Geetha
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The wow moment of my journaling experience was the moment I started sketching. I could see the difference between my first yellow-billed warbler and today's image. A few of the concepts like nature's curiosity cycle- the observation, questioning, and possible explanation were eye-openers for me. Those concepts of scale, quantity form functions, etc, though I am very much aware as a designer myself, applying them to a nature journal was a novel idea for me. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Actually waiting for a short sit spot in nature to redo all these exercises at one go. Gesture drawing was really a new skill for me to work on, and I am slowly improving in it. By practicing for a few more months, I think I can get the perfect sketches. The other thing I would like to share, in this process of learning, I was able to inspire the school children to work on nature journaling and they have started working on it in a very beautiful way. Thanks to this course and Liz.
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I have not read many poetries or nature writers' books, though I am an avid reader of other genres. nature journalling is the new passion I developed from my travel diary concept. I used to write my travel journal as information. This nature journaling is an amazing field and was reading loads of information from the internet and found from this course and also watching Mr. John Muir's nature journaling videos were very inspiring. We as a family love bird watching, nature walks, trails, and hiking, I want to really learn and understand the concept of nature journaling in a more professional way to refine my drawings and understand the detailing of journaling.
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Though was using the Wet on dry method for a long time, was not applying in the nature journaling concept. It's quite interesting. But I am not sure how fast and effectively I can bring in the color palette in my journal while I am on the field. I think I need more practice.
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My experience with watercolors and my knowledge of color wheel is good and have been practicing for a long time. But to transfer the same watercolor to birds and animals is very difficult. I feel I need more practice. I tried to create a color palette for Hoopoe and felt I was able to get the right colors, but the application messed up the entire process. Yes, while focussing on the tones, tints, and shades of species, nature's palette is amazing, and to recreate it without spoiling its originality needs a lot of patience and practice. Overall it's a very experimental practice for me though I have worked on watercolors.
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An interesting exercise, but very difficult to bring in the proportion and scale in control. Need a lot of practice. Felt happy that I am able to draw the images even if they are not sharp, and accurate and need more refinement. Yes, I was trying to view the sparrow as what it was and then slowly realized to concentrate on the shapes, lines, and scale.
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Gesture drawing is a very interesting one to do. For me gesture practicing with birds, seems to be a little more comfortable compared to animal species. the instant 1 minute and 30 seconds are impossible to do. I need a lot and a lot of practice to get the basic gesture drawing. But it's very passionate and interesting to work on. Hopefully, in a month's time, I get to work on more clear sketches.
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A very difficult exercise to practice. Needs a lot of training and focus with eye and hand coordination. In blind contour drawing the sizes are in abnormal scale and the start and end lines are not connecting at all. The contour drawing with imagination or from remembrance is easier to bring in paper than the blind drawing. here the eye focus and hand sketching are not coordinated, though the hand follows the eye movement. A good one for focussing, but needs a lot of patience and skill to connect.
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This particular concept of Noticing the themes, I personally prefer is a continuous process of our observations. I think while observing any particular species or nature in general. Especially when we do bird watching, most of these themes are observed, explained, and questioned. But the only thing is when we put it in Journal, we need to really add all these in detail. Thanks which I am learning now to add to my journal. Scale and Quantity, forms, and functions are very essential themes that most of us observe, and for me, the new learning about noticing the change, especially the beaver dam was eye-opening. Your Mushroom example for the ecosystems was always surprising or magical in my childhood which I never gave so much thought to at that age. Now after starting this nature journal it's taking me back to those scientific explanations and the need to understand their importance. Currently, i do not have an image for this, will try to work on all five themes and upload it.
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The feeling of drawing was really thrilling. Was initially reluctant about the finish of the bird image. It was my first attempt at bird drawing without using an eraser. That itself was very satisfying. Branches and the leaves were easy to draw. The challenging part was the finer details of the branches and the colour composition observed in the photo.
Yes, maybe the white fungus part of the branches, the stubs, and dried leaves, and also the finer details of babbler feathers.
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My inspiration to work on nature journaling started with bird-watching sessions and walking trails in nature. While exploring nature with school children, I wanted to do something interesting for them, and as a record to maintain their observations, found Nature journaling is the best way of recording. I am very much passionate about this and wanted to learn it in a professional way to train myself and help students. Most of the Journalers in the video are good in their way. I would like to take up the concept of adding more content like the other journalers. But preferably wanted to express my thoughts through sketching by adding visual appeal to the trail/nature walk. It's similar to those ideas, except would like to add my trails, other details like the importance of the location, if bird watching, and the list of species observed, want to record all the details. My first attempt at Nature Journaling. Happy to receive the feedback from Liz and other friends Regards, Geetha Suresh
Though was using the Wet on dry method for a long time, was not applying in the nature journaling concept. It's quite interesting. But I am not sure how fast and effectively I can bring in the color palette in my journal while I am on the field. I think I need more practice.
An interesting exercise, but very difficult to bring in the proportion and scale in control. Need a lot of practice. Felt happy that I am able to draw the images even if they are not sharp, and accurate and need more refinement. Yes, I was trying to view the sparrow as what it was and then slowly realized to concentrate on the shapes, lines, and scale. 
The feeling of drawing was really thrilling. Was initially reluctant about the finish of the bird image. It was my first attempt at bird drawing without using an eraser. That itself was very satisfying. Branches and the leaves were easy to draw. The challenging part was the finer details of the branches and the colour composition observed in the photo.
Yes, maybe the white fungus part of the branches, the stubs, and dried leaves, and also the finer details of babbler feathers.
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