Sylvia
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I enjoyed drawing this Yellow Warbler from its photo, although it would also be interesting to draw it from life. The photo is two dimensional, but it does help me to see details, form, etc., in an accurate way. As I am not a trained artist, I do find this challenging, but my naturalist training is helping me with composition, relative size in relation to the branch, and focusing on the details. If I had not been asked to draw it, I might have missed the bit of gray lichen in the lower left corner, on the branch. In nature journaling, it can be important to capture such a detail, unless you want to focus only on the bird itself.
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I am a naturalist, and help with monitoring Eastern Bluebird nests, and banding the young birds. Although I trained as a wildlife biologist, I work as a teacher/tutor. I like photographing landscapes, waterscapes, plants, and close-up details of plants, and see how things change over the various seasons. I also love birding, and would enjoy learning how to draw or sketch birds. I am interested in learning to sketch bird postures, silhouettes, and details, so that a particular species will be recognizable. I also want to have fun with it! I enjoyed seeing all of these various artists/journalists' nature journals. Each has a different technique, and great ideas. I would like to combine sketches with detailed observations. I liked the idea of using a page for a particular date, or for a month. I also liked the idea of using "zooms" or insets, to show a particular detail. Since I am not an artist, I wish to learn the basic techniques for pencil/pen sketching, as well as water colouring. Water colouring is challenging, as the paints can bleed or run. So I would wish to learn how to work with water colours correctly. (I am from Canada, so you will see Canadian spelling! I see it's trying to correct me on "colours"!) Sylvia
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