Events & Courses

Location and time

Zoom virtual conference - 18.55 for a 19.00 hrs start

Speaker

Emma Jude, BP

Emma Jude is a geologist at BP, and is also a trained fine artist who regularly exhibits her geologically-influenced landscape painting. She runs a non-profit organisation, the Draw Out Project, where she teaches ‘art to scientists and science to artists’ in partnership with museums and scientific organisations.

Event details

The practice of field sketching is well-established within geological fieldwork techniques. Its value for improving quality of observations, record-keeping and improved recall cannot be overstated. It is often said, however, that a field sketch ‘should not be artistic’, and that the ability to draw does not impact one’s capacity to make field sketches. How true is this?

Through an exploration of classical drawing techniques taught since the Renaissance, we can draw a clear parallel between the separation of ‘observation and interpretation’ in fine arts techniques and in field observations. We can also demonstrate, in a number of simple exercises, how applying some basic drawing approaches can improve the speed, quality and accuracy of field sketching for non-artist geologists.

This is a FREE virtual event.