Erin E. Hunter


For more information on illustration, design work and classes, contact Erin at erin (at) eehunter (dot) com February 2012 Throughout the month of February, Erin will be teaching her Art + Nature: Drawing from the Collections series at the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History. Classes may be taken individually or as a series; they cover a wide range of techniques and media, with specific instruction on a different topic each Sunday (botanicals, birds, mammals and insects). More details can be found on the flyer below, or at http://pgmuseum.org/event/art-and-nature-drawing-collection The book launch for The Great Divide has been moved to the first weekend of March. Join Erin on Saturday, March 3 from 2:00–4:00 pm at the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History for a reading and light refreshments! Copies of The Great Divide will be available for purchase, along with A Day on the Mountain and Multiply on the Fly. January 2012 Happy New Year! If your New Year's resolution was to spend more time being creative, then come to the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History for two of Erin's classes in January. On Sunday, January 8 from 1:00-4:30, Erin will teach Watercolor Basics; on Sunday, January 22, she'll teach Drawing Natural Objects. More details can be found on the flyer below or at http://pgmuseum.org/events. All skill levels are welcome! One of Erin's paintings will be featured in the California Native Plant Society's Conservation Conference in San Diego from January 12-14! Her painting of Smith's blue butterfly on coast buckwheat has been selected to be featured along other artists' work at the CNPS Botanical Art show. More information can be found at http://www.cnps.org/cnps/conservation/conference/2012/art_contest.php In February, Erin will reprise her Art + Nature: Drawing from the Collections series. Each Sunday, the classes will cover a different theme (botanicals, birds, mammals and insects) as well as exploring a variety of media. Stay tuned for more details. Also in February, Erin will be launching her third children's book! The Great Divide is a companion book to last year's Multiply on the Fly. More details will be available at the end of January. December 2011 Great news—Multiply on the Fly was just named a Eureka! Silver Honor Book by the California Reading Association! For the second year in a row, I'll be participating in the Author/Illustrator Open House at Lyon Books in Chico on Saturday, December 3 from 6:00-8:00 pm. This event is a great chance to meet Chico-area writers and artists, while supporting a locally-owned bookstore. To learn more about Lyon Books, visit lyonbooks.com. On Wednesday, December 7, I'll be at the Pacific Grove Library to read Multiply on the Fly during the library's after-school reading program at 3:45 pm. Please feel free to come by and participate! Scratchboard is back! On Sunday, December 11, I'll teach Introduction to Scratchboard at the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History from 1:00-4:30 pm. More details can be found on the attached flyer; to register, visit http://pgmuseum.org/events/2011-12 November 2011 Lots going on in November! On Saturday, November 5 from 3:00-4:30, Erin will be on hand at the artist reception for Nature's Jewels, an art show featuring work from the California Guild of Natural Science Illustrators. Erin's Three Columbine and Pollinators is on display in this show at the Environemental Education Center in Berkeley's Tilden Park. For maps and directions, please visit www.ebparks.org/parks/tilden. On Sunday, November 13, Erin will teach Painting with Acrylics at the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History from 1:00-4:30 pm. The class will focus on experimenting with acrylic paint on a variety of papers and learning how to take advantage of its wide range of uses. More details can be found on the flyer below or by visiting www.pgmuseum.org. On Saturday, November 26, Erin will sign copies of her new children's book, Multiply on the Fly, from 1:00-3:00 at Pilgrim's Way Bookstore in Carmel-by-the-Sea. Visit www.pilgrimsway.com for directions and store hours. October 2011 Erin will be teaching throughout the month of October, both at the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History and at Garland Ranch Regional Park. Details can be found on the flyers below, or you can email Erin for more information. Hope to see you there! September 2011 Please join Erin in celebrating the release of the new children's book, *Multiply on the Fly! The book launch party will be held at the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History on Saturday, September 10 from 2:00-4:00. Erin will be reading and signing books, which will be available for purchase. Hope to see you there! On Saturday, September 24, Erin will sign books at Crossroads Books in Watsonville from 1:00-3:00 pm. Come out and support an independent bookstore! Erin will reprise her Art + Nature: Drawing from the Collections* series of classes in October at the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History. Classes will take place on four consecutive Sundays—October 9, 16, 23, and 30. Visit the museum's website or email Erin for information on pricing, supply lists, and other questions you may have. Also in October, Erin will teach Field Sketching in the Fall at Garland Ranch Regional Park on Saturday, October 29 from 12:30-4:30. Visit the Monterey Peninsula Regional Parks District website for more information. July 2011 Save the date! The Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History will host a book launch party for Erin's upcoming book, Multiply on the Fly, on Saturday, September 10. More details to follow soon. In the meantime, you can see a sneak peek of Multiply on the Fly on Sylvan Dell Publishing's website: http://www.sylvandellpublishing.com/bookpage.php?id=99 