Verde Valley Birding and Nature Festival: Graphite Drawing of a Common Black Hawk

Geoff will be teaching an old-fashioned method called graphite transfer. This is a simple process that uses graphite paper to transfer an image reference onto drawing paper. One helpful way to think about graphite transfer is like making a sandwich: • The top piece of bread is your reference image (the picture you are drawing from). • The middle layer is the graphite paper. • The bottom piece of bread is your final drawing paper. When you trace over your reference image, the graphite transfers the lines onto your finished paper. A reference can be any image you are willing to draw on in order to transfer it to your final piece. Participants will receive: • One 6B pencil • One 2H pencil • A smudger (also called a blending stump) • Pine-based drawing paper The strongest drawings are often created from reference images that students bring themselves. We will have some on hand for you to use. Consider signing up for the Common Black Hawk talk just prior to this class. Cost: $35       Part of the Verde Valley Birding and Nature Festival Join us 100 miles North of Phoenix in North Central Arizona’s Verde Valley for the Verde Valley Birding and Nature Festival. Experience birding during the peak Spring migration season at Dead Horse Ranch State Park on the banks of the Verde River. Close proximity to the Verde, Oak Creek, Sycamore Creek, and other perennial waters offers a wide selection of guided tours, hikes, and workshops in one of Arizona’s richest birding habitats. Our experienced guides have extensive knowledge of birds and the unique habitat that makes this region special. The festival, presented each April by Friends of the Verde River, is a purpose-driven community benefit organization and 501© 3 non-profit working to preserve one of the last perennial flowing rivers in the American Southwest. Festival site is at Dead Horse Ranch State Park.