Janet

I signed up for this course two years ago.  For some reason, unknown to me, I put it on the back burner, meaning to get back to it any day now.   Two yrs went by.  Today, I watched Liz on a podcast & she got me energized again to get out my course supplies & start over.  I was surprised the the little amount of drawing I had done 2 yrs ago showed me that I did actually pick up some knowledge even though I didn't get very far.  So, now I'm beginning again.  I walk every day either in the forest behind our house or along the bluff trail that juts down into the ocean.  Lots of sea birds.  Even though we live in a constant drought here on the central CA coast, there are lots of little wildflowers that I'm going to attempt to draw.  Today I saw some CA Quail running under the brush in the forest.  They are extremely shy & run like the wind so I don't know if I can capture them, but I'll be on the lookout.  They do sometimes come to our back yard to check out our feeders. I'm excited to get back into this course & onward I go.  It's so well taught & Liz is so low-key I think I can do this without being judgmental of my work -- something she stressed on the podcast. Ps: I raise Monarch Butterflies so I will practice drawing their beautiful lines & spots.  They never leave the yard & are very friendly so it shouldn't be too difficult getting them to pose :)

What a beautiful job you've done, Rachel!