James
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1. Wow, came easier than I thought, things like proportion seemed good enough, surprised myself. Could see how might be way more difficult away from desk and adding color 2. Most definitely: the brown stripes on chest, the black across back, the greenish within beak, the strength of the claws, the notion of relative sizing of subject to environment (leafs, branch), the documentation of an observation. Posting to get over being embarrassed by art ability and sending to engineer and art student who've inspired me to take course.
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1. I kayak year round and walk the watershed for fitness and realized I am observing the changes in nature and felt drawn to document them for myself especially after observing and counting backyard birds for Cornell School of Ornithology a few years ago. An engineer I know and a fine arts student I know also inspired me with their amazing ability to draw, without any art experience in the case of the engineer and with an impressionistic style of natural things in the case of the fine art student. 2. Having been involved in publishing (not drawing) mechanical technical illustration and documentation awhile back, am drawn to the "callouts" and "exploded views", organization and free flow of a page in a journal but also impressionistic takes on a subject given how motion and light change on a subject especially when viewed from the water. 3. Hmmm, perhaps to log with a drawing and detail in a journal a morning water close up photo of a very specific natural occurrence like a fallen leaf, the wings of a cow nose ray or a green heron?
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