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Introduction to Digital Nature Sketching: Procreate and iPad with Bill Singleton (November 20, 2021)
Explore the boundless world of nature sketching using an iPad, a stylus, and the Procreate app. Artist Bill Singleton will get you started with this powerful tool set by introducing digital brush types, choosing colors, planning your layout, and techniques for laying down lines and paint.
Length: 2.5 hours
When: 9:00 am – 11:30 pm Arizona time (Phoenix) Saturday, November 20, 2021
Start time: 9:00 am Arizona time (Phoenix) / GMT - 7
(Having trouble figuring out time zones?Use this calculator: https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html )
Format: online via Zoom
9-10 am live instruction / demos and encouraging students to follow along.
10:00–10:10 am — Wellness / stretching break
10:10–11:30 am — discussions, sharing and further instruction
Cost: $55
Optional Supplies Kit:
$10 set of digital brushes for field sketching in Procreate (you will be sent a link to download)
Access: You will receive log-in instructions after purchasing the class.
SIGN UP HERE: OFFERED THROUGH THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA’S DESERT LABORATORY ON TUMAMOC HILL. SIGNUP https://www.eventbrite.com/e/introduction-to-digital-nature-sketching-procreate-and-ipad-tickets-181333873497
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Fearless Watercolor for Field Sketching (October 23 – 24, 2021)
Adding watercolor to your field notebooks and nature journals need not be an elaborate and frustrating exercise in juggling dozens of colors and brushes.
Naturalist and field sketch artist Roseann Hanson will introduce you to the simple technique of mixing any color you need from a triad—three primary colors (a cyan, a magenta, and a yellow) —plus her own preferred “bonus” colors of burnt sienna and a dark blue.
It’s not hard, and it’s fast, simple, and fun—guaranteed to change your approach to adding color to your field sketches and free you from the tyranny of complexity and frustration.
You may use your own paints (we will supply a list of recommendations) or order a complete Minimalist Paint Kit (mini paint kit and palette, waterbrush, rag, clip, and mini spray bottle) or a mini paint tin with sample paints, and paint along.
Length: 5 hours over two days
When: 9:00 am – 12:30 pm Arizona time (Phoenix) Saturday, October 23 and an in-person or virtual field trip Sunday, October 24 from 9–11 am
Start time: 9:00 am Arizona time (Phoenix) / GMT - 7
(Having trouble figuring out time zones?Use this calculator: https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html )
Format: online via Zoom on Saturday (you will receive a log-in link) as well as optional live in person field trip with dial-in option:
Live Field Trip option: Meet at Desert Lab courtyard cactus garden Sunday for live practice session or dial in by Zoom with Roseann to consult from your own location
Saturday — 3 hours live on Zoom including a 30-minute break
9–11 am live instruction / demos and encouraging students to follow along.
11–11:30 am —[Lunch / wellness / stretching break]
11:30 am – 12:30 pm — discussions, sharing, and further instruction
Sunday — 2 hours
9-11 am — live practice at the Desert Lab courtyard cactus garden and remote dial-in via Zoom for those out of the region who want to consult with Roseann on color
Cost: $75 for two partial days (you can also opt out of either day for lower fees; details on the Eventbrite link below)
Optional Supplies Kits (purchase by October 17) — postage included:
$29 mini paint tin with 6 paint pans and 5 paint samples
$35 small paint tin with 10 paint pans and 5 paint samples
$65 Minimalist Paint Kit with mini paint tin and 5 paint samples, water brush, microfiber rag, pen, Clear Perspex Palette-Easel with Magnet Strip and dry-erase marker
Access: You will receive log-in instructions after purchasing the class.
SIGN UP HERE: OFFERED THROUGH THE DESERT LABORATORY ON TUMAMOC HILL. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fearless-watercolor-for-field-sketching-tickets-181232299687
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Class: Nature Journaling – Learn the art of seeing and recording the world around you (ongoing, online–join any time)
Anytime access to my introduction to nature journaling class! You can join my class any time on Vimeo, and work at your own pace.
