Sketching

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Field Arts Workshop: Around the World in 80 Animals No. 5 (Africa, Pt. 2)

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By Olaf Oliviero Riemer, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=18375332

Based on my series Around the World in 80 Trees (in which we spent a year traveling around the globe by region and sketching interesting, weird, iconic, or beautiful trees and tree-like plants), this is a new series based on animals—we’ll travel the world and learn as much natural history as we can, plus master the art of quickly sketching birds, mammals, monotremes, and more!

No. 4: Africa (Part 1)

What you’ll need: a multi-media sketchbook or an accordion style booklet (see below), pen and / or pencil for our base drawings, and then watercolor or colored pencil to quickly bring them to life.

TIP: For plants I used a strip of heavy watercolor paper folded into four squares to create an “accordion” booklet to record my trees (8 total, 4 on each side). For animals I recommend a full sketchbook, or larger squares, at least 5” if you choose an accordion.

Prepwork: Create a map of the region so you can place the regions the species were located.

Length: 2 hours

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Downloads and Resources

Colors and brush I use:

I favor a simple primary “triad” plus two extra colors: Manganese Blue (“cyan”), Quinacridone Rose (“magenta”), Aureolin Yellow (“yellow”), and Burnt Sienna and Indanthrone Blue, all Daniel Smith.

I use an Isabey Squirrel Mop Travel Brush.

Any amount is appreciated!


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Field Arts Workshop: Around the World in 80 Animals No. 4 (Africa, Pt. 1)

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Based on my series Around the World in 80 Trees (in which we spent a year traveling around the globe by region and sketching interesting, weird, iconic, or beautiful trees and tree-like plants), this is a new series based on animals—we’ll travel the world and learn as much natural history as we can, plus master the art of quickly sketching birds, mammals, monotremes, and more!

No. 4: Africa (Part 1)

What you’ll need: a multi-media sketchbook or an accordion style booklet (see below), pen and / or pencil for our base drawings, and then watercolor or colored pencil to quickly bring them to life.

TIP: For plants I used a strip of heavy watercolor paper folded into four squares to create an “accordion” booklet to record my trees (8 total, 4 on each side). For animals I recommend a full sketchbook, or larger squares, at least 5” if you choose an accordion.

Prepwork: Create a map of the region so you can place the regions the species were located.

Length: 2 hours

Click here to view all past workshops!

Downloads and Resources

Colors and brush I use:

I favor a simple primary “triad” plus two extra colors: Manganese Blue (“cyan”), Quinacridone Rose (“magenta”), Aureolin Yellow (“yellow”), and Burnt Sienna and Indanthrone Blue, all Daniel Smith.

I use an Isabey Squirrel Mop Travel Brush.

Any amount is appreciated!


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Field Arts Workshop: Around the World in 80 Animals No. 3 (South America)

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Photo: Jonathan Hanson

Electrophorus_electricus_showing_lateral_line_pits By Oleksandr (Alex) Zakletsky - Own work, CC BY 4.0, Wikipedia

Based on my series Around the World in 80 Trees (in which we spent a year traveling around the globe by region and sketching interesting, weird, iconic, or beautiful trees and tree-like plants), this is a new series based on animals—we’ll travel the world and learn as much natural history as we can, plus master the art of quickly sketching birds, mammals, monotremes, and more!

No. 3: South America

What you’ll need: a multi-media sketchbook or an accordion style booklet (see below), pen and / or pencil for our base drawings, and then watercolor or colored pencil to quickly bring them to life.

TIP: For plants I used a strip of heavy watercolor paper folded into four squares to create an “accordion” booklet to record my trees (8 total, 4 on each side). For animals I recommend a full sketchbook, or larger squares, at least 5” if you choose an accordion.

Prepwork: Create a map of the region so you can place the regions the species were located.

Length: 2 hours, 17 minutes

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Downloads and Resources

Colors and brush I use:

I favor a simple primary “triad” plus two extra colors: Manganese Blue (“cyan”), Quinacridone Rose (“magenta”), Aureolin Yellow (“yellow”), and Burnt Sienna and Indanthrone Blue, all Daniel Smith.

I use an Isabey Squirrel Mop Travel Brush.

Any amount is appreciated!

