San Francisco
Creative Birdwatching
Drawing the Flock
In this workshop, we’ll learn how to slow down and tune in to our innate ability to notice what’s happening around us — a sense that often gets lost in the pace of modern life.
Our morning begins with a walk from The Last Straw to North Lake in Golden Gate Park, a haven for warblers, jays, wrens, and countless other birds that animate the trees and sky. Along the way, we’ll explore techniques for identifying birds by sound, color, and flight pattern, awakening both our eyes and ears to the subtle language of the landscape. Once there, we’ll settle in and stay still for a while. Taking photos is encouraged, as we’ll reconvene at TLS to sit, draw, and reflect, inspired by what we’ve observed.
Through this practice, we’ll learn to record what we sense, and in doing so, rediscover how to truly see and listen.
Ticket Type
When
05/16
Time
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Intensity
About
Gina Hendry is an illustrator, naturalist, and falconer originally from the Hudson Valley of New York, now based in San Francisco, CA. She’s been fascinated with birds from a young age, and now finds them at the center of much of her artistic practice. She tries to get out birding a couple times a week in order to connect with the natural world and as a way of slowing down and grounding in seasonal rhythms.
