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Video: Drawing that other orange butterfly
The beautiful viceroy is so much more than just a lookalike
German-born naturalist Fritz Müller was an early and enthusiastic proponent of evolution. So when he noticed something unusual while studying butterflies in 1878, he turned to nat...
Video: Simple botanical sketching
Here’s a four-step drawing technique perfect for beginners. This was the very first online drawing lesson I ever created, more than 13 years ago, so you may notice some stylistic differences (I used to talk faster, for example).
Our subjec...
Video: Pencil over watercolor
The latest project in our summer field guide series
If any creature can claim to have superpowers, it might be the painted turtle. Quiet and unobtrusive at the bottom of your local pond, he can hold his breath for four months. He’s also na...
Printables: Draw a Common Starling
Plus: A fun and easy technique for those iridescent feathers
It seemed like a good idea at the time. In 1890 there was a large organization dedicated to introducing “such foreign varieties of the animal and vegetable kingdom as may be usef...
In case you missed it
This week on my lesson archive site, 32artcourses.substack.com, a free three-part project posted: Draw and Paint a Medieval Dyer’s Wheel. It’s a very different approach to botanical drawing, inspired by 12 Century dye plants and ancient woo...
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Happily living in a tiny cabin with two dogs and a stack of sketchbooks, I am a fulltime artist/naturalist specializing in birds, butterflies, botanicals and small furry creatures. Draw with me!
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