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| Each student will be assigned a tree to study and draw. |
Instructors will be SNRAS Assistant Professor Jan Dawe and Karen Stomberg, artist and educator.
The course will build botanical observational skills and a knowledge base of how to record change in words, drawings and measurements. Participants will adopt a single birch tree to study both visually and scientifically over the course of two and a half months. The results will be a set of journal entries and drawings made from a very intimate look at the growth stages in one individual tree.
Upon completion of the course, participants will be able to:
- Accurately observe and measure key growth stages in a single birch sapling over an extended time.
- Know how to organize and record observations using the Grinnell system in a science/art journal.
- Sketch comfortably in a field setting.
- Understand and apply color theory in drawing using colored pencils.
- Create accurate drawings and renderings in color from field sketches.
The schedule will be:
May 29: meet in the Arctic Health Research Greenhouse classroom, introduce the Generation OneTree research plot at the T-field on the UAF campus, overview of goals, discussion of materials and gear for field sketching, training in how to use the Grinnell system, warm-up drawing and practice in color theory with colored pencils.
June 1: meet in the parking lot at the Large Animal Research Station and walk approximately .5 mile to the T-field, meet your tree, do first observations, measurements and recording protocol, sketch and refine.
June 8: meet in the parking lot at the Large Animal Research Station and walk approximately .5 mile to the T-field, continue work with one tree, do observations, measurements and recording protocol, sketch and refine.
June 29: meet in the parking lot at the Large Animal Research Station and walk approximately .5 mile to the T-field, continue work with tree, do observations, measurements and recording protocol, sketch and refine.
Aug. 17: (2.5 hrs)meet in the parking lot at the Large Animal Research Station and walk approximately .5 mile to the T-field, do final field work with tree, do last observations, measurements and recording protocol, sketch and refine.
To receive credit, participants are required to:
* Actively participate in the class discussions and keep a science/art journal
* Complete colored renderings in the journal, as assigned, at home using samples in a Plexiglass study press/and or photographs
* Complete observations and measurements and enter them in the journal using the Grinnell system
* Present their journal at the final class meeting
The fee is $135, which includes a $15 materials fee. Total class time is 15 hours and students must attend all classes. Register by contacting Stomberg.
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