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While working on my project on ecological concepts in picture books, I’ve come across some fascinating research about using picture books...

Click image to view newsletter February-March Table of Contents Sketching Tip: Slow/Fast Artful Science: Video of my SciArt talk for the...

Sketching Antelope Jackrabbits and Black-tailed Jackrabbits – yes jackrabbits = hares – at the U of A Natural History Museum. (c)...

January 2016 newsletter table of contents: Sketching Tip: Use a vintage printing technique to make prints of your sketches Artful...

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August was full of workshops and trainings, nearly all of which focused on sketching in professional settings such as conferences,...

Cross-posted on ESA SciComm Section blog #sketchyourscience at #ESA100 settled it. This will be an #ESASciComm tradition for years to...

A version of this article is cross-posted on the ESA SciComm Section’s site. Everyone can learn to sketch. Even you. And there are plenty...

Moths to the left, butterflies on the right It’s National Moth Week! Since moths outnumber butterflies 11-to-1 in North America, there’s...

I spent the past few weeks in Montana and Alberta, where the skies are vast and full of clouds. I was there to teach a few classes, so...

Cross-posted on www.drawntothewest.com There aren’t supposed to be any fireflies in Montana. At least not the type that blink and flash...

Lots of data indicate drawing skills are: a) good for scientists, b) good for science, and c) something anyone can learn. A few months...

Cross-posted on www.drawntothewest.com There weren’t any squirrels in the town where I grew up. I didn’t know to remark on that fact when...

World Sea Turtle Day, and I just happen to have a sketch of a sea turtle hatchling! I sketched this wee turtle, along with a handful of...

Cross-posted on www.drawntothewest.com For the past decade, I’ve taken special delight in looking at, and drawing, insects. It all...

Lately, I’ve been writing about birds, drawing birds, tending to the six that are now my responsibility (chickens!), and watching...

Cross-posted on www.drawntothewest.com The other weekend, I was out hiking in an area of southwest Wyoming resplendent with big...

Cross-posted on www.drawntothewest.com A lot of those articles relate closely to the two-part series I just wrapped up about attracting...