Truckee Meadows Parks Foundation and Nevada Humanities are teaming up again to bring you "Sagebrush to Sandstone," a series of creative gatherings and events that highlight the arts and humanities alongside Nevada nature. This event will feature a Nature Journaling and Bird Sketching Workshop led by Lindsay Dimitri and Meredith Solin.

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Nature journaling and sketching is a way to deepen your connection with nature while practicing drawing techniques in a loose and creative space. It can help to improve our observation skills and reveal patterns we didn’t notice before. No drawing experience is needed for this class, and all artistic levels are welcome, as we will be studying basic nature journaling techniques and tips, then putting them into practice by sketching bird species found in Nevada.

 

We will first break down our subject into easily drawn shapes, then learn how adding in field notes on behaviors, postures, and colors will help you to compose a drawing that truly captures the essence of our feathered subject. This class will leave you inspired by the natural history and anatomy of birds.

 

Materials: The Truckee Meadows Parks Foundation will provide you with the pencil and paper. To explore all practices reviewed in class, we recommend upgrading to a multimedia sketchbook and bringing a thin waterproof black ink pen, such as the 005 Micron.