Dylan

I was inspired to start this course because I am dog sitting right now and have lots of free time by myself. I thought that it might be a good way to keep busy in a positive, mindful way. I've also been interested in plants recently, specifically ones native to my area, and I thought that this would be a good way to connect and learn more about them. I was surprised by the amount of variety in style and purpose of all these journals. I liked Margaret an D.J.'s focus on figure for moving animals, just using pencil to take a quick snapshot of their shape. I liked Jewel, William, and Liz's more painterly approach for landscapes and still objects, capturing all the color and texture of the scene. Similarly, I liked Shayna's macro zooms for getting more detail. Overall, I like that all of these journals document not only the ecology outside, but create experiences for the journalers, and document their evolving art and thoughts. I want to use my journal to take time to be mindful, spend more time outside (I'm in Washington state and vitamin D is precious here), learn some more about my local environment, and improve my art skills.