Natalia is a graduate of the Science Illustration Program (2012) at California State University, Monterey Bay and of the School of Botanical Art & Illustration at Denver Botanic Gardens (2007). Her undergraduate degree is from Lake Forest College with a dual major in Biological Science and Art.
Natalia’s fascination with plants and botanical illustration began at a very young age. She spent her youth split between Denver, Colorado’s mountain landscapes and the tropical environment of Costa Rica, where she honed a passion for biology hiking the rain forests observing bird and wildlife species.
Upon moving to Utah she participated in a 10 week internship with Natural History Museum of Utah’s anthropology department illustrating the pictographs, petroglyphs and granaries of Range Creek. Since then Natalia has taught a number of workshops at the Natural History Museum; basics of plant illustration and demonstration of sketching birds. She currently is working at ARUP Laboratory’s as a senior Graphic Designer. She will begin teaching Botanical Illustration at the Red Butte Gardens starting in 2017.
Classes Taught
Intro to Scientific Illustration-- Exploring Transparency and Color (2021), Life Long Learning, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
Watercolor Flowers (2020), Life Long Learning, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
Intro to Science Illustration - Watercolor and Pen (2020), Life Long Learning, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
Still Life Composition (2019, 2020), Life Long Learning, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
How to Draw Raptors (2019), Life Long Learning, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
Botanical Composition & Style (2017) at Red Butte Gardens, Salt Lake City, Utah
How to draw a Dinosaur Skull (2017) at the Natural History Museum of Utah
Sketch with a Scientific Illustrator (2012) at the Natural History Museum of Utah
Where Science and Art Converge: Scientific Illustration (Sept, Jan, Nov, 2013) at the Natural History Museum of Utah
InDesign Basics (2012-2015) at the Energy & Geoscience Institute
Lectures
Art comes to Life: Learn from a Science Illustrator (2012)
Services
Illustration
Design
Murals
Fine art
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