Dorothy

Because of the cold weather, I sat at my desk inside. It was fun to have inside sensations while I observed outside scenery. I recorded whatever occurred to me in columns ...each listed with a different sense. When I was done, it was great to realize that my music was accompanying the spitting snow. There were no birds at my feeder or at any level in my scenery. I wonder if they naturally take shelter when the snow starts or if they are resting at this time of day? When I do a sit spot....wherever it is, I will remember to ask questions about what I am sensing.

I wanted to start nature journaling in order to further my understanding of the art of it. In other words, what are the actual colors I am observing, how is nature made up of shapes, what details might I see that I would not have seen before. I also wanted to use nature journaling to increase my identification skills of birds, and butterflies. After seeing others' journals, I would like to use some of their ideas. I will do many shape drawings, ovals, circles etc to begin my pages. I will not worry if a drawing is not complete and I will have fun with the whole process! i definitely want to try different mediums on my pages. I would like to see about using colored pencils vs water color and why not use collage style as well?