Drawing a natural item – a leaf, a shell, an insect – increases your observational skills and knowledge about that item.
From the comfort of your own home, you can try your hand at drawing a specimen from the museum’s collections. We'll post images or videos to give you a clear three-dimensional view of the items. We will be switching out the specimens every few weeks till May 1st.
Our next specimen is an Eastern Box Turtle shell. Feel free to advance the video to a spot that feels interesting to you and pause. Alternatively, use the image gallery below. Sketch your illustration until you're satisfied with the result. This is a great activity for both beginner and advanced illustrators. We'd love to gather the program participants and their illustrations to share what has been created. Please send your illustrations to director@marionmuseum.org. We can't wait to see what you create!
Community Submissions
We encourage everyone to send us copies of your work! We can learn a lot from each other in a community activity such as this.
Our first submission for the Box Turtle came from Barbara Allen. Barbara wrote:
"Line-and-wash representation of the Eastern Box Turtle Shell.
It was fun to participate in this Community program!"
Thank you again Barbara! Great job!