Richard
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Having trouble maintaining a sense of scale... and always fail to end up back at the starting point. But certainly a worthwhile exercise. The springbok was the hardest probably due to the open areas that didn't fit into the approach.
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Trying this out on the imaginary sphere :-) and a seashell (two views).
Need to practice a bit, but an OK result. Could it be better... of course! but a good start.
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Cold out resorting to house plants again. Christmas cactus shading. Reasonable result but need to spend a bit more time on the details.
Tree out the window... hmmm. Ok but not great... making progress? :-)
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Using shading on a fairly light colored object threw me off a bit but I am reasonably happy with the result here with the mostly whitish seashell.
This quick detail of the Christmas cactus seems a bit sparse without color, but is OK for starters.
I cheated a bit on these other images as they were drawn from imagination rather than from 'life' ... but I am happy with the outcome.
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It would seem that drawing from a photo would be easier.This was pretty discouraging!
Perhaps using colored pencils or pastels might have been better for me. Using water colors is a new experience, so I definitely need that training. I can usually draw reasonably well, but the watercolor technique is not yet something I understand... yet. Would add more detail, but since I'm just messing it up more I will quit now :-) . (For fun I also tried this image on my iPad using "Sketchbook"... with only a very slightly better result.)
Certainly drawing, compared to photography, forces one to see detail (not shown in my image) such as texture of feathers and the branch, leaves etc. Colors are (usually) automatic in photos, but with painting the colors need to be matched... not that easy for me. Also, drawings can emphasize, more easily, details that the artist would like to highlight.
Seeing details helps understand the overall image, and may reveal new information about the subject. Sometimes, with photography, details are only noticed sometime later... often much later (even years later!)
-RGD
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(Unfortunately I keep losing my notes here when I temporarily switch to another page. ) I am a retired field biologist who worked in natural resources. I have sometimes used field notes to keep track of my field trips, but often those included notes and small sketches about miscellaneous, non-target, issues. However, those notes later helped me piece together things that later became important to what I have seen. So the idea of field notes/journal is something I value, and should have used more. I have tended to use photography more than drawings to record images of interest to me, and recently have tended toward macro level images... small details of twigs, insects, flowers etc. But interesting images and patterns of all sorts attract me. I would expect my journal to be one with detailed images flowing across the page with only minimal respect for borders and frames. (note photos at: https://rgdudley.smugmug.com/ ) -RGD
Trying this out on the imaginary sphere :-) and a seashell (two views).
Need to practice a bit, but an OK result. Could it be better... of course! but a good start. 
Cold out resorting to house plants again. Christmas cactus shading. Reasonable result but need to spend a bit more time on the details.
Tree out the window... hmmm. Ok but not great... making progress? :-) 
This quick detail of the Christmas cactus seems a bit sparse without color, but is OK for starters.
I cheated a bit on these other images as they were drawn from imagination rather than from 'life' ... but I am happy with the outcome.
This was pretty discouraging!
Perhaps using colored pencils or pastels might have been better for me. Using water colors is a new experience, so I definitely need that training. I can usually draw reasonably well, but the watercolor technique is not yet something I understand... yet. Would add more detail, but since I'm just messing it up more I will quit now :-) . (For fun I also tried this image on my iPad using "Sketchbook"... with only a very slightly better result.)
Certainly drawing, compared to photography, forces one to see detail (not shown in my image) such as texture of feathers and the branch, leaves etc. Colors are (usually) automatic in photos, but with painting the colors need to be matched... not that easy for me. Also, drawings can emphasize, more easily, details that the artist would like to highlight.
Seeing details helps understand the overall image, and may reveal new information about the subject. Sometimes, with photography, details are only noticed sometime later... often much later (even years later!)
-RGD Viewing 6 posts - 1 through 6 (of 6 total)