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JimParticipantI have always enjoyed learning from nature. I have just recently added sketches and watercolors. I have often used photographs and video as a way of capturing the moment. However it does add another level of observation when I uses sketching and watercolors. I also want to increase my skills in scientific drawings and painting. So I want to journal with sketches to deepen my understanding of nature, increase my skills as an artists. I also want to learn how to create a drawing while observing nature directly and not just from photographs. In looking at the different styles of journals I like combining both text and images including rough sketches. I also want to take some of the favorite subjects and use my observations to create a detailed drawing including watercolors. I might do the first level in the sketch pad and create more finished paintings in the album format. I also like using a nature journal to serve as a memory album for a trip. I did a little of this on a trip to Alaska this summer. One of my drawings is included below. I may also use it to grow my observations for a particular theme like life in a natural aquarium I am keeping in my house using organisms from area lakes, or a study to study the birds (esp blue jays) at my feeder. I also like drawings that tell a story. In my drawing I found it interesting that the Sandhill Cranes and Canada Geese freely intermingled and flew together at the site of the Sandhill Crane Festival in Fairbanks Alaska.in reply to: Style Your Journal Your Way #665474
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JimParticipantWhat a beautiful place to retire. I look forward to seeing your field drawings.in reply to: Style Your Journal Your Way #665401
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JimParticipantI used to run an outdoor learning center. One technique I found useful was to keep folding a piece of paper until you have about 16 little squares. Then encourage students when they go on a walk to find a little detail that would remind them of something that caught their eye and make a little quick sketch or put in a few words that reminds them of something they found and try to fill as many squares as they can find. It is amazing how this technique makes even a very short walk into a very rich experience. This could also be done in a sketch book by drawing 16 squares on a page. The most interesting ones could then be used to inspire a more detailed sketch and watercolor.in reply to: Style Your Journal Your Way #665397
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JimParticipantI very much like telling a story. I have been studying geology and fossils and I am intrigued how little bits of evidence can help tell a story. Next to artists I find that geologists are one of the most observant people I know.in reply to: Style Your Journal Your Way #665396
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JimParticipantHow would you do a 3-D popup? I am intrigued. I saw a mud-dauber's nest (made by a wasp) on a rock outcropping. I took a close up of it thinking I might paint a water color of the wall and then add a sand, 3D mud dauber nest adding rust to color the sand.in reply to: Style Your Journal Your Way #665393
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