W1P3: Intro to Natural History Illustration

I can already tell that I'm going to need to supplement this edX course with a great deal of outside material. My plan was to focus my learning on the relationship between art and science and it's my understanding that this course leans strongly towards the arts and different drawing techniques. I am still excited to take the class and I plan on using my learning in order to produce art throughout the semester. I plan at this point on alternating weeks where I study the course with weeks where I do outside research more geared towards the sciences

My main question as of now is how much of the edX class material is going to be relevant to my final presentation. I am also wondering where I am going to find the material to independent study and what direction that material is going to take my learning.