Camp Avalon - 20 Jun 15, Sketching Workshop

By Tom Gale Camp Avalon, Sketching workshop
Photograph taken by and copyright Helena Craig

Camp Avalon, Sketching workshop
Photograph taken by and copyright Helena Craig

Camp Avalon, Sketching workshop
Photograph taken by and copyright Helena Craig

Camp Avalon, Sketching workshop

Camp Avalon, Sketching workshop
Photograph taken by and copyright Helena Craig

Camp Avalon, Sketching workshop
Photograph taken by and copyright Helena Craig

Camp Avalon - A camp for young birders and inner city teenagers

On the Saturday afternoon, we had a sketching workshop run by a bird artist and illustrator John Gales with help from his son Tom Gale.  It was brilliant to learn to draw from scratch.

Camp Avalon Attendees

Photograph taken by Young Birder Birdgirl Mya-Rose Craig

Camp Avalon, Sketching workshop
Photograph taken by and copyright Helena Craig

Camp Avalon, Sketching workshop
Photograph taken by and copyright Helena Craig

A sketch by one of the boys from the City
Photograph taken by Young Birder Birdgirl Mya-Rose Craig

Camp Avalon, Sketching workshop
Photograph taken by and copyright Helena Craig

About the Writer

Young Birder Birdgirl Mya-Rose Craig on Scilly

Photograph taken by and copyright Chris Craig 

Mya-Rose Craig is a 13 year old young birder, conservationist, writer and speaker. She is based near Bristol and writes the successful Birdgirl Blog, with posts about birding and conservation from around the world. She is looking forward to going Mountain Gorilla Trekking in East Africa in the summer and watching Penguins in Antarctica in December 2015, which will be her 7th continent. She has recently been listed with the singer songwriter George Ezra and actress Maisie Williams from Game of Thrones as one of Bristol's most influential young people. Please like her Birdgirl Facebook Page and follow her on Birdgirl Twitter