Erin is hard at work on the follow-up to Multiply on the Fly, The Great Divide, which will be released in spring of 2012. May 2011 May is a busy month! Saturday, May 7 is the 10th annual Plant Sale at MEarth/Hilton Bialek Habitat at Carmel Middle School from 10 am–1 pm. Erin will have a booth and will be selling prints, notecards, ChicoBags, T-shirts and copies of her children's book. Come peruse organic vegetable starts, native plants and wildflower seeds while listening to live music in the Carmel Valley sun! The Habitat is at 4380 Carmel Valley Road in Carmel; more details on the flyer below. On Friday, May 6 from 5-7 pm, come check out the artist reception for the Illustrating Nature show at the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History. The show features the artwork of the students at CSU Monterey Bay's Science Illustration program. At the reception, you can meet the artists and hear them talk about their work; on Saturday, May 14, you can attend a scientific drawing demonstration. Be sure to check out the show before it closes on June 5! On Sunday, May 15, Erin will teach Drawing Natural Objects at the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History. Students will learn to use colored pencil, ink and white gouache on toned paper to create sketches of feathers, shells, leaves and other small objects. All skill levels are welcome! For more information, please visit www.pgmuseum.org or check out the flyer below. April 2011 On Sunday, April 10, Erin will teach an Introduction to Scratchboard class at the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History. In this class, students will learn to use both white (non-inked) and black (inked) scratchboard, how to transfer images, and how to scrape ink away to create highlights. For more details and for examples of scratchboard artwork, please check out the flyer below. Three of Erin's paintings are featured in The Art of Nature show at the Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History. This exhibit features the artwork of members of the Northern California chapter of the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators. Details can be found on the postcard below. February 2011 Erin has a couple of book signings in February—please feel free to drop in if you are in town: Borders Bookstore in Sand City • Saturday, February 12 • Children's Storytime from 11:00-12:00 Carmel Valley Library • Saturday, February 19 • Reading and activity from 11:00-12:00 In March, Erin will reprise the Art + Nature: Drawing from the Collections classes at the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History. More information appears on the flyer below, or on the Museum's website: www.pgmuseum.org January 2011 Erin has just finished her second children's book, Multiply on the Fly! Written by Suzanne Slade (http://www.suzanneslade.com/) and published by Sylvan Dell, this book teaches multiplication concepts using insects. Check back over the summer to find out more about the launch date. In February, Erin will be doing a presentation of her artwork and career as an illustrator at Orchard Elementary School in Vacaville. She will also be reading and signing A Day on the Mountain at Borders bookstore in Sand City on Saturday, February 12 at 11:00 am. Stop by and say hello! In March, Erin will reprise her Art + Nature classes at the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History. Visit www.pgmuseum.org for more details, or check back in February for more information. November 2010 Erin will be reading and signing A Day on the Mountain at various venues this month. Please feel free to come to any of the events, and pass along the information to others! Pacific Grove Library • November 3 • 3:45 pm • http://www.ci.pg.ca.us/library/default.htm MY Museum, Monterey • November 13 • 2:00-3:00 pm • http://mymuseum.org/ Pilgrim’s Way Bookstore, Carmel • November 20 • 1:00-3:00 pm • http://www.pilgrimsway.com/ Lyon Books, Chico • November 28 • 2-4 pm • http://www.lyonbooks.com/ Also in November—Erin will attend Art After Hours at the Monterey Museum of Art on Thursday, November 18 from 5:00-7:00 pm, to see the annual Miniatures exhibition. She's got a (very small!) painting in this show, which is a raffle and annual holiday tradition featuring over 300 works by California artists (all proceeds benefit Museum programs). It should be a fun evening! Please feel free to forward this information on to anyone you think might be interested, and email Erin with any questions! October 2010 Happy Autumn! On Sunday, October 24, Erin will be teaching a fall-themed field sketching class from 12:30-4:30 at Garland Park in Carmel Valley. Visit http://www.mprpd.org/ or check out the flyer below for more information! On Wednesday, October 27, Erin will be reading A Day on the Mountain at Tularcitos Elementary School's Family Reading night—go to http://www.carmelunified.org/tularcitos/site/default.asp for details. September 2010 Erin has a couple of upcoming events for A Day on the Mountain. They're open to the public, so come on by and check them out! Borders Express at Del Monte Shopping Center in Monterey—Saturday, October 2 from 2-4 pm Pilgrim's Way Bookstore in Carmel—Saturday, November 20 from 1-3 pm Erin is also teaching her Art + Nature series at the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History every Saturday in September. Seats are still available in the classes; visit www.pgmuseum.org for details. August 2010 It's here! A Day on the Mountain is now available for purchase. The Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History will host a book launch on Saturday, August 14 at 2pm--see www.pgmuseum.org for details on directions. A Day on the Mountain has been receiving positive reviews on various blogs: http://katiesliteraturelounge.blogspot.com/2010/08/day-on-mountain.html http://www.amazon.com/review/R2KDFLIBXU3QZI/ref=cm_cr_rdp_perm