Rent the series for $35
Buy and stream or download to keep always for $95
To view the trailer and three free bonus lessons go to learnjournaling.exploringoverland.com
or on Vimeo at https://vimeo.com/ondemand/learnnaturejournaling/
Feral Watercolor – Making paint from your own found pigments (ongoing, online–join any time)
Anytime access to my Feral Watercolor Workshop! You can join my class any time on Vimeo, and work at your own pace.
Rent for $35
Buy and stream or download to keep always for $70
To view the trailer and rent or buy, go to Vimeo at https://vimeo.com/ondemand/feralwatercolor/
If your prefer a live, interactive class, see April 24, 2021 below—offered through the Natural History Institute online for $58.
Introduction to Gouache Nature Illustration with Bill Singleton
Fee for students: $55 + Eventbrite fees
December 5, 2020 | Online Workshop Hosted on Zoom
Instructor: Bill Singleton
Host and tech coordinator: Roseann Hanson
I’m please to be organizing a suite of four online workshops as part of the fall programming for the Desert Laboratory on Tumamoc Hill in Tucson, one of North America’s oldest field stations and the birthplace of the study of ecology. I’ll be teaching an introduction to nature journaling (see October 23-35).
Join professional illustrator Bill Singleton in his popular introduction to natural history illustration using gouache, water-soluble paint that is opaque.
For hundreds of years gouache has been the main tool that natural science illustrators choose for botanical subjects because of its versatility and “editability.”
Bill will demonstrate gouache using both white or toned paper, compare transparent watercolor and gouache, and teach rendering techniques unique to this interesting and classic illustration medium.
Harness your inner botanical illustrator as we venture virtually out into the hills and arroyos of Tumamoc to learn how to paint with gouache.
Format:
On the Zoom web platform, Bill will begin the class at 9 am and teach through a combination so demonstrations and lectures.
Times are all Arizona time zone:
Saturday:
9 am - 11 am — live instruction / demos on Zoom
11 – 1 pm — students leave and go out and work on an assignment. [Lunch during this time as well]
1 – 3:00 pm — return to Zoom instruction and discussion, with a Q&A as well.
For more details and the registration link, please visit:
https://tumamoc.arizona.edu/workshop-–-introduction-gouache-nature-illustration
Slithery Subjects: Sketching desert reptiles with John Muir Laws
Photo: Paul Mirocha for the Desert Laboratory on Tumamoc Hill
Fee for students: $45 + Eventbrite fees
November 19, 2020 | Online Workshop Hosted on Zoom
Instructor: John Muir Laws
Host and tech coordinator: Roseann Hanson
I’m please to be organizing a suite of four online workshops as part of the fall programming for the Desert Laboratory on Tumamoc Hill in Tucson, one of North America’s oldest field stations and the birthplace of the study of ecology. I’ll be teaching an introduction to nature journaling (see October 23-35).
Learn the art of sketching our desert reptiles while studying their physiology and natural history.
John Muir "Jack" Laws is one of the world's most widely known teachers of nature journaling. His approach emphasizes the growth mindset—that anyone can learn to draw and sketch in their field notebooks and journals—while he imparts not only sketching tips and tools but also an infectious joy in nature and its creatures.
We'll host a video stream of live reptiles with Tumamoc's Robert Villa, who is also president of the Tucson Herpetological Society. Beto will introduce you to a rosy boa, a desert tortoise, and a Gila monster who will model while you learn to sketch.
Format:
On the Zoom web platform, Jack will begin the class at 4 pm and teach through a combination so demonstrations and lectures.
Times are all Arizona time zone:
Thursday:
4 pm - 6 pm — live instruction / demos on Zoom with a Q&A as well.
For more details and the registration link, please visit:
https://tumamoc.arizona.edu/slithery-subjects—drawing-desert-reptiles
Nature journaling workshop online—live & interactive
Fee for students: $110 + Eventbrite fees
Online Workshop Hosted on Zoom
Instructor: Roseann Hanson
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Times are all Arizona time zone:
Friday:
5:30 pm - 7 pm — Introduction / Zoom session
Saturday:
9 am - 11 am — live instruction / demos on Zoom
11 – 1 pm — students leave and go out and work on an assignment in their yard or nearby home. [Lunch during this time as well]
1 – 3:00 pm — return to Zoom discussions, sharing pages
Sunday:
1 pm - 3 pm — Zoom instruction and sharing
One week later, Saturday — optional check-in
Join me for an online live and interactive introduction to nature journaling, hosted by the Desert Laboratory on Tumamoc Hill.
