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Drawing Practice
- Blind Contour Drawing: A 10-Minute Practice Guide — Blind contour drawing means following a subject’s visible edges with your eyes while moving your pencil without looking at the paper.
- Negative-Space Drawing: A 15-Minute Beginner Exercise — Negative-space drawing studies the shapes around and between parts of a subject, such as the opening inside a mug handle.
Field Notes
- How to Start a Nature Journal: A Simple First Page — Start a nature journal by writing the date, place, time, and weather, then observing one nearby subject for ten minutes.