ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Cathy Johnson has written 35 books, many on art and natural history. She has been a contributing editor, writer and illustrator for The Artist's Magazine, Watercolor Artist, and Country Living for over a decade, and was Staff Naturalist for Country Living during that period as well. Cathy wrote two books on art and nature for the Sierra Club, and spoke to their first international gathering in San Francisco in 2005.

Because of her interest in art and natural history, she started a popular group blog called Sketching in Nature; it can be found at http://naturesketchers.blogspot.com/ . Cathy teaches online workshops at http://cathyjohnson.info, where she also offers free art tips. Feel free to visit her blogs at http://katequicksilvr.livejournal.com/ or Cathy Johnson Fine Art Galleries at http://cathyjohnsonart.blogspot.com/ where you will find mini-tutorials.

She lives and works in a small midwestern town with her husband Joseph Ruckman and her cats.