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I am an experienced artist and illustrator passionate about teaching art to young people from middle to high school. I strive to inspire each student to engage with the act of seeing and discovering their artistic voice through various media including drawing, comic books, painting, and designing pop-up books, children's books, or graphic novels. Throughout my career, I have taught at multiple institutions and led workshops that cover a broad range of artistic disciplines including book illustration, naturalist art, graphic novels, and botanical illustration. I enjoy mentoring students and helping them develop their skills for artistic and professional success.…I am an experienced artist and illustrator passionate about teaching art to young people from middle to high school. I strive to inspire each student to engage with the act of seeing and discovering their artistic voice through various media including drawing, comic books, painting, and designing pop-up books, children's books, or graphic novels. Throughout my career, I have taught at multiple institutions and led workshops that cover a broad range of artistic disciplines including book illustration, naturalist art, graphic novels, and botanical illustration. I enjoy mentoring students and helping them develop their skills for artistic and professional success.

Jonathon Scott Fuqua

Artist, Illustrator, Book Illustrator, +2

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I am an experienced artist and illustrator passionate about teaching art to young people from middle to high school. I strive to inspire each student to engage with the act of seeing and discovering their artistic voice through various media including drawing, comic books, painting, and designing pop-up books, children's books, or graphic novels. Throughout my career, I have taught at multiple institutions and led workshops that cover a broad range of artistic disciplines including book illustration, naturalist art, graphic novels, and botanical illustration. I enjoy mentoring students and helping them develop their skills for artistic and professional success.…I am an experienced artist and illustrator passionate about teaching art to young people from middle to high school. I strive to inspire each student to engage with the act of seeing and discovering their artistic voice through various media including drawing, comic books, painting, and designing pop-up books, children's books, or graphic novels. Throughout my career, I have taught at multiple institutions and led workshops that cover a broad range of artistic disciplines including book illustration, naturalist art, graphic novels, and botanical illustration. I enjoy mentoring students and helping them develop their skills for artistic and professional success.

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I am an experienced artist and illustrator passionate about teaching art to young people from middle to high school. I strive to inspire each student to engage with the act of seeing and discovering their artistic voice through various media including drawing, comic books, painting, and designing pop-up books, children’s books, or graphic novels.

Throughout my career, I have taught at multiple institutions and led workshops that cover a broad range of artistic disciplines including book illustration, naturalist art, graphic novels, and botanical illustration. I enjoy mentoring students and helping them develop their skills for artistic and professional success.

Skills

Experience Level

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Narrative Illustration

Expert

Watercolour Illustration

Expert

Pencil Illustration

Expert

Work Experience

Artist and Art Instructor at Access Art

January 1, 2024 - Present

Taught middle school students how to draw and paint using watercolor, gouache, acrylic, and oils. Guided students to produce naturalist art, comic books, and graphic novels.

Instructor and Mentor at Urban Fox Art School

January 1, 2024 - August 20, 2025

Taught book illustration, naturalist art, botanical illustration, painting, memoir illustration, graphic novels, and writing to students of all ages. Mentored multiple students on jobs and careers.

Instructor and Mentor at Baltimore Academy of Illustration (BAI)

January 1, 2021 - August 20, 2025

Taught students of all ages book illustration, naturalist art, graphic novels, comics, botanical illustration, and painting. Mentored multiple students on jobs and careers.

Instructor at Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA)

January 1, 2016 - August 20, 2025

Taught narrative illustration including book illustration and graphic novels, painting for illustrators, and sophomore illustration courses. Judged senior thesis projects and mentored multiple teaching assistants.

Instructor at Roland Park Country School - Kaleidoscope, Continuing Studies Program

January 1, 2004 - August 20, 2025

Taught painting and drawing courses.

Instructor at Countrywide Illustration Workshops

January 1, 1999 - Present

Taught writing and implementation of children’s books, comic books, graphic novels, and illustrated novels.

Instructor at Center of Marine Biotechnology, University of Maryland

January 1, 1999 - Present

Taught drawing and naturalist art to visiting high school students.

Instructor at Center of Marine Biotechnology, University of Maryland

January 1, 1994 - August 20, 2025

Taught scientific and naturalist illustration to visiting high school students.

Artist and Instructor at Access Art

January 1, 2024 - Present

Taught middle school students to draw and paint using watercolor, gouache, acrylic, and oils. Instructed students in producing naturalist art, comic books, and graphic novels.

Instructor and Mentor at Urban Fox Art School

January 1, 2024 - August 20, 2025

Taught students of all ages in book illustration, naturalist art, botanical illustration, painting, memoir illustration, graphic novels, and writing. Mentored multiple students on jobs and careers.

Instructor and Mentor at Baltimore Academy of Illustration (BAI)

January 1, 2021 - August 20, 2025

Taught students of all ages book illustration, naturalist art, graphic novels, comics, botanical illustration, and painting. Mentored multiple students on jobs and careers.

Instructor at Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA)

January 1, 2016 - August 20, 2025

Taught narrative illustration including book illustration and graphic novels, painting for illustrators, sophomore illustration courses, judged senior thesis, and mentored multiple teaching assistants.

Instructor at Roland Park Country School

January 1, 2004 - August 20, 2025

Taught painting and drawing within the Kaleidoscope Continuing Studies Program.

Workshop Instructor at Countrywide Illustration Workshops

January 1, 1999 - Present

Taught writing and implementation of children’s books, comic books, graphic novels, and illustrated novels and books.

Instructor at Center of Marine Biotechnology, University of Maryland

January 1, 1999 - Present

Taught drawing and naturalist art to groups of visiting high school students, including scientific and naturalist illustration.

Primary Illustrator and Storyboard Artist at Various Clients (1990s)

January 1, 2000 - August 20, 2025

Served as primary illustrator for Edward Hirsch’s textbooks 'What Your Child Needs to Know: The Core Knowledge Books', and provided sole illustration, storyboard, concept art, and design for various books, videos, exhibits and historical educational materials related to naturalism, species classification, Chesapeake Bay, and Baltimore history.