Date: Saturday, November 15
Time: 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Location: Montana Natural History Center
Cost: $35 MNHC members, $40 non-members

Find the beauty of line and form while diving into the ancient past as you learn to draw dinosaur bones!

Missoula-based artist Jason C. Poole will start the class by demonstrating drawing techniques particular to dinosaur bones and a discussion of anatomical features. As you begin your own study, Jason will provide both individual and class-wide pointers. This class is perfect for all skill levels. Enjoy a beverage (beer, wine, or sparkly water) while you work!

Instructor: Jason C. Poole has worn many hats: Adjunct Professor of Paleontology, scientific illustrator, art teacher, and paleontology field instructor. He has excavated dinosaurs on three continents, including Africa and South and North America. Paralititan, Dreadnoughtus, and Suuwassea are three dinosaurs Jason has worked on; all were new to science when discovered and two are supermassive titanosaurs. Jason is also a paleontological artist who’s been published in National Geographic and whose art work appears in many museum and private collections.

Jason resides in Missoula and can often be found sketching in the studio and the great outdoors. Or you may find him at MNHC: in addition to teaching various drawing and painting classes, Jason has hosted lectures on Montana’s ancient past, and is currently spending Tuesdays-Saturdays at MNHC preparing and conserving 150-million-year-old dinosaur fossils collected by Elevation Science Institute in Carbon County, Montana, during the 2025 field season.

What to Bring:

H or 2B pencils (we will have plenty to use as well)
Sketchbook no larger than 8 1/2 x 11 inches (we will have paper to use as well)
“The skulls were there and I could say something with them. To me they are as beautiful as anything I know. To me they are strangely more living than the animals walking around…” Georgia O’Keefe

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