http://inthepages.blogspot.com/ http://www.readingtoknow.com/ Erin has just completed the cover artwork for a new book, also published by Sylvan Dell. It's titled Multiply on the Fly, and uses insects to teach children about the basics of multiplication. More images to follow! Also upcoming: Erin will repeat her Art+Nature series of classes at the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History--see the flyer below for details. July 2010 A Day on the Mountain, the children's book Erin illustrated last year, is now in print! Written by Kevin Kurtz and published by Sylvan Dell Publishing, the book can be ordered online at http://sylvandellpublishing.com/DayMountain.php. A book launch and book signings are in the works—check back soon. June 2010 Erin is teaching in a variety of venues this month: On June 12, Erin is teaching a wildflower sketching class at Garland Park, as part of Garland's annual Wildflower Show. Details can be found on the flyer below, or at http://www.mprpd.org/ On June 20, Erin will teach an introduction to scratchboard class at the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History; see the flyer below or visit www.pgmuseum.org Erin will be teaching Field Sketching in Color at UC Santa Cruz during Summer Session. Also in June, two of Erin's paintings are on display at Filoli's annual Botanic Art Exhibition. The artist's reception is on July 15; more details can be found at http://filoli.org/special-events-and-exhibits/art-exhibits.html May 2010 Lots going on in the month of May! On Friday, the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History will be hosting the CSUMB Science Illustration Program's annual show, Illustrating Nature. This year's science illustration students will be on hand to speak about their work; the Museum will provide snacks and beverages. See the flyer below for more details—it will be a great event! Erin will have a booth at the annual plant sale at the MEarth Habitat at Carmel Middle School on Saturday, May 8 from 10:00-1:00. She'll be selling prints and notecards; other vendors will be selling organic and native plant starts while the Cachagua Playboys provide music. Should be great fun! The Art + Nature: Drawing from the Collections classes at the PG Museum are in full swing now. Erin's also offereing a wildflower sketching class next month through the Monterey Peninsula Regional Parks District. The class will be on Saturday, June 12 from 1:00-5:00 pm at Garland Park; go to http://www.mprpd.org/ for more information. Erin will also be teaching a scratchboard class through the PG Museum on June 20; be sure to check back in early June for more information. April 2010 Be sure to check out Erin's Etsy site, where you can view her artwork and order giclee prints! http://www.etsy.com/shop/eehunter The next round of Art + Nature: Drawing from the Collections at the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History is about to commence! Erin will also be hosting a drop-in class on Sunday, May 1 at PGMNH. Go to www.pgmuseum.org for more details. Also in May, Erin will have a booth at the MEarth Plant Sale at Carmel Middle School. And Erin has just started sketches for a new children's book, due out next year. Stay tuned for more details! March 2010 Erin's artist reception at Lula's will take place on Friday, March 5, from 4-6 pm. Hope to see you there! Another round of Art + Nature: Drawing from the Collections is being offered at the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History. As with the February classes, students will work in various media, exploring plant and animal anatomy, drawing techniques, nature journaling, tips for sketching in the field, color theory and much more. Each class will meet for three hours, and will focus on a different theme. The schedule is as follows (all classes are on Sunday afternoon): April 25: Botanicals May 2: Birds May 9: Mammals May 16: Insects Registration $95.00 for the series of four classes. A materials list will be available upon sign-up. Ages 14 and up; all skill levels welcome. Each class will be held at the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History from 1:00–4:00 pm. To register, call 831.648.5716 x 17 or email Holdren@pgmuseum.org . Visit www.pgmuseum.org for more information about directions and Museum hours. February 2010 Erin's artwork is featured at Lula's Chocolates at the Crossroads in Carmel (http://www.lulas.com/aboutlulas/index.html). An artist reception will follow in early March. In the meantime, she continues to teach at the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History. Due to the popularity of the classes, she'll teach another round in late April/early May—stay tuned for details! above: Erin teaching botanical illustration at the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History. January 2010 Erin will be teaching drawing and painting at the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History every Sunday in February in a series of classes entitled "Art + Nature: Drawing from the Collections." Working in various media, students will explore plant and animal anatomy, drawing techniques, nature journaling, tips for sketching in the field, color theory and much more. Each class will meet for three hours, and will focus on a different theme. Classes may be taken individually or as a package. The schedule is as follows (all classes are on Sunday afternoon): February 7: Botanicals February 14: Birds February 21: Mammals February 28: Insects Admission is $25.00 per class, or $95.00 for the series of four classes. A materials list will be available upon sign-up. Ages 14 and up; all skill levels welcome. Each class will be held at the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History from 1:00–4:00 pm. To sign up, call 831.648.5716 x 17. Visit www.pgmuseum.org for more information about directions and Museum hours.