Kathleen
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I am think am OK with proportions, especially with birds, since I have drawn more birds than anything else.
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Gesture drawing does help in getting the observation down on paper and with motion implied in the quick sketch. You obtain a sense of motion that helps make the observation become more life like. The roadrunner was in stride, head pointing forward in its chase. I had trouble getting the tail represented to make the proportions right.
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In retrospect, I might try a live plant blind contour to compare with the subjects from a photograph.
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I like your analogy of the blind contour experience with playing the piano. I believe that it is pathways from eye to hand that we are training. It's also like typing or keyboarding.
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I tried the blind contour technique with the four subjects provided in the very nice photographs of the newt, the Sun Bird, the Bird of Paradise, and the Springbok. It was difficult and I tried my best to concentrate. I believe I did the best with Sun Bird and the Bird of Paradise. I drew arrows to indicate the parts that I thought I did best with the blind contour experience.
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I left the date off of my drawing: July 11, 2021 but it was a combination of several observations. The sea urchin was observed several months ago.
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I enjoyed the herb comparison of rosemary and parsley and your artwork which is colorful and cheerful.
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I chose to perform a comparison study of several echinoderms: a round sand dollar, an arrowhead sand dollar, a sea biscuit and sea urchin. All the organisms exhibit pentaradial symmetry. The comparisons help to focus on details. I had wanted to know what purpose the lunules served with the sand dollars and explore the observation of the sea urchin with the hats (shells) on top of its spines. I had trouble with image file size
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This is a very interesting study of how natural fires are part of the natural scheme of living organisms.
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I appreciate these watercolors of birds that I have so often seen.
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I love aquarium life. I have observed anemones, hermit crabs and various species of fish in our school. I am now retired and will miss the aquarium life comparisons that I so often observed.
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I appreciate this watercolor of ducks. Duck identification is very difficult without specific attention to details, and these watercolors help to appreciate this distinction.
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I appreciate this comparison because these two species of woodpecker are so difficult to tell apart.
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I enjoyed this journal entry from Australia. I lived in Perth, Western Australia for a year and always appreciated the bird life and other animals associated with the Eucalyptus species.
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I appreciate these beautiful sketches, the kingfisher is very appealing.
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I enjoyed these simplistic but elegant and informative sketches of water birds.
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I enjoyed this mindmapping technique of an observation, Martha.
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I love this sketch of the Carolina Wren. I have Carolina Wrens in my yard but they don't stay around long, so hard to get an accurate, quick sketch.
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I appreciate the detail in this sketch from the indoor setting, making the most of whats available.
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Gerda, I enjoyed the American Crow and hummingbird thumbnails.
