LAS Bird Drawing Workshops: Shorebirds and Waterbirds

Teacher: John Muir Laws

Drawing Supplies: Pencil & Paper

Description:

Up until now, we have been drawing mostly passerine birds, but this week we will explore our wetland habitats and their bird communities. The Lahontan Valley Wetlands in Fallon, Nevada, are part of the Western Hemispheric Shorebird Reserve Network of sites determined to be most important for shorebird conservation. These wetlands are the highlight of the Spring Wings Bird Festival (www.springwingsbirdfest.org) and the site for coordinated shorebird monitoring by Lahontan Audubon Society volunteers and land management agencies. Lahontan Audubon will give an introduction to this shorebird monitoring program. Then we will focus on drawing shorebirds and waterbirds. The approach to drawing these birds is a little different because they often have very different shapes and proportions as compared to the typical passerine bird. John Muir Laws returns to teach us how to draw these graceful and sometimes beautifully awkward birds, highlighting species found in Nevada wetlands.