Suzanne

I am an avid birder and nature lover, and I also am learning to draw. My dilemma with the latter is that I have yet to develop a passion for drawing a particular subject, having experimented with many different mediums and scenarios. When I saw this course on nature journaling, I knew this was an avenue I wanted to explore. I just didn't know how to begin. To draw, you really have to study a subject in detail and use those powers of observation to correctly replicate that subject, and by doing so, you learn so much more about it than if you had just taken a photograph. And even if I don't know what I am drawing, I will learn even more by identifying and reading about it. I imagine I will begin by just getting the subject down on paper, and then building my editorial around it. I really don't know how my journal will develop, but I hope it will be representative of the beautiful places I travel and the fascinating things nature has to offer. I look forward to this class jump-starting me toward a new approach to and appreciation of this natural world.