About this journal entry
My son says my nature sketching looks like a turkey feather. It is not. It is a leaf half submerged in the water, haha. Can’t have the world at large making the same mistake.
Tag: nature writing
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Nature Sketching – Day 17 “Grape Fern and Fall Leaves”
It gets hard to find a subject to draw that doesn’t include dead leaves at this time of year.
I at first wanted to draw this pretty beech leaf nestled on a darker sycamore leaf, but decided against it in …
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Nature Sketching Day 15 – American Ginseng in early October
I went out in search of beech drops for today’s sketch. I didn’t find any. On my way up the path toward the pond, though, I found something exciting.
Today’s nature sketch features American ginseng in early October. The leaves …
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Nature Sketching Day 14
At this time of year it’s even harder than usual for me to make a quick trip to town and back. If I bring my camera with me, it’s a guaranteed impossibility.
Today I had to stop for photos …
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Nature Sketching Day 6 – “Lobelia Inflata”
Today I went out on foot, backpack loaded with my towel and cushion to sit on, sketch journal, and pencils to do my daily entry for the Wild Ozark Nature Journal.
Once I found my subject, this aging Lobelia inflata …
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Nature Sketching Day 3 – Sycamore Leaf
Each day I’ve picked what I think will be a simple subject. Today’s was a single sycamore leaf with no effort to include background, foreground or any other difficult or distracting thing.
Then as I settled in and began my …
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Nature Sketching Day 2 – Asters Along the Driveway
Today’s nature sketch is of the purple asters that were growing along the driveway. Each day I try to make an entry with a pencil drawing.
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