If you have never drawn or kept a Nature Journal before, remember, there are no real 'rules' to what or how you draw. It can be as much or as little as you wish, botanical, mineral, animal, whatever. Details, prose, poetry... all is applicable to your response to the natural scene or item you have chosen to illustrate. In this challenge, due to Covid restrictions and inclement weather I suggested you choose a leaf or vegetation from your garden or walk because it was easy.
So, JH, there is no need to worry that you have not created a perfect 'botanical' drawing as you emailed to me. Nature Journals can be as precise or as loose as you wish - it as purely personal rendering of your object or scene. Which you have done beautifully in this gum-nut drawing. The use of Graphitint pencils work very well. I use them a lot in my nature drawing as well. The choice of a rougher cold press paper suits the pencils. I cannot read your prose as it is too faint, but as I said, it is for your personal record and as long as you can read it that is fine. A lovely little drawing!
Plenty River Trail Gum-nut by JH
EM had drawn some Nasturtium leaves three ways - tonal, linear and color. She has added a pressed leaf to the page. A good composition with well observed drawings. Attention to design and placement of the items works nicely - you could maybe add a wriggly bit of the stem work in that white space between the prose and the bottom leaves? Just to add a bit more interest. Nice bit of research on the plants' history as well.
Nasturtium studies by EM
Here is something I did in one of my journals a few years back - not botanical, but animal! Just to demonstrate you can draw whatever you like in your journal - whatever interests you when you are out and about in nature.
Flying Fox Wing study on site by Linda 2018
NEW CHALLEGE will be posted late tonight - once I have drawn it!
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