Join the Nature Journal Workshop for a special edition of Art and Conservation. Special guests Michelle Lute and Marcia Sivek will help us understand the role of carnivores in our ecosystems and the challenges to their conservation. We will then explore the differences between wolves and smaller canid carnivores such as coyotes and fox, and Read More
Category: Drawing Mammals
Learn how to draw mammals with step by step tutorials and detailed demonstrations.
Snow Leopards, Art and Conservation
John Muir Laws will leads this enjoyable and educational drawing class, co-hosted by Marcia Sivek of BeProvided Conservation Radio and the Snow Leopard Conservancy team. While receiving instruction on how to draw this magnificent cat, learn about snow leopards and the conservation efforts of the Snow Leopard Conservancy. This activity is for everyone – you Read More
Highlights, Fox vs Coyote, and Bird Necks
What is the difference between the highlight and the center light? Understanding this difference will greatly improve your shading. What is the difference between the coyote and the fox and how do you draw them? Any tips for drawing long-necked birds? Join John Muir Laws on this live broadcast as we troubleshoot these drawing challenges. Read More
The Gray Fox: Art and Conservation
Join John Muir Laws, Bill Leikam of the Urban Wildlife Research Project, and Marcia Sivek of Be Provided Conservation Radio. Bill has studied the urban Gray Fox for years and has rich insight into our wild neighbors. Bill shares his observations about the species and thoughts on protecting local wildlife. John shows us additional techniques Read More
How to draw the Gray Fox
Learn how to block in the shape of the gray fox’s body and head. In this workshop John Muir Laws explains how to make key guidelines that help you describe the proportions and angles of the fox, standing and sitting, and the head from the 3/4 angle. Read More
How to draw Caribou “and” Reindeer
Caribou? Reindeer? Learn to draw Rangifer tarandus and learn some pretty cool details of their life history. This workshop will help you draw rooftop wildlife this evening! Santa hats encouraged. Get ready to sketch rooftop fauna and learn a little about the ecology and conservation of reindeer (caribou). Download the caribou skeleton worksheet to use Read More
Tracking for Nature Journalers (video)
Learn techniques to draw, measure, and describe animal tracks in your nature journal. Read More
How to Draw Wolves
Join John Muir Laws and the Wolf Conservation Center for a look at wolf stewardship, and how to draw these majestic creatures. In this video, John Muir Laws shows how to block in the basic body shapes and fur masses. You can download the free wolf skeleton worksheet here. After the instruction, we sketched from Read More
How to Draw Bats
Happy Haloween! Join me for a deep dive into bat anatomy and how to draw the textures of wings and fur. We will compare the structure of bat bodies with our own to help make sense of what we see and to help us remember it. We will give some special love to fruit bats Read More
How to Draw Sea Lions, Seals, and Otters oh my! (video)
Learn to draw marine mammals! In this workshop, we focus on differences in overall body shape and details of face structure. Make your seal look like a seal and your otter look like an otter! Read More