Book Talk with Linda Feltner
December 2, 2024
Book Talk with Linda Feltner
Monday, December 2, 2024
Hosted by GNSI’s Mark Kesling, this conversation features Linda’s new book Drawing Nature: The Creative Process of an Artist, Illustrator, and Naturalist, published by Princeton University Press.
Linda pulls back the curtain to her own process and allow members a chance to see how she creates art “from Spark to Finish.” Mark and Linda have an interactive session as they explore Linda’s art that celebrates curiosity and discovery in natural places.
Whether you’ve read the book or are just curious about the topic, this event promises to deepen your appreciation of art, nature, and the creative process. We hope you enjoy this first installment of our new book talk series!
Close Captioning starts at 6:45 min.
Little Beasts has abundant, detailed images and essays tracing European natural history’s evolution from the 15th–17th centuries. It highlights Flemish artists Joris Hoefnagel and Jan van Kessel’s influential work, showing how art helped document and disseminate knowledge of nature’s diversity during the Renaissance.
Welcome to the second edition of 2025! This issue highlights the breadth of contemporary natural science illustration—from personal sketchbook practice to anatomy education, climate-science communication, art history, and bioarchaeological reconstruction. Articles explore teaching comparative vertebrate anatomy online, creating effective climate visuals, understanding early natural-history illustration through a review of Little Beasts , and using illustration, genetics, and 3D modeling to reconstruct a medieval skull. Log into your account to view the Journal: JNSI 2025 Vol. 57, No. 2 Not yet a subscriber? To view the issue for free, become a GNSI member today!
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