Tim Pond is an educator, author, illustrator and naturalist with a passion for drawing wildlife. He has a unique way of quickly capturing a subject with dynamic lines and shading. Tim’s book, The Field Guide to Drawing and Sketching Animals, brings science and art together to give the reader the knowledge and skills needed to create animal drawings full of life and movement. 

Listen to hear more about:

• Tim’s development as a professional artist and how he came to be doing this work.
• Tim's adventures sketching in Alaska.
• The story behind how Tim came to create his amazing book The Field Guide to Drawing and Sketching Animals.
• How Tim manages to achieve freedom and drama in his drawings while still maintaining technical accuracy in scale and perspective.
• How knowing a little about the anatomy of your animal subject can help make your drawings come to life. 
• What Tim means when he talks about Widgets and Gizmos, and how to use them in your drawings. 
• Tim’s favourite tools and materials.

Find more about Tim on his website www.timpond.co.uk, as well as on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

You can find Tim’s book, The Field Guide to Drawing and Sketching Animals, here.

Tim will be giving a workshop for International Nature Journaling Week entitled 'Fill your nature journal with hand drawn lettering'. The workshop will be on 1st June, 2021, at 9 am PST. Click here for more details and to read the class description. 

International Nature Journaling Week will be 1-7th June, 2021. In the lead-up to the event, people are sharing their responses to the question 'What does nature journaling mean to you?' To view the videos being shared, click here.

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