Becky
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On this rainy day, instead of a sit spot, I found a photo I took of a memorble landscape in Samburu National Park, in 2022. Looking carefully at the photo, I was taken back to this beautiful day and reawakened my senses to the "awe" I felt at the magnificant scenery and incredible nature, existing wild and free.
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Chiaroscuro was eye opening! A great skill to learn. The shell was difficult, though, to show both the highlight on the top left side and also the protruding eye in the center. Looking forward to applying more new techniques.
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1. Drawing from a photo allowed me to take my time to look at the bird, see where the parts of the bird were, relative to the piece of paper, and go back and erase and continue, without the bird flying away! I enjoyed sketching the bird, but it was challenging to get all the parts of the bird the same size, relative to each other. 2. I focused drawing the bird and basically ignored the plant's leaves and the lichen, etc... I didn't want to get overwhelmed on this first assignment. If I wasn't asked to draw the bird I may not have noticed the toes of the bird and how they are situated on the branch. I enjoyed sketching the toes! I think that looking at these details will make a difference when nature journaling - forcing me to look at things I may not have otherwise noticed in the landscape. Also, since I just got the new set of watercolors (the ones recommended by Liz), I tried my hand at using those. I can see that I need to let the first layer of colors dry (the yellow) before I apply the colors for the details (the red stripes on the breast), lest they all blend together - a good lesson!
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1. "What inspired you to begin nature journaling?" Thumbing through books about nature journaling, viewing others' nature journals and an overwhelming feeling to "create" have all inpsired me to begin my own nature journaling. 2. "Now that you've heard from several other journalers about their processes, and had a peek at their journals, which ideas or approaches do you want to try?" I have purchased the materials used by and recommended by Liz, and I would like to try the approach of talking a walk in the woods and simply drawing what inspires me. I'll try to start small, easy, and not be too hard on myself if I feel that I am not "accomplishing" what I think I should be accompishing. A leaf, a tree, an outline of a bird, colors of the sky - I might start with something like these. 3. "Do you have a different journaling idea, not mentioned here, that you'd like to share?" I'd also consider taking a photo of something that inspires me, and sketching that.
Chiaroscuro was eye opening! A great skill to learn. The shell was difficult, though, to show both the highlight on the top left side and also the protruding eye in the center. Looking forward to applying more new techniques. 
1. Drawing from a photo allowed me to take my time to look at the bird, see where the parts of the bird were, relative to the piece of paper, and go back and erase and continue, without the bird flying away! I enjoyed sketching the bird, but it was challenging to get all the parts of the bird the same size, relative to each other. 2. I focused drawing the bird and basically ignored the plant's leaves and the lichen, etc... I didn't want to get overwhelmed on this first assignment. If I wasn't asked to draw the bird I may not have noticed the toes of the bird and how they are situated on the branch. I enjoyed sketching the toes! I think that looking at these details will make a difference when nature journaling - forcing me to look at things I may not have otherwise noticed in the landscape. Also, since I just got the new set of watercolors (the ones recommended by Liz), I tried my hand at using those. I can see that I need to let the first layer of colors dry (the yellow) before I apply the colors for the details (the red stripes on the breast), lest they all blend together - a good lesson! Viewing 4 posts - 1 through 4 (of 4 total)