Tucson Bird Alliance: Birding and Art at Tucson Bird Alliance’s Mason Center with Donito Burgess and Russell Kahn
October 29 @ 8:00 am - 10:00 am
$60
The Mason Center is located in NW Tucson in the middle of pristine saguaro-ironwood habitat which is visited by 132 species of birds as well as many iconic desert mammals and reptiles. Feeding and water stations, as well as pollinator and habitat gardens surrounding the facilities support seasonal and year-round populations of wildlife. Coffee and pastries will be available while we enjoy the birds and art instruction. Loaner binoculars are available upon request. Limited to 12 participants.
Participants will learn how to capture what they see on paper from nature. They will focus on the flora and/or fauna around the center and do sketches in black and white, and do a longer work in oil pastel. The instructor will cover demos on how to use line, value and composition as well as color with layering and creating color wheel and monochromatic scales. I will do a demo on how to capture a plein air scene from nature.
$60 per person
Instruction/Outing begins at 8am, ends at 10am
Trip Difficulty: Easy. Will involve a short walk on well packed, flat paths. Bathroom on-site.