Neither science education nor art training is needed—you will develop the skills of a naturalist and a field sketch-artist along the way.
“Your observations, questions, and reflections will enrich your experiences and develop gratitude, reverence, and the skills of a naturalist . . . If you train your mind to see deeply and with intentional curiosity . . . the world will open before you.” - John Muir Laws, artist, naturalist, and author
In this online class we will learn how to practice “intentional curiosity” as the core of nature journaling: to ask questions, to dig deeper, to focus our minds both intently and intentionally.
Instructor Roseann Hanson, who has been keeping a nature journal for more than 30 years, will be your guide on the journey to becoming a naturalist, nature journalist, and artist.
The class will include:
The nuts-and-bolts of journal-keeping (paper and ink types, archival systems, how to make entries that you can refer to later, laying out pages, prompts to jump-start observations, and tips on researching science questions sparked by your observations).
Easy tips that enable anyone to get started sketching and painting.
Tricks to free you from your inner critic and start sketching and painting. Art in a nature journal is not only lovely to see, but an important component of your skillset because the very act of drawing and painting something from life involves incredibly intense observation. Your brain is wholly occupied by only that thing you are observing and drawing—it is a kind of meditation that results in new insights, deeper understanding, and even reverence and gratitude.
For details, pricing, and registration link, please visit the Tumamoc website: https://tumamoc.arizona.edu/workshop-–-nature-journaling
Nature Journaling: Learn the art of seeing and recording the world around you
Join me and the Natural History Institute for a 2 1/2-day workshop exploring nature through field journals—all live online, including unique virtual field trips and your own field experiences.
Friday, July 31 – 5:30 pm to 7 pm
Saturday, August 1 – 9 am to 2:30 pm
Sunday, August 2 – 1 pm to 3 pm
$110 USD
Keeping a nature journal or field journal can both deepen your connections to the natural world and help you learn more about it. Neither science education nor art training is needed—you will develop the skills of a naturalist and a field sketch-artist along the way.
This 3-session class will introduce the tools and processes of keeping a nature journal, with instructor Roseann Hanson. There will be an optional 1-hour check-in the following Saturday as well. Sessions will be recorded, for review and if you miss a day.
“Your observations, questions, and reflections will enrich your experiences and develop gratitude, reverence, and the skills of a naturalist . . . If you train your mind to see deeply and with intentional curiosity . . . the world will open before you.” - John Muir Laws, artist, naturalist, and author
In this class we will learn how to practice “intentional curiosity” as the core of nature journaling: to ask questions, to dig deeper, to focus our minds both intently and intentionally.
The class will include:
The nuts-and-bolts of journal-keeping (paper and ink types, archival systems, how to make entries that you can refer to later, laying out pages, prompts to jump-start observations, and tips on researching science questions sparked by your observations).
Easy tips that enable anyone to get started sketching and painting. Roseann will help free you from your inner critic and start sketching and painting. Art in a nature journal is not only lovely to see, but an important component of your skillset because the very act of drawing and painting something from life involves incredibly intense observation. Your brain is wholly occupied by only that thing you are observing and drawing—it is a kind of meditation that results in new insights, deeper understanding, and even reverence and gratitude.
Optional supplies package and book add-ons, mailed to you in advance, see below.
Instructor Roseann Hanson, who has been keeping a nature journal for more than 30 years, will be your guide on the journey to becoming a naturalist, nature journalist, and artist.
Optional supplies: Students may purchase Roseann’s book, Nature Journaling for a Wild Life , which includes blank journaling pages, and Minimalist Paint Kit and other supplies prior to the class.
TO REGISTER:
Call or email the Natural History Institute
(928) 863-3232, info@naturalhistoryinstitute.org
