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This was fun to do! I am becoming more familiar with the acrylics and water brushes, which helps :)
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I agree with Alisha that this project was intense! Also, I am appreciating the bright, clean example that Jane Kim demonstrated. I think I painted over the head about three times! Once I moved on the body and feathers evolved with a bit less effort :)
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Your Northern Cardinal bird-in-a-ball shows a lot of depth, with a wide range from shadows to highlights. Very nice! all of them :)
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I found this to be a challenging exercise, requiring a mid-video brain break :) Also a helpful practice, getting to know the paints and the brushes.
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Thank you Jane, for unraveling the feather group 'mystery'! This lesson and practice has been very helpful (and still the upper wing required a bit of fudging... :)
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My work at home (farming) and not at home (raft guiding) takes me outside regularly. Doing the exercises in this journaling course has instilled a desire, each day, to spend a little bit of focused time outside being, without a lot of doing. Seeing there are so many others sharing experiences through their journaling gives me hope that our natural world has a chance!
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This course is inspiring me to seek out writings of naturalists! My experience has been limited to quotes in calendars and such. John Muir's "When we try to pick out anything by itself we find it is hitched to everything in the universe" is a favorite. Another is "The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago. The second best it today", a Chinese proverb. The act of nature journaling is requiring setting time aside for quiet, introspection, and observation. It is becoming an outlet for thoughts that have been rolling around in my head for awhile, concerning how did we get to now, and what is true?
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Techniques learned in this course, and used in creating the Yellow Warbler painting: wet on dry, wet on wet, tinting with opposite color (i.e. to create shaded areas on the yellow a little bit of purple mixed in really worked!), proportions and recognizing the negative spaces, using hatch lines to create texture and dimension. I must be leaving something out... :)
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The paint brush and I are becoming friends, thanks to the fun exercises in this course! There seems to be an early 'ugly duckling' phase (excuse the phrase), before each effort transitions into something satisfying. One challenge is knowing when to stop :)
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I see the value of planning the page layout, yet I do enjoy just letting it happen!
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Practice painting from a photo: maintaining fine white lines on the edges of the tail feathers was a challenge. Maybe with lots of practice this will become easier :)
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I tried to incorporate each of the techniques, wet on wet, wet on dry, and dry brush. I had an hour outside, and finished with an hour or so inside. I was wishing I'd taken a photo to remind me of the color and light details. The dry brush technique will take somepractice!
has a chance! 
, concerning how did we get to now, and what is true? 
. One challenge is knowing when to stop :) 
practice!