Tips, Tricks, and Techniques for Sketching in Your Nature Journal with Jason C. Poole

Date: Saturdays, January 4, 11, 25 and February 1
Time: 1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Location: Montana Natural History Center
Cost: $150 for MNHC members, $175 for non-members

Illustrator and incurable sketcher, Jason C. Poole, will help you hone your nature journaling skills during this 4-part course. Each week will tackle a different subject with incredible reference specimens from MNHC’s collection. Mammals, birds, reptiles, fish, and insects! Wood, bone, and horn! From exercises and guided practice to independent time with the specimens, this course will jumpstart your sketching in January for a year of nature journaling. Discover techniques to bring your drawings to life. Practice with line weight and density, ratio and perspective, detail and focus and much more.

“I have learned that what I have not drawn, I have never really seen.”- Frederick Franck

Materials: We will have everything you need! However, feel free to bring your favorite media to work with. We recommend pencils, pens, and a good mixed media or sketch paper.

Instructor: Jason C. Poole has worn many hats, Adjunct Professor of Paleontology, Scientific Illustrator, art teacher, and Paleontology field instructor. Jason has excavated dinosaurs on three continents, including Africa, South and North America. Paralititan, Dreadnoughtus and Suuwassea are three dinosaurs worked on by Poole, all were new to science when discovered and two of which are supermassive titanosaurs. Poole is also a Paleontological Artist who has published in National Geographic and whose art work appears in many museum and private collections. Jason resides in Missoula Montana and can often be found sketching in the studio and the great outdoors. 

What’s the refund policy?

The course fee is refundable if a cancellation is made up to 7 days before the event. No refunds will be issued for cancellations made after this deadline. In light of changes to programming due to novel coronavirus (COVID-19), the Montana Natural History Center will make exceptions to its normal refund policy. These exceptions are as follows:

Any programs cancelled by the Montana Natural History Center are eligible for a full refund.

In the event a program fee can be rolled over to a following cycle or year, that offer will be made available to the paying program participant, and a spot will be reserved for the participant.

If a program is cancelled by a participant due to reasonable health and safety concerns from exposure risk to novel coronavirus (COVID-19), the Montana Natural History Center will issue a full refund.

If any participant experiences major illness, injury, or loss of a family member prior to the start of a registered program the participant is eligible for a full refund.

Do I have to bring my printed ticket to the event?

Nope! We will have a list of all the attendees.