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SUMMARY:Paleoart and nature journaling: how time travel with a notebook
DESCRIPTION:Learn how to paint the past with Laura Cunningham.\n\n\n\n\nMeet Laura Cunningham and learn how she recreates ancient landscapes in oil paintings. She will explain and demonstrate how she researches and creates a landscape oil painting that reconstructs the past. She uses nature journaling\, field sketching\, drawing rough sketches\, shadow studies\, color studies\, perspective studies\, and more to finally gather together to form a complex painting in the studio. How is  imagination needed to create past life and paleoart illustrations\, based on detailed studies of the natural world? She will show a bunch of notebooks\, field sketches\, and art studies that she uses to put together a landscape scene filled with animals and plants.  \n\n\n\nAbout Laura\n\n\n\nLaura Cunningham grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and studied Paleontology at UC Berkeley\, and scientific illustration at UC Santa Cruz in 1991. She went on to work in the field of wildlife biology around California before moving to the field of conservation biology. She is self-taught in art and currently is working on paleoart commissions for museums. Author of A State of Change: California’s Forgotten Landscapes (Heyday 2026). https://www.californiaecologicalorigin.org.  \n\n\n\nAll ages and experience levels are welcome. No registration is necessary. \n\n\n\n\nClick here to join the live workshop!\n\n\n\n\nSuggested donation: $20. Your donation helps support my family and me. Your generosity is deeply appreciated\, and it makes an immediate difference in my ability to continue to offer these programs. This donation is not tax-deductible. Click here to donate. If you are not able to donate at this time\, no problem–please continue to enjoy the classes and find another way to pay it forward in your community with acts of kindness and service. Thank you! \n\n\n\nIf you are new to Zoom or are having trouble with the meeting controls\, please see these notes and suggestions on Zoom Tips for Online Classes with John Muir Laws to help you get more out of the online workshop. When possible I will also make a recording of the workshop and post it on my blog. I look forward to seeing you there! \n\n\n\nBring\n\n\n\n\nYour Journal and favorite drawing materials. Taking notes while you watch and participate will help you remember the new techniques and incorporate them into your journaling.\n\n\n\nYour sense of humor!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlease share if you like it!\n				Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n				Facebook\n			\n				Share on X (Opens in new window)\n				X\n			\n				Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)\n				LinkedIn\n			\n				Share on Reddit (Opens in new window)\n				Reddit\n			\n				Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)\n				Pinterest\n			More\n				Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)\n				Tumblr\n			\n				Print (Opens in new window)\n				Print
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SUMMARY:Drawing and Painting Songbirds: A Naturalist’s Approach to Art and Observation
DESCRIPTION:This class will focus on the details of drawing songbirds\, from warblers\, to sparrows. \n\n\n\nThe class runs five weeks from October 22 to November 19  \n\n\n\nImagine observing and drawing a bird through the eyes of a scientist and an artist at the same time: every detail tells a story of anatomy and vitality. Led by educator and bird artist John Muir Laws\, author of The Laws Guide to Drawing Birds\, this introductory course blends scientific knowledge and artistic technique to create a rich learning experience for artists and bird lovers alike. You’ll study anatomy\, proportion\, and gesture\, then apply those insights through guided lessons—sprinkled with Laws’s signature enthusiasm and humor—in pencil\, colored pencil\, and watercolor. Drawing on four decades of experience\, Laws will share methods for drawing songbirds quickly and accurately\, whether in the studio or in the field. This course will sharpen your perception\, deepen your attention\, and transform the simple act of looking into an experience of wonder and connection with the natural world. \n\n\n\n\nRegister Here\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlease share if you like it!\n				Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n				Facebook\n			\n				Share on X (Opens in new window)\n				X\n			\n				Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)\n				LinkedIn\n			\n				Share on Reddit (Opens in new window)\n				Reddit\n			\n				Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)\n				Pinterest\n			More\n				Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)\n				Tumblr\n			\n				Print (Opens in new window)\n				Print
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