LoonToons

A HOW-TO-DRAW series about the amazing lives of Loons…

Draw your own lake ecosystems…
Create new loon families…
Learn about threats to loon survival…
Tell original loon stories!

LoonToon Booklets:

Info & life history of the common loon, gavia immer.

How to draw loons swimming, diving, flying, & more.

How to draw lush loon neighborhoods!

More to come: #3 (Food), #4 (Nesting), #5 (Chicks), #6 (Neighbors), #7 (Loons & Lead!)…

PROJECT CREDITS:

Created in partnership with Upper Valley Lake Sunapee Regional Planning Commission. UVLSRPC is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

Material development = supported by a grant by Rural Utilities Service, United State Department of Agriculture. Content does necessarily reflect USDA official views.

2020 LoonToon LIVE DRAWS:

These are the original full-length LoonToon sessions from Summer 2020:

Live-Draw #1: Basic LoonToons

In our first LoonToons Live-Draw, we’ll practice penciling-inking-erasing four different action scenes from the summertime lakes of New Hampshire!

Live-Draw #2: Hatch Time!

Drawn during an exciting week of eggs hatching on the live-action LoonCam, we penciled & inked a 4-panel page of a loon chick hatching & diving into the nearby lake water!

Mini-Comic Special: LoonToon “Unfolder”!

A simple card design to play with our lake setting, our loon characters, & their actions.

While the chicks are growing & learning to hunt, they depend on their parents for food & protection. Here, our chicks stick close to one parent while the other performs underwater acrobatics in search of a meal…