Watch artist, author, illustrator and professor, Peggy Macnamara, Artist-in-Residence at Chicago’s Field Museum, as she demonstrates how to utilize careful observations of nature to gain understanding of form and color. Provided in partnership with the DuPage Art League. Remember to hit the bell icon when subscribing to our YouTube channel so you never miss an upload!

DIVE into the bottom of the Ocean for a minute with Peggy Macnamara! "Marine Life from Shore to Floor" an Exhibit at the Miller Art Museum from January -April 2022. Here Macnamara illustrates findings from Janet Voight, Associate Curator of Zoology, in the deep sea. #millerartmuseum #fieldmuseum #schoolofartinstitute #wildlifeart #saveoceanwildlife #marinelifeconservation #octopus

Peggy Macnamara is the Field Museum's only Artist-in-Residence, and has been making and teaching art in the Museum for years. She came down to the Brain Scoop studio to join me for a day of painting! ↓↓↓ Buy Peggy's Books!: https://www.peggymacnamara.com/books-1 More of Peggy's art on her website: https://www.peggymacnamara.com/ ----------------------------------------­----------------------------- Help support our videos! http://bit.ly/1TjMRAo Under 'Designation,' put 'The Brain Scoop' - all proceeds go exclusively towards helping the show. We appreciate whatever you can give! -- Come hang out in our Subreddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/thebrainscoop/ Instagram.com/egraslie Twitter: @ehmee Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/thebrainscoop Tumblr: thebrainscoop.tumblr.com We have a Newsletter! Sign up for updates!: http://bit.ly/2oYTY6p ----------------------------------------­----------------------------- Producer, Writer, Creator, Host: Emily Graslie Producer, Camera, Graphics, Director: Brandon Brungard Producer, Camera Sheheryar Ahsan ----------------------------------------­----------------------------- This episode is filmed at and supported by The Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois. http://www.fieldmuseum.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------

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Peggy Macnamara draws the alligator on display at the Field Museum and shares some thoughts--big and small--on approaches to seeing and drawing.

Peggy Macnamara ,Artist-in-Residence at the Field Museum , incorporates John Ruskin 9 laws of Compositions into a wonderful Bird Composition Series. Published in 1857, In the third chapter, Letter III, On Colour and Composition, Ruskin introduces his nine laws of composition. Macnamara refers to these laws as a sort of checklist for what is right in a composition. Still, when painting flocks of birds, she adjusts the compositions to suit her sensibilities. But nothing works as well as when she remains true to the flock's particular choreography. As she finishes each piece Macnamara discovers that each arrangement adheres to one or more of Ruskin's Laws of composition. She knows they flock in certain ways to save energy and insure the success of the species, not to please the viewer. The birds just seem to get it right! www.peggymacnamara.com

Peggy Macnamara Watercolors & OTR