Webinar

Learn to Draw Beavers

June 2024

This art lesson featured a tireless being who works hard to maintain wetlands that house incredible amounts of biodiversity and help protect us from droughts, the beaver!

Join scientific illustrator Dr. Julius Csotonyi and Sierra Club BC for an online art lesson where we will learn how to draw this industrious animal with an engineering prowess!

Not only will we be making art, but we’ll also get to learn about these talented aquatic rodents and the ecosystems they help create and maintain.

Explore resources from the art lesson

Learn more about beavers with this fun, printable worksheet. Ideal for learners Grade 4 and up!
Send your artwork to your local representative to help care for the at-risk ecosystems both beavers and people rely on. You can find your local representative here.
Call for a provincial law that prioritizes biodiversity and ecosystem health. You can send a letter using our letter-writing tool.
Learn how to say beaver in the language of the Indigenous community on whose territory you live. Visit FirstVoices.com to find words, songs and stories about beavers from different First Nations.
Learn more about our education program.

Did You Know?

B.C. is the most biodiverse province in Canada but doesn’t have a provincial law to protect endangered species or their habitats. Let’s change that.

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Meet the Speakers

Dr. Julius Csotonyi

Dr. Julius Csotonyi is a scientific illustrator and natural history fine artist. He has a scientific background in ecology (MSc) and microbiology (PhD) which has taken him to study sensitive ecosystems, from sand dunes in the Rocky Mountain parks to hydrothermal vents at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean.

These experiences have fuelled a strong resolve to work toward preserving the earth’s biota. Painting biological subjects is one means that he uses to both enhance public awareness of biological diversity and to motivate concern for its welfare.

He paints murals and panels that have appeared in numerous museums (e.g. the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History), press release images for scientific publications, books, stamp sets (e.g. the 2018 “Sharks of Canada” set for Canada Post), and coins for the Royal Canadian Mint. His work is viewable on his online gallery, http://csotonyi.com