Sketching Nature at Tucker: Mule Deer

Sketching Nature at Tucker Series

Join us at the Environmental Nature Center’s Tucker Wildlife Sanctuary for a monthly drawing series designed to deepen your connection with local wildlife and plants. Each class will focus on a different seasonal theme, combining natural history with artistic technique. Participants will practice rendering techniques, capturing motion through gesture, refining general impressions, and adding selective detail.

Classes take place on the third Saturday of each month from 10 AM–12 noon. Minimum age: 12.

Class Themes & Dates:

• November 15: Mule Deer
  Explore grace at rest and in motion, including fawns and facial details. Holiday-themed sketches may be included.

• December 20: Winter Botanicals
  Study seed pods, cones, oak leaves, and silhouettes in seasonal stillness.

• January 17: Songbirds of the Oak Woodlands
  Local favorites, nests, eggs, and oak trees.

• February 21: Frogs and Toads
  Practice cycles of life, textured skin, and adding humor or whimsy.

• March 21: Hummingbirds
  Quick poses, perched vs. in-flight, and iridescence.

• April 18: Spring Wildflowers
  Native blooms; contour lines, flower forms, and simple color notes.

• May 16: Pollinators in Motion
  Bees and butterflies in flight and at nectar; learn to suggest detail, pattern, and energy.