Asters Hanging Down
About the Wild Ozark Nature Journal
I’m slowly scanning my nature journal entries and adding them to this blog.
Some of you may have already seen these, because I started this a few years ago and …
Category: Art by Madison Woods
All of my paintings feature Ozark pigments I’ve collected by hand and processed into paints. I use titanium oxide pigment to make white for adjusting and blending oil paints made from the Ozark pigments.
When I travel, I also gather rocks from those locations. When I make paint with rocks from other locations, the scene will be one from the homeland of the pigment, and the pigment sources will be specified in my process page or product listing if they are not Ozark colors.
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The posts below are from my blog and have to do with my art-making.
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Day 1: Leaf and Rock, Nature Journal Series
Day 1: Leaf and Rock
About the Wild Ozark Nature Journal
I’m slowly scanning my nature journal entries and adding them to this blog.
Some of you may have already seen these, because I started this a few years …
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Test Firing the Native Clay – Failure and Success
Yesterday I posted about cleaning the native clay and the test firing I planned to do once they dried out enough.
I’m too impatient. I should have waited another day, maybe even longer because the clay was pretty wet when …
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Forest Folk Workshop at Ozark Folkways – Nature Art
We’re having a Forest Folk Workshop at Ozark Folkways!
Do you want to join me & make your own Forest Folk? It’s a wonderful way to connect with nature and tap into your imagination. December 16 is the date …
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Acorn People are a Great a Way to Justify Collecting Things
I’ve been creating Acorn People as a way to justify my obsessive habit of collecting things I find while roaming around outside.
Now I can pick up fossils, moss, lichens, leaves, twigs, and acorns and never feel a moment of …
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Nature Drawing in Progress: American ginseng in October
Two years ago I made a nature drawing of American ginseng in October, with yellowing leaves against the dark backdrop of the Wild Ozark forest.
Repeating the Same Nature Drawing
Since that time I’ve learned a little more about certain …
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Ozark Backroad Photo Journey – Come Along for the Ride
Whenever I go away from the house alone, I take my camera. A simple run to the post office or to town becomes an Ozark Backroad Photo Journey. I generally try not to do this when I have passengers or …
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Custom Drawing – “Slug on Poison Ivy”
This is a custom drawing of a slug on poison ivy. In this post I’ll show you the process I use for drawing a picture with Prismacolor pencils. This particular nature drawing is for a business card client.
First, the
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Mailbox and Back in Under an Hour
Yesterday I brought my camera with me when I went to the mailbox. If I had walked, I know it would have taken more than an hour because I would have seen so many more opportunities to stop and take …
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The First Flowers of Spring at Wild Ozark
Nature lovers began the frenzy of watching for the first flowers of spring a few weeks ago. Here at Wild Ozark, we’re in a little eco-microcosm that is often more than a week behind surrounding areas in spring. Our temperatures …
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Delve Deeper to Observe Nature
Take a moment from your day and delve deeper to observe nature. You’ll gain a sense of awe and wonder.
Delve deeper
Truly experience that moment. If it’s a plant you’re observing, reach out and touch it (be reasonable – …
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Nature Workshop with Madison Woods
What happens at a nature workshop?My nature workshop is designed to help you reconnect to nature and express your experience through art, writing, and photography. It can be tailored for whatever environment is available (even cities have nature), but …
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Wild Ozark Nature Journal on Kindle
What is a sketch / nature journal?
Sometimes nature writers like to doodle while they’re interpreting nature. My nature journal is a combination of art and written journal entry.
It is both nature sketching and nature journal.
Here are some sample …
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Nature Writing at Hobbs State Park
…This is a past event. If you’d like to book a workshop like this one, email madison@wildozark.com.
Nature is a treat for the senses but sometimes it takes effort to get past the immediate sensory input and experience a deeper
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Symbols of Warmth and Sustenance
I brought the camera with me this foggy morning to capture some of the beauty that surrounded me in the hushed quiet of our little Wild Ozark valley.
When I came back in I sat on the porch and listened …
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Coffee Break Reading and some pretty cool Leggings
Get “No Qualms” delivered to your inbox in daily short bites. Perfect for coffee break reading. And check out the cool leggings featuring one of my nature journal entries.One of my passions that I haven’t indulged much in lately …
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Tangerine Sunrise, Goodreads Giveaway, Nature Sketching
When the sun rose high enough to top the trees it washed the hills in a tangerine glow. The trees are changing fast now and I really want to take pictures every day.
I have been drawing more often than …
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It’s beginning to look like fall here at Wild Ozark
Yesterday it really felt like fall, and it does again today, too. It was almost 40*F this morning.
I took a few photos yesterday, but was in a hurry to get somewhere so didn’t bring the monopod and the quality …