Kirstin
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1. It was a little intimidating to just do it without any instruction, but I got more confident as I went. It was good to start with something that doesn't move because it took a long time! 2. There we lots of details like leg position, beak shape, locations of colors, etc... that I would not have really processed if I didn't have to draw it. This will make a big difference when trying to ID an animal. Lots of times I read a description of a species when trying to ID a bird and realize that I have no idea if there was a ring around the eye, what shape the tail was, where the banding was located. I'm hoping to learn to notice these details better!
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1. I have always wanted to learn to draw and paint. As an avid naturalist and informal science educator, nature journaling seems like a good place for me to start! 2. It was very helpful to see a wide variety of journals. As a beginner artist, the polished journals filled with perfect watercolors are beautiful, but a bit intimidating. It was nice to see that simpler approaches also look great! My favorite approach is a mix of images and text, focusing on close studies of individual organisms. I would love to do a full record of an animal over an hour or so, documenting all of it's behaviors. 3. I would love to try incorporating actual specimens into the drawings. For example, if I painted a bird on a branch; I could mount a sample of that branch on the page and incorporate it into the painting.
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