rose (“magenta”), Aureolin Yellow (“yellow”), and Burnt Sienna and Indanthrone Blue, all Daniel Smith.
I use an Isabey Squirrel Mop Travel Brush or a Pentel Waterbrush, depending on my mood!
Any amount is appreciated!
ROSEANN’S FINISHED PAGES
ATTENDEES’ Pages from the Workshop
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