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Field Arts Workshop: Around the World in 80 Animals No. 2 (North America Part 2)

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Based on my series Around the World in 80 Trees (in which we spent a year traveling around the globe by region and sketching interesting, weird, iconic, or beautiful trees and tree-like plants), this is a new series based on animals—we’ll travel the world and learn as much natural history as we can, plus master the art of quickly sketching birds, mammals, monotremes, and more!

No. 2: North America, Part 2, the South

What you’ll need: a multi-media sketchbook or an accordion style booklet (see below), pen and / or pencil for our base drawings, and then watercolor or colored pencil to quickly bring them to life.

TIP: I used a strip of heavy watercolor paper folded into four squares to create an “accordion” booklet to record my trees (8 total, 4 on each side). For animals I recommend larger squares, at least 5” if you choose an accordion.

Prepwork: Create a map of the region so you can place the regions the species were located.

Length: 2 hours

Click here to view all past workshops!

Downloads and Resources

Colors and brush I use:

I favor a simple primary “triad” plus two extra colors: Manganese Blue (“cyan”), Quinacridone Rose (“magenta”), Aureolin Yellow (“yellow”), and Burnt Sienna and Indanthrone Blue, all Daniel Smith.

I use an Isabey Squirrel Mop Travel Brush.

Any amount is appreciated!

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Field Arts Workshop: Around the World in 80 Animals No. 1 (North America Part 1)

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Based on my series Around the World in 80 Trees (in which we spent a year traveling around the globe by region and sketching interesting, weird, iconic, or beautiful trees and tree-like plants), this is a new series based on animals—we’ll travel the world and learn as much natural history as we can, plus master the art of quickly sketching birds, mammals, monotremes, and more!

No. 1: North America, Part 1, the North

What you’ll need: a multi-media sketchbook or an accordion style booklet (see below), pen and / or pencil for our base drawings, and then watercolor or colored pencil to quickly bring them to life.

TIP: I used a strip of heavy watercolor paper folded into four squares to create an “accordion” booklet to record my trees (8 total, 4 on each side). For animals I recommend larger squares, at least 5” if you choose an accordion.

Prepwork: Create a map of the world so you can sketch location points for each species (North America, Pacific, Australia Europe).

Length: 2 hours

Click here to view all past workshops!

Downloads and Resources

Colors and brush I use:

I favor a simple primary “triad” plus two extra colors: Manganese Blue (“cyan”), Quinacridone Rose (“magenta”), Aureolin Yellow (“yellow”), and Burnt Sienna and Indanthrone Blue, all Daniel Smith.

I use an Isabey Squirrel Mop Travel Brush.




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Field Arts Workshop: Around the World in 80 Trees No. 10 (Final Episode!)

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Inspired by Jonathan Drori’s wonderful books Around the World in 80 Trees and Around the World Plants, we’re going to travel around the globe by region and sketch interesting, weird, iconic, or beautiful trees and tree-like plants.

Part 10: Viewer Favorites

What you’ll need: a multi-media sketchbook or an accordion style booklet (see below), pen and / or pencil for our base drawings, and then watercolor or colored pencil to quickly bring them to life.

TIP: I used a strip of heavy watercolor paper folded into four squares to create an “accordion” booklet to record my trees (8 total, 4 on each side).

Prepwork: Create a map of the world so you can sketch location points for each species (North America, Pacific, Australia Europe).

Length: 2 hours

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Downloads and Resources

Books and References:

Plants of the World, hosted by Kew Royal Botanical Gardens, is an amazing resource. The hardbound book of the same name is a treasure, and I use it extensively in my research for this series.

Colors and brush I use:

I favor a simple primary “triad” plus two extra colors: Manganese Blue (“cyan”), Quinacridone Rose (“magenta”), Aureolin Yellow (“yellow”), and Burnt Sienna and Indanthrone Blue, all Daniel Smith.

I use an Isabey Squirrel Mop Travel Brush.




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Field Arts Workshop: Around the World in 80 Trees No. 9 (Oceania)

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Inspired by Jonathan Drori’s wonderful books Around the World in 80 Trees and Around the World Plants, we’re going to travel around the globe by region and sketch interesting, weird, iconic, or beautiful trees and tree-like plants.

Part 9: Oceania

What you’ll need: a multi-media sketchbook or an accordion style booklet (see below), pen and / or pencil for our base drawings, and then watercolor or colored pencil to quickly bring them to life.

