Bird Journals: Getting the Gist

Practice noticing, and discover how to see shapes, postures, proportions, and angles more easily, and then draw those birds in your journal more effectively. Add a little watercolor to your page, and some writing, and you have a wonderful journal page.

No art experience is needed! Relaxation and awareness help you learn new ways of seeing, and then of drawing and using watercolor simply. For joy, not mastery! Keeping a bird journal is fun, easy, portable, and a creative relaxing way to record your experiences with birds, at home, or anywhere in the field in a more creative than “perfection” style. Each class has a different focus, and each class reviews some basics.

In this session, we will practice simplifying; drawing and painting only what is needed. We’ll learn new ways of seeing, so you are able to draw what is there. Then we’ll add some paint…again, simply and effectively suggesting the bird you are wanting to record.

We work mostly inside, with the resident birds, specimens and live, as well as with photo references to learn the skills.

Jude is a teacher, artist, and naturalist who loves nature journaling, and has invited and inspired many people to begin and continue this joyful creative process.

• Space is limited to 10 participants per session.

• This is an in-person class to be held indoors at Bird Alliance of Oregon in Heron Hall. 

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