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INCLUDED COURSES
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Travel Like a Pro
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Stick Figures to Songbirds in Just 60 Minutes
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Foundational Drawing Skills
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Discover Nature Sketching
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Sketching Fish Families of the World
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Sketching Backyard Birds for Beginners
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Sketching Neotropical Birds
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Sketching Hummingbirds (mini-course)
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Introduction to Sketching the World’s Mammals
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Colorful Botanicals
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Spark Your Creativity; Igniting Your Unique Artistic Style
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Historical Artist’s Pigments and Egg Tempera Making
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Welcome to Watercolors
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Discover and Sketch Amphibians and Reptiles Course
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Discover and Sketch Seashells
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Seashell Sketching Course
INTRODUCTORY GUIDES
TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES FOR SKETCHING AND JOURNALING
BASIC DRAWING SKILLS
EXPLORATIONS OF VARIOUS MEDIA
SKETCHING AND JOURNALING PROMPTS
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Reference Photos
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Ugly Drawings
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3-D Models
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Be a Passenger
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Use a Viewfinder
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Quick Sketching Tips from Costa Rica
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Creative Prompts for Field Sketching
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Sketching Tip Video: Found Objects
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Sketching Tip Video: Autumn Wonders
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Sketching Tip Video: Shadows
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Sketching Tip Video: Fairgrounds
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Sketching Tip Video: Monochrome Paintings
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Inspiring Nature Quotes
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Sketching Tip Video: Keep it Simple
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Sketching Tip Video: Tips for mixing and matching colors in nature
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Sketching Tip Video: Celebrate Imperfections
SKETCHING PLANTS
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Mushroom Sketching Workshops and Reference Images
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Botanical Anatomy for Field Sketchers (PDF)
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Carnivorous Plant Live Sketching Workshop
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Holly Leaf Sketching Quick Demo
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Holiday Holly Workshop (painting)
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Mistletoe Painting Workshop
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Succulent Plant Sketch and Paint Workshop
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Sunflower Painting Workshop
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Drawing flowers with various numbers of petals (11:44)
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What to notice when drawing leaves (12:51)
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Decorative Gourds in Watercolor Workshop
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Leaf Sketching Tutorial (26:56)
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Painting Colorful Autumn Leaf Name Tags
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Painting Water Droplets Demonstration
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Orchid Sketching Tutorial
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Spring Wildflowers Workshop
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Flanders Poppies for Memorial Day
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Fanged Pitcher Plant Workshop (for World Carnivorous Plant Day)
INSECTS AND OTHER INVERTEBRATES
FISHES
REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS
SKETCHING BIRDS
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Antpitta Family
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Arctic Tern Sketch and Paint Workshop October 9th (30-minutes!)
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Bird Sketching Courses!
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Sketching Backyard Birds for Beginners
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Chickadee Family Sketching Workshop
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Dove Sketching Workshop
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Guans, Chachalacas, and Curassows
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Harpy Eagle Workshop
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Hornbills of Africa and Asia Workshop
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Finch Family Sketching Workshop
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Hummingbird Introduction and Rufous Hummer Sketching Demo
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Hummingbirds and their Feats of Flight Presentation
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Hummingbird (Rufous)
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Hummingbirds (Tropical)
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Motmot Birds Workshop
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Oriole Sketching Workshop
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Penguin Sketching Workshop (African)
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Sparrow Family Workshop
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Sparrow Sketching Workshop (Crowned)
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Thrush Family (Robins, etc)
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How to Draw Birds' Legs and Feet Workshop
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Puerto Rican Spindalis: Caribbean Endemic Bird Festival Workshop
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Kestrels, Pintails, and Barn Owls, OH MY! Workshops
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Quail Family Sketching Workshop
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Macaw / Parrot Family Workshop
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Quetzal and Trogon Family
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Toucan Family Workshop
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Thanksgiving-themed Wild Turkey Workshop
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Learn to Sketch Bird's Wings
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Vulture (Egyptian )
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Warblers
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Waterfowl Sketching Workshop
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World Migratory Bird Day Resources
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World Migratory Bird Day Events (May 2023)
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Woodpeckers (North American) and Hairy Woodpecker Demo
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Woodpeckers (Neotropical)
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Celebrate Global Big Day Live from Costa Rica
MAMMALS
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Drawing Mammals Live Workshop Series
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Anteater Family Workshop
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Aardvarks
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Bats and Flying Foxes
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Bear Family
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Cattle Family and Bighorn Sheep Workshop
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Cattle Family of the African Plains (and Wildebeest)
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Dolphin Sketching Workshop
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Elephant (African)
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Hippo Sketching Workshop
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Jackrabbit Sketching Workshop
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Kangaroos and other Marsupials Workshop
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Jaguar Biology and Sketching Workshops
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Manatee Sketching Workshop
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Meerkat and Mongoose Family Sketching Workshop
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Pangolins (African Tree Pangolin)
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Pangolin (Indian Pangolin)
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Pangolin (Temminck's) Sketching Workshop
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Pig Family and Warthog Sketching Workshop
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Pika Sketching Tutorial
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Platypus and Monotreme Mammal Order Workshop
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Primates and Howler Monkeys
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Rabbit and Hare Family
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Rhinoceros Workshop
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Reindeer/Caribou Sketching Tutorial
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Reindeer / Caribou Workshop (2022)
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Sloth Family Workshop
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Squirrel and Rodent Sketching Workshop
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Zebra (Plain's) Quick Demo (16:10)
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Zebra Sketching Workshop (Cape Mountain)
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Zebra (Grevy's)
MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS AND WORKSHOPS
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Festive Bookmark Workshop
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Nature Journal Page Video Demonstration
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Creative Solutions to Sketching Challenges (video)
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Daily Nature Sketching Sessions (continued)
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Ephemeral Nature Art Project
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Summer Online Sketching Series
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Summer Online Sketching Series (continued)
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History of Pigments and Paint-making Workshop
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Spooky Nature Week : 2021
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October Spooky Nature Sketching Party: 2022
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Whole Brain Techniques for Improving Your Drawing Skills
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Galapagos Wildlife Sketching Series
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Fabulous Fuchsia-colored Flora and Fauna Workshop Series
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Sketching North American Endangered Wildlife
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Sketching Sea Creatures for World Oceans Day
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Sketching for World Rainforest Day
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Historical Pigments and Paints Course
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Spooky Nature Sketching Party
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Dia de los Muertos Sugar Skull inspired Workshop
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Habitats of the World Author Interview
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Celtic Knot and Gold Leaf Bookmark Project
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Sketching Adventures in the Neotropics
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Costa Rica Exclusive Nature Notes and Sketching Tips
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Costa Rica Wildlife Videos
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Field Sketching Stream Critters (insect, fish, bird, flower)
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Nature Sketching Tips from Travels in the Tropics
KIDS CORNER
