Gretchen Kai Halpert

Scientific Illustration Distance Program

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    Art Portfolio and Professional Advice       now available to everyone :- )
    Gretchen Halpert
    • Aug 19, 2019
    • 2 min

    Art Portfolio and Professional Advice now available to everyone :- )

    Professional Development for Artists
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    Sketching in Australia
    Gretchen Halpert
    • Aug 16, 2019
    • 1 min

    Sketching in Australia

    Finished drawings begin with sketches.
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    Leaves: what they are, how they work, ways to draw
    Gretchen Halpert
    • Dec 29, 2018
    • 1 min

    Leaves: what they are, how they work, ways to draw

    This article was published in the December 2018 Guild of Natural Science Illustrators Journal. Enlarge for easy reading (option +) and enjoy. #conference #scientificillustrationdistanceprogram #online #GNSI #GretchenHalpert #models #values #tutorials #pencil #distancelearning #drawings #graphite #illustration #scientificillustrationdistanceprogram #education #art #science #leaves #botany #anatomy #physiology
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    July Newsletter
    Gretchen Halpert
    • Jul 24, 2018
    • 1 min

    July Newsletter

    #glassmodels #models #GretchenHalpert #GNSI #pencil #graphite #illustration #scientificillustrationdistanceprogram #certificate #education #glass #art #Gretchen #insects #scientificillustrationdistanceprogram #online #distancelearning #students #washington #conference #watercolor #goldenrod #solidago #Harvard #Herbarium #Seminar
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    Happy Holidays
    Gretchen Halpert
    • Dec 3, 2017
    • 2 min

    Happy Holidays

    Happy Holidays! SIDP has gifts for you! Do you have artwork from Session I, II, III, or IV, or work done on your own, you're ready to frame? Do you need to be inspired? SIDP students and graduates receive 5% off all orders from Frame Destinations. They are a great, reliable and independently owned business. http://www.framedestination.com To use this SIDPONLY promo code, see below* Everyone on this mailing list (sign up your friends!) can take advantage of free shipping
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    November Newsletter
    Gretchen Halpert
    • Dec 3, 2017
    • 1 min

    November Newsletter

    #values #GretchenHalpert #GNSI #tutorials #illustration #scientificillustrationdistanceprogram #art #Gretchen #AnneMarieEvans
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    Models, Drawings, GNSI
    Gretchen Halpert
    • May 11, 2017
    • 1 min

    Models, Drawings, GNSI

    Drawing and Model by Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka. Images courtesy of CMoG and Cornell Univ. Do you remember when natural history museums first came into vogue? Neither do I, but history does. Consider what you find in such a museum today: skulls and skeletons, rocks and minerals, taxidermied animals and bird skins. Jellyfish and fresh flowers......wait. No. Because invertebrates and plant materials lose their integrity-color and form-quickly. From 1863 to 1890, Leopold and R
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    Classes Begin January 2017!
    ghalpert
    • Nov 17, 2016
    • 1 min

    Classes Begin January 2017!

    Session I begins January 9, 2017! Session II begins January 11, 2017! SESSION I Ten weeks January9 -March 13, 2017 990USD Basics drawing skills Graphite Perspective Proportion Scientific conventions Lighting Textures Transferring Scanning Handouts Tutorials Video conferencing SESSION II Ten weeks January 11-March 15, 2017 990USD Session II builds on lessons learned in Session I, adding: Pen and ink Crow quill Scratchboard Composition Anatomy Professional
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    About Gretchen
    Gretchen Halpert
    • Jul 14, 2015
    • 1 min

    About Gretchen

    Who I am and why I started this program I have loved and combined art, science, and education throughout my professional life. Art, from exposure, and from being encouraged to draw. "Go draw." Science, through love of nature, from being allowed to "go outside and play". Teaching came later, when a colleague at RISD/CE said, "We need someone to teach medical illustration. Do you know anyone?" I was immediately hooked on sharing everything I knew. My professional background in
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