Syllabus

Week One: Intro to Natural History, with its origins in botany

Week Two: Collectors, Cabinets of Curiosity, and Museums (demo in imitating chromo-lithography by underpainting  and shading with acrylic inks

Week Three: Comparative Anatomy and Zoology (bestiary drawing/ demo in imitating woodcuts/drawing with brushes/markers)

Week Four: Human Anatomy and Medicine (copying Albinus/ demo in shading with graphite) PLUS intro to FINAL PROJECT

Week Five: Entomology (illustration in context/ demo in mixed media)Ornithology (wings and feathers study/ demo in imitating hand-colored etchings with ink washes and hatching with Micron pens)

Week Six: Ornithology (wings and feathers study/ demo in imitating hand-colored etchings with ink washes and hatching with Micron pens)

Week Seven: Marine Life (researching health of species and effects of fish-farming/ demo in underwater scenery) SKETCHES FOR FINAL DUE

Week Eight: Geometry in Nature (demo in geometric drawing with compass and ruler)

FINAL PROJECT DUE in JULY