TIP: I used a strip of heavy watercolor paper folded into four squares to create an “accordion” booklet to record my trees (8 total, 4 on each side).

Prepwork: have on hand a simple outline map of Oceana, taking in New Zealand to Rapa Nui, and north to Hawai’i (see resources below) so you can sketch location points for each species.

Length: 2 hours

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Downloads and Resources

Locations of the 8 species for this workshop (these are not the ranges, but the site where the specimen we sketch is located).

Books and References:

Plants of the World, hosted by Kew Royal Botanical Gardens, is an amazing resource. The hardbound book of the same name is a treasure, and I use it extensively in my research for this series.

Colors and brush I use:

I favor a simple primary “triad” plus two extra colors: Manganese Blue (“cyan”), Quinacridone Rose (“magenta”), Aureolin Yellow (“yellow”), and Burnt Sienna and Indanthrone Blue, all Daniel Smith.

I use an Isabey Squirrel Mop Travel Brush.




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Field Arts Workshop: Around the World in 80 Trees No. 8 (SE Asia)

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Inspired by Jonathan Drori’s wonderful books Around the World in 80 Trees and Around the World Plants, we’re going to travel around the globe by region and sketch interesting, weird, iconic, or beautiful trees and tree-like plants.

Part 8: Southeast Asia

What you’ll need: a multi-media sketchbook or an accordion style booklet (see below), pen and / or pencil for our base drawings, and then watercolor or colored pencil to quickly bring them to life.

TIP: I used a strip of heavy watercolor paper folded into four squares to create an “accordion” booklet to record my trees (8 total, 4 on each side).

Prepwork: have on hand a simple outline map of SE Asia (see resources below) so you can sketch location points for each species.

Length: 2 hours

Click here to view all past workshops!

Downloads and Resources

Locations of the 8 species for this workshop (these are not the ranges, but the site where the specimen we sketch is located).

Books and References:

Plants of the World, hosted by Kew Royal Botanical Gardens, is an amazing resource. The hardbound book of the same name is a treasure, and I use it extensively in my research for this series.

Colors and brush I use:

I favor a simple primary “triad” plus two extra colors: Manganese Blue (“cyan”), Quinacridone Rose (“magenta”), Aureolin Yellow (“yellow”), and Burnt Sienna and Indanthrone Blue, all Daniel Smith.

I use an Isabey Squirrel Mop Travel Brush.




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Field Arts Workshop: Around the World in 80 Trees No. 7 (Australia)

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Inspired by Jonathan Drori’s wonderful books Around the World in 80 Trees and Around the World Plants, we’re going to travel around the globe by region and sketch interesting, weird, iconic, or beautiful trees and tree-like plants.

Part 7: Australia

What you’ll need: a multi-media sketchbook or an accordion style booklet (see below), pen and / or pencil for our base drawings, and then watercolor or colored pencil to quickly bring them to life.

TIP: I used a strip of heavy watercolor paper folded into four squares to create an “accordion” booklet to record my trees (8 total, 4 on each side).

Prepwork: have on hand a simple outline map of Asia (see resources below) so you can sketch location points for each species.

Length: 2 hours

Click here to view all past workshops!

Downloads and Resources

Locations of the 8 species for this workshop (these are not the ranges, but the site where the specimen we sketch is located).

Books and References:

Plants of the World, hosted by Kew Royal Botanical Gardens, is an amazing resource. The hardbound book of the same name is a treasure, and I use it extensively in my research for this series.

Colors and brush I use:

I favor a simple primary “triad” plus two extra colors: Manganese Blue (“cyan”), Quinacridone Rose (“magenta”), Aureolin Yellow (“yellow”), and Burnt Sienna and Indanthrone Blue, all Daniel Smith.

I use an Isabey Squirrel Mop Travel Brush.




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Field Arts Workshop: Around the World in 80 Trees No. 6 (Asia - Part 2)

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Inspired by Jonathan Drori’s wonderful books Around the World in 80 Trees and Around the World Plants, we’re going to travel around the globe by region and sketch interesting, weird, iconic, or beautiful trees and tree-like plants.

Part 6: Asia - Part 2

What you’ll need: a multi-media sketchbook or an accordion style booklet (see below), pen and / or pencil for our base drawings, and then watercolor or colored pencil to quickly bring them to life.

