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Vol 6 No 1 Apr 99 Butterflies and their food plants Traditional Prawn Harvesting Birdsketching Workshop Nature Talks at Sungei Buloh Insectopia: Land before time about the insects at Sungei Buloh Tree Climbing Crabs in Singapore Mangroves Rhinoceros Beetle Atlas Moth Sungei Buloh 5th Anniversary Celebrations Volunteer Annual General Meeting Otters in Sight and a Masked Finfoot sighting		Birdsketching Workshop Halilah Ahmad Education Officer at the Park conducts the Birdsketching workshop Birdwatching is gaining popularity among many Singaporeans. Keeping a journal of what you see helps enhance the experience. But no one is born an artist, able to sketch very quickly what one sees in the field. To complement the Park's most popular activity, we have started a new workshop, "BirdSketch". During this workshop, you will learn how to draw birds using simple shapes that are familiar to us: circles, squares, rectangles, triangles. View the bird you see in new geometric shapes. Piece the shapes together to form the outline of the bird. Sketching birds in the correct proportion, with the right posture, bill, tail length, body size is essential for correct bird identification. Through the sketching process, one would also see the intricate features of the birds and appreciate the beauty of nature. This workshop is free and materials are provided but admission charges apply. Join us to learn a new skill.
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