Sharla
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Funny!! :)
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I liked this exercise. I remember learning to draw in elementary school using a similar method and I remember using this to draw maps way back in the "old days". I think I did better on the Bird of Paradise than the animals. I wonder if this had to do with not having a "picture" in my brain of what this flower looks like. I know what a bird and a lizard look like and wonder if my brain was able to follow my eye better because I wasn't competing with an image stored in visual memory already. Hmmm... -
I ventured out into the backyard. It has been cold and frosty here so couldn't get to a park. I had a great experience, though! I am fairly good at sitting/meditating, so it wasn't hard to be still. Even with the barrage of human noise, I still heard birds and saw hawks and had a visit from our friendly squirrel friend. I am looking forward to really venturing out to a more "nature-y" setting soon!
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Really, really nice!
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This is really good!
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I tried! I think this will be easier to accomplish with the paints and color. I noticed some of you are venturing into the watercolors or colored pencils and it helps to bring out the actual lights and darks apart from color and texture. The cast shadow was the most difficult part for me.
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1) I am a volunteer Master Naturalist (Texas Master Naturalists, Good Water Chapter) in Texas and I also do nature photography as a hobby. I mostly focus on birds, but I would like to learn more about plants and insects. I think it might be a bit easier to sit and focus on a plant or on an insect as it moves about a flower and observe its habits using a journaling technique rather than just snapping a picture. Journaling may help me learn behaviors that in photography get overlooked. 2) I really liked the first journal presented in the video. The page was full of information, observation, questions as well as pictures. I like that. Noting the date, time, weather, location is an important part that I might not have thought to do, so that was very helpful. 3) I have recently tried doing some journaling in the "Erin Condren" style using stickers and borders, etc. I might incorporate some of that into the nature journal...maybe!
I liked this exercise. I remember learning to draw in elementary school using a similar method and I remember using this to draw maps way back in the "old days". I think I did better on the Bird of Paradise than the animals. I wonder if this had to do with not having a "picture" in my brain of what this flower looks like. I know what a bird and a lizard look like and wonder if my brain was able to follow my eye better because I wasn't competing with an image stored in visual memory already. Hmmm... 
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