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SciArt illustration contracts for your science communication project (Using Images-A Best Practices

This article is the fifth in a series aimed at helping you enhance your #scicommand #sciart by avoiding #visualplagiarism. It will do so...

Getting the most out of working with an illustrator for your science communication project (Using Im

This article is the fourth in a series aimed at helping you enhance your #scicommand #sciart by avoiding #visualplagiarism. It will do so...

Tips for ethical and legal use of images in science presentations and other science communication (U

When you are looking for great images to communicate about science, the internet is a treasure trove. But it is easy to overstep legal...

Suggestions for integrating drawing into university-level biology courses

This post has been updated (2021) to point to two more recent publications in which I detail the drawing-science integration approach I...

September 2016 Newsletter: Making Connections through SciArt

Click image to view full newsletter. I spent much of the summer contributing to/planning two summer teaching institutes at the University...

Should we be feeding wild birds? How a desire to sketch birds led to a romp through the bird-feeding

Cross-posted on www.drawntothewest.com A lot of those articles relate closely to the two-part series I just wrapped up about attracting...

What a frog in pants taught me about good visual communication

I recently filled out an artist database profile, and one of the questions was both great and thought-provoking. It was also deceptively...

Turning a home movie into sciart

I’ve been exploring the intersection between sketching on location and eco-communication inspired by life a lot lately. So, I couldn’t...

Spring Prescribed Burns: Prince Albert National Park

Here are a few shots from two spring prescribed burns I recently documented for Prince Albert National Park’s fire management team. Read...