Part 1

Part 2 Advanced Sketching

Join us on Saturday, April 5 at 11am US ET / 8am US PT for our next Education Series virtual workshop! Rick Simonson will take us through advanced sketching techniques for the scientific illustrator. We will delve into brainstorming strategies and rapid sketching exercises to help you quickly capture and develop important ideas and information. We will use a method of assessing and refining our work to create high-quality, accurate sketches. By going beyond the basics, you'll learn to create effective sketches that can serve as a strong foundation for your finished illustrations.

Register today! $100 GNSI members / $130 non-members, includes access to a recording after the event.

Supply List

This is a list of supplies and materials you should have for the workshop. Any brands are fine.

Paper - sketchbook or any type of paper

Pencil - mechanical pencil or drawing pencil(s)

Eraser - plastic eraser or any other type that will remove graphite

Tracing paper - translucent paper for tracing and transferring

Schedule

Introduction

Warm up techniques

Sketching instruction

Create a refined sketch

Discussion and 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.

Reference Images

This is what we will be sketching.