Ornithology, Wildlife Art, Nature Workshops
Information: Vultures are fascinating birds – they serve as vital components of the ecosystem, share information with other birds in their flock, and can digest some of the most toxic bacteria known to science. Let’s learn how to draw them! In this workshop, naturalist and artist Jack Hobe will present an easy-to-learn gesture sketching system […]
McConkey’s Market is located in beautiful Washington Crossing Historic Park, PA, and features 90 vendors, live music and food trucks from 10-4. Come shop and find that perfect unique handmade gift (or something special for yourself!). Jack Hobe Nature Art will be selling our nature-themed stationery and fine art products from a booth at the […]
Join local artist Jack Hobe for an introduction to nature journaling! This is a method used by real-life scientists and naturalists to collect data and do their work in the field, but it is also a great way for anyone to make a connection with our natural world. This is a practice that anybody can […]
Information: Learn to draw wildflowers and native plants in this nature sketching workshop with naturalist-artist Jack Hobe! This program will provide an overview of techniques to accurately portray wildflowers coupled with opportunities to sketch real native plants featured in the sanctuary’s Native Plant Sale. We will begin with the initial steps of creating a light […]
Jack will be selling his products at the Newtown Historic Market on October 4th! Learn more about the market below (from the Newtown Market Day Website): Market Day is an annual Newtown tradition in its 49th year that takes place in the historic borough streets and is highly anticipated by the community in surrounding Bucks […]
Information: Join naturalist-artist Jack Hobe for an afternoon of drawing birds of prey – hawks, eagles and falcons! Jack will share ways to use a “gesture sketching” system to capture perched raptors, as well as tips for drawing raptor beaks and hawks in flight. Master falconer Greg Martel of Masters of the Skies Falconry will […]
Information: Join naturalist-artist Jack Hobe for an amazing weekend at the Cape May 2025 Fall Festival! The premier birding festival on the East Coast, the Cape May Fall Festival features fantastic trip leaders, speakers and bird walks spread out over an amazing weekend filled with birding and hawkwatching, coinciding with peak autumn migration! Jack will […]