Exploring New Views – with a Virtual Field Trip to Sabino Canyon
Whether you’re an old hand or a beginner at nature journaling and field sketching, learning to visualize subjects in new ways is really helpful for breaking out of ruts—plus it’s just fun. In this online workshop, we explore three unique views: side-view; top-view; and, my current favorite, zoom in / zoom out. [For those of you who took the workshop, to jump to the section where I finished the pages with watercolor and more ink line work, go to the 1:00:00 time frame in the video.]
Some tips and resources mentioned in the workshop:
Technology-assisted views:
How to use the magnifier function on your iPhone or Android
Metadata—what to include and where to find the information: on my blog
Other tutorials on visualizing landscapes in different ways: on my blog
Below are the finished pages from the workshop, demonstrating a “3D” view, a zoom-out (world) view, a cutaway view, and a zoom-in view.
I darkened the New Moon a bit more, and added more information about axial tilt during the solstice. In the 3D landscape I enhanced the ink line work a little bit, and put a blue wash (indanthrone) over the far ridge to help push it back visually.
In the cutaway view, I used pen line work to outline shrubs and enhance the grass and roots. I also added shading to the snail shell, and more written information.