Arwyn
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I felt ok drawing from the photo. I've done that many times before. I'm not sure if I've drawn a bird before, though! What I do know is that I didn't get the proportions where I wanted them to be, but I didn't spend much time on this. Still, I feel that if I was drawing out in the field, I would have spent even less time on it.
Getting the colors where I wanted them to be was fairly easy. What was difficult was determining what details I wanted to keep in. It's difficult to get the fine striping on the wings done with the brush I had (the water brush that came with the Koi field watercolor set).
This really got me thinking about the different types of feathers and textures on a bird. Is this important in nature journaling? Maybe, and I suppose that depends on the purpose of the journaling.
Photos have advantages over drawings in that they can show the different textures very well. Being able to show different textures in drawing or painting media takes practice. Pictures can also be created in an instant. However, drawings can show more depth. They can also represent what colors you see in the field; sometimes cameras can be very finicky and they won't pick up on the colors you actually see. -
1. I was inspired to do nature journaling when I had gone through a winter tree ID training and also after I had taken a course in college that had us create our own field guides (although that was in PowerPoint). I thought that drawing tree buds would be more effective than taking a picture of them. Journaling allows me to take notes to help me understand what I'm seeing in the moment. 2. I like the idea of doing a sketch a day, like Holly Faulkner did with her journal. I thought that was beautiful how she set that up according to days/months. 3. I don't think I have any different journaling ideas, but I might have to do a couple of different journals - one with the sketch a day, and another for more in-depth studies.
I felt ok drawing from the photo. I've done that many times before. I'm not sure if I've drawn a bird before, though! What I do know is that I didn't get the proportions where I wanted them to be, but I didn't spend much time on this. Still, I feel that if I was drawing out in the field, I would have spent even less time on it.
Getting the colors where I wanted them to be was fairly easy. What was difficult was determining what details I wanted to keep in. It's difficult to get the fine striping on the wings done with the brush I had (the water brush that came with the Koi field watercolor set).
This really got me thinking about the different types of feathers and textures on a bird. Is this important in nature journaling? Maybe, and I suppose that depends on the purpose of the journaling.
Photos have advantages over drawings in that they can show the different textures very well. Being able to show different textures in drawing or painting media takes practice. Pictures can also be created in an instant. However, drawings can show more depth. They can also represent what colors you see in the field; sometimes cameras can be very finicky and they won't pick up on the colors you actually see. Viewing 2 posts - 1 through 2 (of 2 total)