July 11 | 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Drawing from Nature: Dragonflies & Damselflies
A Workshop with Watercolor and Ink
Saturday, July 11
9 AM – 12 PM
$52 General Public / $47 ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Members
*Join us for one class or the whole series. Sign up for multiple sessions and get a $5 discount on all classes. Use discount code MULTI26 in your cart.
More Drawing from Nature Classes:
July 25 – Loose Landscapes
August 22 – Butterflies
September 19 – Hawks
Dragonflies have been dancing in the sky for some 300 million years and may be one of the Earth’s earliest flying creatures. Time has allowed evolution to hone their aerial proficiency and mosquito hunting prowess while also allowing for the beauty and elegance of their gem-tone bodies to diversify and disperse! Human artists have long been fascinated by dragonflies and damselflies, creating ancient pictographs and petroglyphs in the landscape as well as featuring in the pottery, clothing, and jewelry of early cultures.
In this workshop, we’ll spend some time outdoors marveling at these fliers, making our own observations. After our inspiration, we’ll head indoors to sketch, ink, and paint from specimens from VTSU Castleton’s Dragonfly/Damselfly collections. Perhaps a Haiku, or two, or ten will emerge by the end of the workshop, along with some elegant renditions of these creatures soaring through our nature journals.
If you’re interested in learning more about dragonflies and damselflies, from the Riveredge Nature Center.
Drawing, sketching, and watercolor experience are not necessary, all skill levels welcome.
Participant Details:
Please dress for the weather and wear shoes for walking in the woods.
Spend a full day at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ. Purchase discounted admission to the ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Nature Center for $5. Discount available only to registered participants on the day of the workshop.
This workshop is designed for adults 18 and up. Interested youth 10 and up may participate with an adult. No registration fee required for an adult accompanying a youth participant unless the adult also plans to participate in the workshop.
Suggested Materials:
- A water bottle
- Your field journal as well as your preferred journaling medium (such as pens, pencils, watercolors, or pastels)
- A smartphone with camera
Instructor Bios:
Cynthia Moulton
Cynthia finds that observing and recording in a field journal enhances our engagement with the natural world. Teaching courses in ecology, animal diversity and biological illustration at Castleton University for the last 25 years has allowed her and her students to explore science through pen and ink, graphite and colored pencil.
Lois Moulton
Lois has been passionate about science illustration for years, creating numerous personal nature journals from her travels and time outdoors. As an educator at Eaglebrook School in Deerfield, Massachusetts, she has been incorporating art as a tool for observation into her science classes since 1995. Lois specializes in watercolor and pen & ink.