The Cornell Lab Bird Academy › Discussion Groups › Nature Journaling and Field Sketching › First lesson – yellow warbler

    • cynthia
      Participant
      Chirps: 5
      3F7F80C0-F8A9-409D-8BC8-15B185BB61B7 This feels  oversketched . I had trouble discerning the layers of feathers with just pencil & it started to get muddy .I am super excited to begin with watercolor. Didn’t have the confidence or no how to jump right in with it now.
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    • Nelson
      Participant
      Chirps: 2
      9D8FC829-2643-4AEB-B47D-1F2D47B9657EI learned from your insight to pay attention to how the head was turned and how that would affect the body congours
    • Jeff
      Participant
      Chirps: 3
      Nature JournalI had some colored pencils to help with this; it's my first attempt to really sketch birds