TIP: I used a strip of heavy watercolor paper folded into four squares to create an “accordion” booklet to record my trees (8 total, 4 on each side).

Prepwork: have on hand a simple outline map of Asia (see resources below) so you can sketch location points for each species.

Length: 2 hours

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Downloads and Resources

Locations of the 8 species for this workshop (these are not the ranges, but the site where the specimen we sketch is located).

Tip: Print or create an outline of Asia in your journal so you can mark the site locations of our sketched species.

Books and References:

Plants of the World, hosted by Kew Royal Botanical Gardens, is an amazing resource. The hardbound book of the same name is a treasure, and I use it extensively in my research for this series.

Colors and brush I use:

I favor a simple primary “triad” plus two extra colors: Manganese Blue (“cyan”), Quinacridone Rose (“magenta”), Aureolin Yellow (“yellow”), and Burnt Sienna and Indanthrone Blue, all Daniel Smith.

I use an Isabey Squirrel Mop Travel Brush.




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Field Arts Workshop: Around the World in 80 Trees No. 5 (Asia - Part 1)

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Inspired by Jonathan Drori’s wonderful books Around the World in 80 Trees and Around the World Plants, we’re going to travel around the globe by region and sketch interesting, weird, iconic, or beautiful trees and tree-like plants.

Part 4: Asia - Part 1!

What you’ll need: a multi-media sketchbook or an accordion style booklet (see below), pen and / or pencil for our base drawings, and then watercolor or colored pencil to quickly bring them to life.

TIP: I used a strip of heavy watercolor paper folded into four squares to create an “accordion” booklet to record my trees (8 total, 4 on each side).

Prepwork: have on hand a simple outline map of Asia (see resources below) so you can sketch location points for each species.

Length: 2 hours

Click here to view all past 80 Trees workshops!

Downloads and Resources

Locations of the 8 species for this workshop (these are not the ranges, but the site where the specimen we sketch is located).

Tip: Print or create an outline of Asia in your journal so you can mark the site locations of our sketched species.

Books and References:

Plants of the World, hosted by Kew Royal Botanical Gardens, is an amazing resource. The hardbound book of the same name is a treasure, and I. use it extensively in my research for this series.

Colors I use:

I favor a simple primary “triad” plus two extra colors: Manganese Blue (“cyan”), Quinacridone Rose (“magenta”), Aureolin Yellow (“yellow”), and Burnt Sienna and Indanthrone Blue, all Daniel Smith.




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Field Arts Workshop: Around the World in 80 Trees No. 4 (Europe)

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Inspired by Jonathan Drori’s wonderful books Around the World in 80 Trees and Around the World Plants, we’re going to travel around the globe by region and sketch interesting, weird, iconic, or beautiful trees and tree-like plants.

Part 4: Europe!

What you’ll need: a multi-media sketchbook or an accordion style booklet (see below), pen and / or pencil for our base drawings, and then watercolor or colored pencil to quickly bring them to life.

TIP: I used a strip of heavy watercolor paper folded into four squares to create an “accordion” booklet to record my trees (8 total, 4 on each side).

Prepwork: have on hand a simple outline map of Europe (see resources below) so you can sketch location points for each species.

Length: 2 hours

Click here to view all past 80 Trees workshops!

Downloads and Resources

Click to initiate download of a PDF of the workshop presentation (large file) * Please do not circulate this PDF; if you wish to share the workshop, please use the page link:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/88kf1zlgmx92iat/Around%20the%20World%20in%2080%20Trees%2008-27-2022.pdf

Locations of the 8 species for this workshop (these are not the ranges, but the site where the specimen we sketch is located).

Tip: Create an outline of Europe in your journal so you can mark the site locations of our sketched species. Credit: WorldMapBlank.com

Books and References:

Plants of the World, hosted by Kew Royal Botanical Gardens, is an amazing resource. The hardbound book of the same name is a treasure, and I. use it extensively in my research for this series.

Colors I use:

I favor a simple primary “triad” plus two extra colors: Manganese Blue (“cyan”), Quinacridone Rose (“magenta”), Aureolin Yellow (“yellow”), and Burnt Sienna and Indanthrone Blue, all Daniel Smith.




