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Sketching Birds and Their Habitats

Explore the fascinating lives of birds of the Northeast as you learn to document their nesting, breeding, and migrating habits via a sketchbook journal. Taught by two experts-Jim Sirch, a trained naturalist and president of the Connecticut Horticultural Society and Dorie Petrochko, botanical and wildlife artist and founder of the natural science illustration program at the Yale Peabody Museum-this class will guide you through recording and drawing your observations of various species and their interrelationships with plants. Prerequisite: Botanical Watercolor I

Schedule:

Every week on Friday, starting on 04/10/26 and ending on 05/15/26

Times:

11:00am-01:30pm EDT

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Instructor:

Dorie Petrochko Dorie Petrochko

Dorie Petrochko
Instructor

Dorie Petrochko is an award-winning wildlife painter who has exhibited and published her work nationally and internationally. She is the recipient of numerous art awards and fellowships including the Roger Tory Peterson Institute Residency in Jamestown, NY, the Don Eckelberry Fellowship for wildlife painting from the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences, and the Julia and David White Artist Fellowship in Costa Rica.

She holds a Master's degree in art education from Southern CT State University and a certificate in Botanical Art & Illustration from the New York Botanical Garden.

A founding instructor of the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History's Natural Science Illustration Program, Petrochko teaches classes in Drawing and Painting Birds, Watercolor, Mixed Media, and Colored Pencil and is an active member and exhibitor of the International Guild of Natural Science Illustrators.

Traveling and painting birds to benefit bird conservation and species preservation, is a lifelong passion for Dorie. She is committed to using her talents to educate people about our rapidly changing environment, and the need to protect its species worldwide.

Jim Sirch
Jim Sirch

Jim Sirch

Jim Sirch is a trained Naturalist and President of the Connecticut Horticultural Society. He recently retired from the Yale Peabody Museum and is a UConn Master Gardener and board member of his local land trust and the Mountain Laurel chapter of Wild Ones.

As a naturalist, he brings a deep understanding of geology, plants and wildlife and how they interact within a particular ecosystem A certified Connecticut Master Gardener, Jim gives talks throughout the state on gardening for pollinators and growing native plants from seed and is dedicated to helping improve backyard biodiversity.

Location:

Online-Live,

Session Number:

264BIL412O

Price:

Price Non-Member : $415.00
Member : $374.00

Materials List:

Click here for materials list (BIL412O) (PDF Document)

Prerequisite(s):

Botanical Watercolor I

By signing up for this course, you acknowledge that you have successfully completed the necessary prerequisite(s).

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