Sarah
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1. Woof. I probably shouldn't have looked at other drawings before responding. My anxiety about drawing really came out. By comparison, I feel a bit like a toddler and I've never used watercolors before so I just stuck with the pencil. I'm a big advocate of the "drawing to see" method in ethnography but I also recognize that drawing is not easy, especially for adults who have never drawn before. Nothing came easily but I do feel like I thought about the photograph more than I normally would, simply by having to draw it. The feet...the feet were so challenging for me. And proportions too, I guess? I was trying to think about how this drawing might work if I was standing, where I normally birdwatch; just a quick sketch in the corner of my journal. 2. Definitely the sharp, perfectly round and glassy eye. Watching Liz a second time really helped...happy to share because, well, maybe it'll be a glow up warbler.
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I work almost entirely in text but I've been getting into bird watching in my urban neighborhood quite a bit lately. I started with some amateur photography but I've also been reading quite a bit about "drawing to see" in my discipline. As I develop new projects on climate change and precocity, I've been thinking about how valuable nature journaling can be as a method. I'm stoked to see so much text interspersed alongside the illustrations. I think that mix will help me transition (as someone who falls into that category of "I don't know how to draw...at all...seriously"). I also like that the "mistakes" are present and there and serve a purpose. It all feels so embodied and processual.
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