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Field Arts Workshop: Around the World in 80 Trees No. 3 (Africa)

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Inspired by Jonathan Drori’s wonderful books Around the World in 80 Trees and Around the World Plants, we’re going to travel around the globe by region and sketch interesting, weird, iconic, or beautiful trees and tree-like plants.

Part 3: Africa!

What you’ll need: a multi-media sketchbook or an accordion style booklet (see below), pen and / or pencil for our base drawings, and then watercolor or colored pencil to quickly bring them to life.

TIP: I used a strip of heavy watercolor paper folded into four squares to create an “accordion” booklet to record my trees (8 total, 4 on each side).

Prepwork: have on hand a simple outline map of Africa (see resources below) so you can sketch location points for each species.

Length: 2 hours

Click here to view all past 80 Trees workshops!

Downloads and Resources

Click to initiate download of a PDF of the workshop presentation (large file) * Please do not circulate this PDF; if you wish to share the workshop, please use the page link:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/c27d71zudytorak/Around%20the%20World%20in%2080%20Trees%2007-23-2022.pdf?dl=0

Locations of the 8 species for this workshop (these are not the ranges, but the site where the specimen we sketch is located).

Tip: Create an outline of North America in your journal so you can mark the site locations of our sketched species. Credit: TimVandevall.com

Books and References:

Plants of the World, hosted by Kew Royal Botanical Gardens, is an amazing resource. The hardbound book of the same name is a treasure, and I. use it extensively in my research for this series.

Colors I use:

I favor a simple primary “triad” plus two extra colors: Manganese Blue (“cyan”), Quinacridone Rose (“magenta”), Aureolin Yellow (“yellow”), and Burnt Sienna and Indanthrone Blue, all Daniel Smith.




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To come!

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Field Arts Workshop: Around the World in 80 Trees No. 2 (S. America)

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Inspired by Jonathan Drori’s wonderful books Around the World in 80 Trees and Around the World Plants, we’re going to travel around the globe by region and sketch interesting, weird, iconic, or beautiful trees and tree-like plants.

Part 2: South America!

What you’ll need: a multi-media sketchbook or an accordion style booklet (see below), pen and / or pencil for our base drawings, and then watercolor or colored pencil to quickly bring them to life.

TIP: I used a strip of heavy watercolor paper folded into four squares to create an “accordion” booklet to record my trees (8 total, 4 on each side).

Prepwork: have on hand a simple outline map of South America so you can sketch location points for each species.

Length: 2 hours

Click here to view 80 Trees workshop No. 1!

Downloads and Resources

Click to initiate download of a PDF of the workshop presentation (large file) * Please do not circulate this PDF; if you wish to share the workshop, please use the page link:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/usdhd8j6evyh383/Around%20the%20World%20in%2080%20Trees%2005-14-2022.pdf?dl=0

Locations of the 8 species for this workshop (these are not the ranges, but the site where the specimen we sketch is located).

Tip: Create an outline of North America in your journal so you can mark the site locations of our sketched species. Credit: TimVandevall.com

Books and References:

Plants of the World, hosted by Kew Royal Botanical Gardens, is an amazing resource. The hardbound book of the same name is a treasure, and I. use it extensively in my research for this series.

Colors I use:

I favor a simple primary “triad” plus two extra colors: Manganese Blue (“cyan”), Quinacridone Rose (“magenta”), Aureolin Yellow (“yellow”), and Burnt Sienna and Indanthrone Blue, all Daniel Smith.




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To come!

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Field Arts Workshop: Around the World in 80 Trees No. 1 (N. America)

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Inspired by Jonathan Drori’s wonderful books Around the World in 80 Trees and Around the World Plants, we’re going to travel around the globe by region and sketch interesting, weird, iconic, or beautiful trees and tree-like plants.

Stop 1: North America!

What you’ll need: a multi-media sketchbook or an accordion style booklet (see below), pen and / or pencil for our base drawings, and then watercolor or colored pencil to quickly bring them to life.

TIP: I used a strip of heavy watercolor paper folded into four squares to create an “accordion” booklet to record my trees (8 total, 4 on each side).

Prepwork: have on hand a simple outline map of North America (from the Arctic to Panama) so you can sketch location points for each species.

Length: 2 hours

Click here to view all past 80 Trees workshops!

