Janet
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I find it somewhat frustrating to do blind contour drawing. I have to force myself not to reorient my drawing with the object. I'm sure if you keep practicing you'll get better, but I do like to glance at my drawing now and then. Doing contours of the four photographs was definitely easier than drawing a contour of the three dimensional flower I chose for my outside subject. (A slight wind didn't help!)
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I chose to compare two flowering plants in my backyard garden, a penstemon and a larkspur. In the process I learned a lot about the structure of both plants including their leaves, stems, and flowers. I also thought about the organisms that pollinated both plants and realized they were mostly the same for both plants. I'm finding I need to block out the drawing spaces first and then add the writing and numerical data. If not I tend to fill all the space with writing details.
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It was easy to see the reflected light and highlights on smooth surfaces like an apple or pepper, but the orange was more difficult even with the squint test.
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I have made a stab at nature journaling in the past because drawing and writing have a way of focusing your attention on something you think is special. By recording that special animal, plant or scene, you have also embedded it in your memory. I really like a couple of the journals. I like the idea of sometimes, at least, of boxing in the drawings with writing and other things outside. I loved the way some of the journals used watercolors in their artwork. I've only tried colored pencils. I also liked the idea of drawing or observing one thing per day or session. In busy times using one large page a month totally made sense. I also liked the way that page captured the essence of that month in nature. I love birding and birdsong. I'd like to try to capture the feel of a song or call as a drawing too. Adding a simple sonogram might work.
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Drawing makes me notice details on the bird and background I would not necessarily pay attention to when birding or taking a photograph of the bird. This is what makes nature journaling fun. You begin to ask what insects the bird may be eating in the tree or bush with insect damaged leaves. You want to know more about the kind of bush and what kind of lichen is growing on it.
Getting the correct proportions is always a challenge to me. A birds complex wing feather arrangements are another challenge. Also the angle of the photograph foreshortens some aspects of a bird which can also present problems.
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Drawing makes me notice details on the bird and background I would not necessarily pay attention to when birding or taking a photograph of the bird. This is what makes nature journaling fun. You begin to ask what insects the bird may be eating in the tree or bush with insect damaged leaves. You want to know more about the kind of bush and what kind of lichen is growing on it.
Getting the correct proportions is always a challenge to me. A birds complex wing feather arrangements are another challenge. Also the angle of the photograph foreshortens some aspects of a bird which can also present problems.
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