Put a Little Science in Your Art with Science Illustrator Nora Sherwood
The simple act of drawing in nature allows its calm and beauty to affect you in powerful ways. This drawing workshop will introduce a few tools used by science illustrators, like observation techniques, measured drawing, and a basic understanding of using shading to create form. These are quick and easy techniques intended to improve your sketches. It will give you the opportunity to work on sketches using some of these techniques with guidance and demos by Nora. It’s a great way to enjoy the preserve, by taking some time for deep observation of tree bark, ferns, mosses, tiny flowers and other things we find.
Details:
Registration required.
Ages 16+ (if accompanied by adult).
Event is free; donations are welcome.
Sketchbooks and drawing pencils will be provided.
Workshop will be held at Yakona Nature Preserve & Learning Center.
Carpooling will be necessary for the 2-mile drive into Yakona. Four-wheel drive is not needed, but be aware we'll be driving on logging roads, so decent ground clearance is recommended for passenger cars.
artist bio
Nora joined the field of science illustration as a mid-life career changer after many years in the world of high tech. She graduated from the University of Washington's Natural Science Illustration certificate program in 2014, and now works as a full-time, self-employed illustrator. Intricate details and patterns found in nature are endlessly fascinating to her. Her primary medium is watercolor, a highly technical but powerful medium that allows her to construct illustrations in layers, always considering pigment characteristics and color theory to build forms and create depth. She also works in colored pencil, pen and ink, graphite and scratchboard. She has created illustrations for U.S. Fish and Wildlife, Oregon Coast Aquarium, High Desert Museum and many other local government entities and private businesses.