Downloads and Resources


Click to initiate download of a PDF of the workshop presentation (large file) * Please do not circulate this PDF; if you wish to share the workshop, please use the page link:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/q7debd4oyakxthm/Around%20the%20World%20in%2080%20Trees%2004-09-2022.pdf?dl=0

Locations of the 8 species for this workshop (these are not the ranges, but the site where the specimen we sketch is located).

Tip: Create an outline of North America in your journal so you can mark the site locations of our sketched species. Credit: TimVandevall.com

Books and References:

Treeline: The Last Forest and the Future of Life on Earth by Ben Rawlance

NYTimes article about Diana Beresford-Kroeger, a medical biochemist, botanist, organic chemist, poet, author, and developer of artificial blood. But her main focus for decades now has been to telegraph to the world, in prose that is scientifically exacting yet startlingly affecting, the wondrous capabilities of trees. She is featured in the Balsam Poplar chapter in Rawlance’s book.

Colors I use:

I favor a simple primary “triad” plus two extra colors: Manganese Blue (“cyan”), Quinacridone Rose (“magenta”), Aureolin Yellow (“yellow”), and Burnt Sienna and Indanthrone Blue, all Daniel Smith.




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Virtual Field Trip to Arctic Alaska

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I recently returned from a two-week exploration of the Alaskan high and middle Arctic—and fell in love! I'd love to take you there, so jump aboard as we head back to Point Barrow and Uqtiagvik, and then journey up the "haul road" to Prudhoe Bay, enjoying the Brooks Range and looking for caribou and muskox. [You can view my journal pages from my journey by clicking the link above.]
Length: 2 hours

Resources from the Field Trip

To access the Virtual Field Trip online, my interactive journey with dozens of images and videos and maps: https://360exploring.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/Arctic+Alaska/output/index.html

Click to download PDF of slide show with metadata and species information

Click to download PDF of slide show with metadata and species information

 
 
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Field Arts Workshop: Elegant Ink for Field Notebooks

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Join me for a celebration of the art of elegant ink in our sketchbooks. While I do love color in my journal, I also love the beauty of well-wrought pen sketches.

We’ll cover types of pens and inks (from ballpoint to fountain pens, including the pluses and minuses of the types); practice mark-making and values; and work on a couple of different types of sketches using one image to create each, so we can see how different styles of linework each produce a different “feel” on your pages.

Length: 2 hours

Images at right: Creating various “palettes” for your marks is a great exercise and very useful to keep tucked in a pocket of your journal for reference. The different types of stroke, texture, and tone are like words in a language or paint colors in a palette: you choose each for a different effect, feel, tone, or emphasis.

Resources from the Workshop

CHAT transcript — click > HERE <

Click image BELOW to initiate download for the workshop PDF with all the information, sample images, and links. Or, use: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/rvlzr0a9hezdgjr/AACw6pH9jwhj6sQ-rvmM_GGwa?dl=0

Larger image of the sample landscape we used for the demo (by Dylan Sauerwein / Unsplash.com)

Bonus! I did a short video (no sound) of how to clean and refill a fountain pen:

DEMOS FROM THE WORKSHOP

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Virtual Field Trip: Winter Wonderlands

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Join me on a virtual field trip sketching winter wonderlands around the world! Experiment with different ways to represent snow and ice . . . from the comfort of your warm studio!

We’ll learn about wavelengths and why snow is white and glaciers are blue; explore using blue for shadows in show; practice winter “colorways;” how to represent animal tracks; and sketch some icicles.

Sketch along or just observe, I’ll narrate as I go to demonstrate why I choose to focus on what subjects and how to quickly capture them in your field notebooks and nature journals.

If you’re shy, don’t worry—we don’t require anyone to share their work and you can remain completely anonymous and worry-free!

Length: 2 hours

Resources from the Workshop

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WHAT COLORS?

French Ultramarine Blue - granulating, makes lovely grays by mixing with Burnt Sienna. Also makes beautiful snow-shadow and sky colors.

In my mini triad palette Daniel Smith (CMY = cyan, magenta, yellow) plus two extras —

Manganese Blue Hue

Quinacridone Rose

Aureolin Yellow (Cobalt Yellow PY40)

Burnt Sienna

Indanthrone Blue

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Minimalist Paint Tins - 2 sizes, with or without paint samples
from $14.00

Other useful colors:

Readymade grays - Payne’s Gray or Jane’s Gray (which is French Ultramarine and Burnt Sienna already mixed).

