NEW RELEASE! Free NatureSketch video tutorial #5 - Cross-hatching and Shading with Lines in Nature! Watch and share the whole series with someone you know who loves sketching in nature at www.naturesketch.org. Become a NatureSketch member and receive 9 NatureSketch lesson plans to use at home in your own backyard! Learn more at http://bit.ly/2h27sJY | Robert Bateman

In our NatureSketch courses, our artist-educators will introduce you to a number of important art techniques that will help you become a budding wildlife artist 👨‍🎨 In this video, Robert Bateman talks about a technique he uses in field drawing—gesture sketching! Because nature doesn't always sit still for us when we're outside sketching, an important part of creating art inspired by nature is to learn how to draw quickly so we can capture what our object is doing. Birds are always on the move—

Learn to draw like Robert Bateman and reflect on the beauty of nature in our upcoming winter drawing class for adults! In this 6-week course, local artist Bryony Wynne-Jones will guide students to create sketches of 6 different winter animals and teach you how to capture their unique details using different sketching techniques. You will learn about animals like the English robin, the raven, and the lynx, and how to set your scene to make your drawings come alive. Don’t miss out on this exciting