Naturalistic and Scientific Illustration 1: Traditional Techniques

This course offers a broad introduction to scientific illustration applied to Biological Sciences, and to a lesser degree, Palaeontology.

Practical examples will be selected based on the applicants’ interests and suggestions. This course is of intermediate level, some basic experience with illustration is recommended.

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Requirements

This course is of intermediate level, some basic experience with illustration is recommended.

All participants must have a computer (Windows, Macintosh)  Webcam and headphones are strongly recommended, as well asa good internet connection.

Materials that you will need to follow the course:

Graphite pencils (2H, HB, and 2B)
A drawing block (A4)
Sharpener
Normal eraser
Grade eraser (if possible)
Stump (if possible)
Calibrated black marker (2 or 3 different sizes, e.g. 0.1 and 0.4)
Drawing paper (thicker than the ones in the block)
A brush, not very large.
Carbon dust or a nail file to make carbon dust from the pencils
Tracing paper
A small object in a light color (or light gray)
A vegetable (e.g. a bell-pepper)
A lamp

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Places are limited to16 participants and will be occupied by strict registration order.

Participants who have completed the course will receive a certificate at the end of it.

Online live sessions Monday 26th, Wednesday 28th and Friday 30th of September; from 15:00 to 19:30 (Madrid time zone).

The rest of the course will be taught with recorded classes and assignments, to be done between live sessions the week of the course.

40 hours

13.5 hours of online live lessons, plus 7 hours of recorded lessons, and 19.5 hours of  participants working on their own, with tutored drawing exercises.

This course is equivalent to 2 ECTS (European Credit Transfer System) at the Life Science Zurich Graduate School.

The recognition of ECTS by other institutions depends on each university or school.