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1. It felt intimidating in one sense to try to draw that beautiful bird from such an expert photo. What came easily was the basic bird shape inside the brain already but trying to actually translate what was being seen in the photo to the paper was challenging. The finer details of the feather lines and the fluffy feathers along the tops of the legs and the exact sillouette was challenging. 2. Yes, I would not have noticed the finer details of the feather lines and the fluffy feathers along the tops of the legs and the exact sillouette if I had not been asked to draw it. Yes, it will make a difference in nature journaling, to take something that you observe and notice and ensure you capture it in the journal (but it would not have to be excat replication, you could add a note about what that part of your drawing was meant to show).
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1. I cannot recall the exact spark, it may have been a few years ago in graduate school where colleagues shared A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold, Darwin's journies were top of mind, and I wanted to be as provocative as Rachel Carson in defining and presenting how human activities are affecting the environment to insprie collective actions for change. I've been wanting to nature journal for years and finally have moved it up in priority. I want to improve my observation and drawing & painting skills. I like the idea of having a record of a day's memories or trip memories as well. I enjoy birding and think it'd be an added way to memorialize time spent in the field where many more questions on species id arise (insects, plants, fungi, reptiles, etc). 2. I want to try being able to record movement and behavior like the hummingbird journal and dove and spider entries but have them also be even more beatiful with all the watercolor applied.
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