Sketches are an important part of the creative process—learn to refine yours! Instructor Rick Simonson will guide participants through a step-by-step approach to get ideas on paper quickly and accurately, then refine them into a finished illustration. The workshop will use standard sketching materials and subject matter common to scientific illustration.
Saturday, August 31st
11am - 1pm US ET / 8am - 10am US PT / 3pm - 5pm UTC
$100 GNSI members / $130 non-members
All registration includes access to a recording for 1 month after the event.
Supply List
This is a list of supplies and materials you should have for the workshop. Any brands are fine.
Paper - sketch book or any type of paper
Pencil - mechanical pencil or drawing pencil(s)
Eraser - plastic eraser or any other type that will remove graphite
Schedule
Introduction
Warm up techniques
Sketching instruction
Sketching exercises
Questions
Examples
This is the type of work we will create in this workshop. The objective is to get our visual ideas on paper. We want to create a sketch that contains all of the information needed to create a finished illustration.
Image files
This is what we will be sketching during the workshop.
