Natural Science Illustration Courses Instructors

Listing of Natural Science Illustration Courses: Courses

Betsy Barry
Betsy Barry is a colored pencil artist working from her home studio in Old Lyme, Connecticut. Using her gardens and the beautiful Connecticut shoreline as her inspiration, she creates illustrations from life. Betsy’s goal is to bring awareness to the everyday beauty of the natural world that surrounds us.
Natalija Stojanovic
Based in Michigan, Natalija Stojanovic is an artist with an interdisciplinary background and various certifications in scientific and natural science illustration. Her education has supported her teaching experience in university-level art instruction, studio settings, and online platforms. As a college art professor, she is continually inspired by the diversity and complexity of the natural world, particularly enjoying the depiction of distinctive bird species and rare flowers using graphite, colored pencils, watercolor, and gouache.
Kate Samworth

Kate Samworth depicts the fear and wonder of the natural world in her highly detailed drawings of imaginary places. She explores the spiritual questions and existential anxiety raised by observing nature and our rapidly changing environment. Her background in printmaking and illustration are evident in her scratchboard engravings, in which each mark is made with precision. She exhibits regularly, has illustrated several books for children and adults, and is published in various magazines including Orion, High Country News, Illustoria, and Southern Review. Kate Samworth has been teaching since 1992 and offers courses in observational drawing and painting, illustration, and the art of natural history.

Find her on Instagram and Facebook as Kate Samworth.

Hannah Cohen

Hannah Cohen (they/them) is an artist and illustrator born and raised in Colorado. When not not making scientific illustrations, most of their work is still very biological, with surreal and symbolic elements. Beauty, detail, and finesse sit at the center of Cohen’s artistic practice in equal measure. They are proficient with graphite, colored pencil, watercolor, gouache, pen, and marker, and are happy to work with students to explore any of these media.

Find Hannah on Instagram: @deep.green.ravine

Alyse Ochniak

The intersection of art and science is integral to Alyse Ochniak’s art practice. She is an interdisciplinary artist living at the edge of the San Gabriel Mountains in Southern California. Primarily, Alyse focuses on natural subjects in graphite and watercolor. Teaching all ages has been her passion for over 30 years. Alyse aims to make materials, techniques, and subjects approachable and accessible so everyone can enjoy the art process, and beauty of nature.

Cindy Flanagan

Cindy Flanagan is a naturalist, artist, and educator, who has dedicated her work to connecting people to nature and place through art, science, and adventure. Her natural science illustration work stems from her nature journaling process. She connects to her subjects by going out, observing and asking questions. Her less than perfect sketches and notes of whatever she is exploring in the field gives her insights and understanding, foster her curiosity, and springboard her creativity to capture the uniqueness of her subjects and their stories. Cindy’s formal art training and nature illustrating came later in life, and she hopes is inspiration to others that anyone can learn a skill, you just need to take time to learn about it and put in the practice.

Listing of Natural Science Illustration Courses: Courses