Scientific Drawing Guidelines

These guidelines should be followed in order to do the very best you can and receive full credit for your work.

1.You do not need to be an artist, you need only draw as carefully as possible what you see or envision in you imagination.

2. You must appropriately and minimally indicate on each drawing:

• Each observation should be recorded on a separate piece of paper
• Name or initials of artist in the bottom left hand or right hand corner
• Labels of any structure or item which can identified remembering to write legibly
• Use 8 1/2" x 11" plain white paper only (do not use ruled/lined paper)
• If more than one drawing is needed, order and umber each page
• Attach a title page to you drawing with the following information:
  • student Name
  • class section
  • instructor's Name
  • date

3. Hints

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  Begin drawings from a basic scratch (drawn very lightly so they can be erased easily) of the whole drawing
• Use color when appropriate (a variety of drawing tools can be used like crayons, colored pencils, felt tip markers and watercolor are examples). For best color reproduction, colors should be vivid.
• Let someone "look at" your drawings, get their input