Learn the century old technique of carbon dust which involves using a dry brush to apply layers of carbon dust to achieve realistic 3D effects using continuous tone values and light and dark. Each week students will practice this easy-to-learn and very forgiving technique using various materials and depicting different natural history subjects.

Each class will include instructor demonstrations. This course meets online: 3 hours per class for 6 weeks. Having a basic drawing skills and an understanding light and shade is a prerequisite.

Course Objectives:
– teach students this 130+ year old traditional technique of carbon dust using natural history objects as our illustration subjects
– add another technique to your natural science illustration skillset
– improve observational skills
– learn how to render light and shadow using continuous tone