Webinar

Learn to Draw Lynx

May 2025

Join us to draw the “shadow of the forest”, AKA the lynx! In this webinar, we will talk about this being’s elusive and secretive nature, and how we can observe their behavior through camera trapping. We will also talk about the interrelationship between lynx and snowshoe hare species, and how these two beings use recently burned landscapes to their advantage.

Scientific illustrator Dr. Julius Csotonyi will walk us through a detailed drawing of these beings, and Alissa Anderson, a nongame wildlife technician for Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, will provide insights from her first-hand experience with lynx research.

Explore resources from the art lesson

Learn more about Canada Lynx and their forest home with this fun, printable worksheet. Ideal for learners Grade 4 and up!
Send your artwork to your local representative to help care for at-risk ecosystems. You can find your local representative here.
Call for a provincial law that prioritizes biodiversity and ecosystem health. You can send a letter using our letter-writing tool.
Learn how to say lynx in the language of the Indigenous community on whose territory you live. Visit FirstVoices.com to find words, songs and stories about the ocean from different First Nations.
Learn more about our education program.

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Meet the Speakers

Julius Csotonyi

Dr. Julius Csotonyi is a scientific illustrator and natural history fine artist. He has a scientific background in ecology (MSc) and microbiology (PhD) which has taken him to study sensitive ecosystems, from sand dunes in the Rocky Mountain parks to hydrothermal vents at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean.

These experiences have fuelled a strong resolve to work toward preserving the earth’s biota. Painting biological subjects is one means that he uses to both enhance public awareness of biological diversity and to motivate concern for its welfare.

He paints murals and panels that have appeared in numerous museums (e.g. the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History), press release images for scientific publications, books, stamp sets (e.g. the 2018 “Sharks of Canada” set for Canada Post), and coins for the Royal Canadian Mint. His work is viewable on his online gallery, http://csotonyi.com

Alissa Anderson

Alissa Anderson is a nongame wildlife technician for Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks. She has worked for a variety of agencies over the years on many different wildlife species including mountain lion, Coeur d’ Alene salamanders, Weddell seals, sharp-tailed grouse, black swift, and common loons.

While she is mostly a generalist type biologist (master of none), she conducted her graduate research on Canada lynx in Glacier National Park and spent one winter collaring lynx in Montana (and can describe how soft they are). She is looking forward to learning how to draw a lynx!