Fun - Shadow Violet and Moonglow, are more purpley grays.

PRACTICING WINTER COLORWAYS WEBLINKS


Study in Blue, by Scott Kranz Photography:

https://www.scott-kranz.com/landscape-portfolio

Lake Solitude, Grand Tetons, Wyoming:

https://earth.google.com/web/@43.7925807,-110.84279624,2758.16781329a,2999.51177701d,35y,-42.59965904h,60.02179378t,-0r/data=CjESLxIgZDIwNDFlYjAyZWQ1MTFlOTk3Yjg0NWEzN2RiYmYzMTEiC2djc19pdGluXzE0


Kenai Fjords, Alaska:

https://earth.google.com/web/search/alaska/@60.52983434,-145.36782947,87.99254258a,96290.9115557d,35y,70.23843188h,60.74838809t,-0r/data=CnMaSRJDCiUweDU2Yzc5YzYzMDYwOGFhMDk6MHgxMjE0M2NlZDI3MmVkYzY0KhpLZW5haSBGam9yZHMKTmF0aW9uYWwgUGFyaxgBIAEiJgokCayzsUgfWU5AEXi3k-HyVU5AGTnD68n-d2HAIbzqL5ozemHA


CANELO HILLS VIRTUAL FIELD TRIP IN 360-DEGREE VIEW:

https://360exploring.s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/WinterWonderland/output/index.html


METADATA AND NATURE DATA for CANELO HILLS, SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA, USA:

31.557 degrees N

110.55 degrees W

5,182 feet

Sunrise 7:12AM / Sunset 6:02PM

Moonrise 2:42AM / Moonset 1:12PM

High 65 / Low 37

Clouds: Altocumulus “mackerel” sky

Original pages by Roseann, completed onsite during the real field trip in January.

Original pages by Roseann, completed onsite during the real field trip in January.

Virtual Field Trip Pages by Roseann

Virtual Field Trip Pages by Roseann

 
 

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Using Grids: 3D cube landscapes and more

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Join me for a free online workshop on how to draw “3-D” landscape cubes — in which you envision taking a giant cutter and pulling a cube out of a landscape, showing the sliced edges and details such as soil and creeks and roots (see here and here for examples). John Muir Laws details them in his wonderful book The Laws Guide to Nature Drawing and Journaling.

These are not easy to do— I struggled with these complex drawings “live” in the field. Where to place the cube, how to envision placing the elements correctly. I always drew mine from photos, then actually printed them and sketched the cube over the photo, or used Photoshop to put a cube over the digital photo.

But with a fun new tool ( the new clear Perspex Palette-Easel ) I will show you how to easily capture a very fun view of a landscape. Make your own (I’ll include instructions), or order one from my shop ($13 with a dry-erase marker or $12 without).

Length: 2 hours

Resources from the Workshop

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IMAGE FOR PRACTICE DRAWING GRID LANDSCAPITO

IMAGE FOR PRACTICE DRAWING GRID LANDSCAPITO

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IMAGE FOR PRACTICE-DRAWING CUBE LANDSCAPE

IMAGE FOR PRACTICE-DRAWING CUBE LANDSCAPE

METADATA AND NATURE DATA for ROMERO POOLS, SANTA CATALINA MOUNTAINS, TUCSON, ARIZONA, USA:

32.414359 N, -110.872213 W

3713 feet elevation

Sunrise 0722 am

Sunset 0529 pm

Moonrise 0136 pm

Moonset 0258 am

Moonphase 75% illumination / waxing

High / Low temperatures - High 63/ Low 45 (degrees F)

 
 

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Virtual Field Trip: Unique Grasslands of the World

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Join me as we explore three of the world’s grasslands—Australia’s Southern Tablelands in New South Wales, Brazil’s Cerrado, and Alberta’s Southern Prairies—to observe, take notes on, and sketch some well-known animals as well as some lesser-known and fascinating creatures! Sketch along or just observe, I’ll narrate as I go to demonstrate why I choose to focus on what subjects and how to quickly capture them in your field notebooks and nature journals.

Resources from the Workshop



Metadata and Nature data:

Images from each stop (click to enlarge; right-click to download):