The second edition of the course  "Introduction to Naturalistic and Scientific Illustration" is open.

 

DATES: May 18-22, 2015.

 

Instructor: Oscar Sanisidro (Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales- CSIC, Spain).

 

Course webpage: http://www.transmittingscience.org/courses/draw/scientific-illustration/

 

Site:  Premises of Sabadell of the Institut Catalá de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont (Barcelona, Spain).

PROGRAM:

- Scientific and naturalistic illustrations: Generalities and comparison.

- Scientific illustration versus photography.

- General drawing workflow.

- Sketching and approaches to naturalistic illustration.

 - Drawing basics: Halftone rendering, textures, transparency object shadows, reflected light and cast shadows.

- Drawing tools and media:

• Line and ink: Basic techniques, rendering styles, scratchboard.
• Pencil: Basic techniques, coloured pencils, watercoloured pencils, examples.
• Water colour.
• Camera lucida (procedure and practical examples).

- Graphite rendering.

- Field sketching (naturalistic illustration).

- Introduction to computer graphics.

- Bitmap graphics software: Main tools, layer workflow.

- Chromatic diagrams, bit depth, colour models and channels, image corrections.

- Vectorial vs. bitmap drawing.

- Vectorial graphics software: Bezier-curve drawing, pattern filling, examples.

- Examples and subjects of scientific illustration.

• Illustrating plants, animals and geological features.
• Illustrating animals in their habitats.
• Palaeoecological reconstruction.

This course is co-organized by Transmitting Science and the Institut Catalá de Paleontologia M. Crusafont. Place are limited and will be covered by strict registration order.

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With best regards