Jean Mackay – Bird, Nest, Eggs (Online); Thursdays, June 8, 22, July 20 & 27, 2023

Sketch and paint birds, along with their nests and eggs with artist and naturalist Jean Mackay. As you draw and paint, Jean will cover basic bird anatomy to help you better see major features and feather groups. You’ll also learn techniques for drawing and painting nests and eggs as you work to complete a nature journal style painting. The session will also include a focus on page layout, adding text as a graphic element, and recording natural history information.

Note: This class builds upon skills covered in the Art of the Bird class, but participants do not have to have taken that class to enroll. 

Session 1: Baltimore Oriole 
Date: Thursdays, June 8 & 22, 2023
Time: 3:00-5:00 PM Pacific Time, 6:00-8:00 PM Eastern Time
Level: All
Medium: Ink and Watercolor; nature journal

Supply List

Sketch and paint the colorful Baltimore Oriole, along with its pendulous nest and remarkable scrolled eggs during this two-session workshop. 

Session 2: Eastern Phoebe
Date: Thursdays, July 20 & 27
Time: 3:00-5:00 PM Pacific Time, 6:00-8:00 PM Eastern Time
Level: All
Medium: Ink and Watercolor; nature journal

Supply List

Sketch and paint one of the most common flycatchers, the Eastern Phoebe, along with its moss-covered nest and white eggs. 

Jean Mackay is an artist, educator, and naturalist. She has been keeping an artist journal for more than nearly 20 years a way to study and share the beauty and diversity of nature, as well as to record the art of everyday living. Working in all kinds of settings, from tide pools to farm fields to her own backyard, Jean’s journals reflect a keen eye for detail and profound sense of wonder. Jean teaches at the Hog Island Audubon Camp in Maine and at the Art School of Columbia County in New York. Her blog, Drawn In, shares the ordinary, yet extraordinary things that she encounters close to home and farther afield.

www.jeanmackayart.com