Scientific Sketching workshop

This will be a comprehensive workshop focusing on the process of sketching in scientific illustration. We will discuss the importance of sketching and learn how to use it to improve the quality and speed of illustrating. Participants will learn to use a step-by-step process to go from a blank page to a refined sketch that contains all the important details needed to ultimately create a finished illustration. Some of the concepts to be covered include sketching workflow, sketching specific scientific subjects, fast sketching, moving subjects, sketching with color, using reference material, and sketching for client work.

Full-day, In-person workshop

Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, Massachusetts

Part of the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators Visual SciComm Conference 2025

Thursday, July 17, 2025, 8 am - 5 pm EST

Tentative Schedule

Supply List

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.

Registration

You can sign up for this workshop by registering for the GNSI Visual SciComm Conference 2025.

Questions

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