Dr. Fred Sharpe, one of our two keynote speakers, expounding on the virtues of native grasses. Dr. Fred Sharpe, one of our two keynote speakers, expounding on the virtues of native grasses.
Wildlife at the Nisqually National Wildlife Reserve, where we went for a field trip. Other field trips included whale watching, seattle aquarium tour, and many others.
(left) Erika Beyer, who gave a very informative talk on how to get into the note card making and marketing business. Her cards are lovely! (www.erikabeyer.com)
(right) Four of the six graduates of the 2006 class of the Science Illustration Program at CSU Monterey Bay. (Pictured: Karen Czulegar, Glenda Mahoney, Erin Hunter, and Erika Beyer.
Not pictured are Christine Elder (cause I was taking the picture, and Daniella Molnar, who gave a wonderful presentation on Imagery).
Our annual banquet was held at the campus's Native American traditional longhouse (beautiful!) , then we were treated to a special presentation from members of the local
tribe, who sang, danced, and gave a slide show on their work with the resident Killer Whale pod.
A workshop on sketching birds, featuring three species brought in by some very dedicated and knowledgable lady falconers. We had a great horned owl, a harris hawk and a red-tail hawk.
Pictured is Ikumi Kayama on the left taking a photo of the harris hawk.
Here is our Nor Cal former secretary Katherine Gyorfi, in the workshop where we learned a bit about a colorful method for depicting the irridescence of hummingbirds using real gold leaf,
and irridescent paints and powdered pigments.