Sketching Plants (publ. 2024-06-11)

I've continued my spring time walks along the Tanana River, two or three times a week. I've collected some additional photos from that but haven't had time yet to get them organized and published.

Also, a week or two ago I decided to shift some of my energies towards sketching plants instead of just photographing them. Photography is rewarding in its own way. Nevertheless, photography doesn't force you to spend much time studying the intricate details of the subject. I decided to start by sketching a tamarack cone:

tamarack cone

This was dramatically more challenging than I expected. The first three or four attempts were simply discarded. In this attempt, I started by penciling in some lines for basic angles, then penciling in curves, then drawing over with the gel pen, and then erasing the pencil work.

I'm hoping to continue on with sketching practice, but time management will be a big issue going forward. It takes me about 30 minutes or so to do even a tiny sketch, and I still want to have time for just walking and taking photos. But I have only about 40 minutes of free time available during my lunch break.

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