Atlantic Puffins by Anna Stunkel
Join us to learn colored pencil techniques and draw a duck often found along Maine’s coast in winter: the Red-breasted Merganser. Drawing provides a wonderful opportunity to develop your observation skills and further appreciate the beauty of birds. Artist and environmental educator, Anna Stunkel, will be joining The Naturalist’s Notebook remotely to lead a guided drawing workshop. You can view the live, virtual workshop remotely on your device from the comfort of your own home, or join Naturalist’s Notebook manager Jordan Chalfant at the shop, where we’ll have space to draw and a screen set up so we can follow along with Anna.
Anna Stunkel is a College of the Atlantic alumna now working as an environmental educator at Baltimore Woods Nature Center in New York. She knows more about birds than anyone Jordan has ever met. She is also an accomplished artist and leads weekly draw-along virtual art classes through her website. Learn more here: https://annastunkelart.squarespace.com/
And check out the beautiful illustrated guide to birds of Mount Desert Island that Anna created when she was a student 10 years ago (free and in full!): https://www.coa.edu/live/files/183-2013-stunkel-anna-guide-to-birdspdf
Appropriate for ages 12+
Registration fee: $12
To sign up, email: info@thenaturalistsnotebook.com
Once you register, we will send you a PDF of the merganser reference image and provide a link so you can join the class, which will be held on Microsoft Teams. Unfamiliar with Microsoft Teams? It’s just like Zoom, but better! You can make an account and download the Teams app for free here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-teams/group-chat-software
Suggested materials, all available at The Naturalist’s Notebook, include:
- a regular no. 2 pencil or graphite pencil with eraser
- pencil sharpener
- 9x12" or similar-sized Bristol or sketching paper
- colored pencils
- If possible, please color print the provided merganser photo or refer to it on a second device during the class. If you aren’t able to do this don’t worry; you can still follow along while Anna draws, and Jordan will have copies at the shop.