Landscapes, Sketching, Virtual Field Trip Roseann Hanson Landscapes, Sketching, Virtual Field Trip Roseann Hanson

Virtual Field Trip: Winter Wonderlands

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Join me on a virtual field trip sketching winter wonderlands around the world! Experiment with different ways to represent snow and ice . . . from the comfort of your warm studio!

We’ll learn about wavelengths and why snow is white and glaciers are blue; explore using blue for shadows in show; practice winter “colorways;” how to represent animal tracks; and sketch some icicles.

Sketch along or just observe, I’ll narrate as I go to demonstrate why I choose to focus on what subjects and how to quickly capture them in your field notebooks and nature journals.

If you’re shy, don’t worry—we don’t require anyone to share their work and you can remain completely anonymous and worry-free!

Length: 2 hours

Resources from the Workshop

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WHAT COLORS?

French Ultramarine Blue - granulating, makes lovely grays by mixing with Burnt Sienna. Also makes beautiful snow-shadow and sky colors.

In my mini triad palette Daniel Smith (CMY = cyan, magenta, yellow) plus two extras —

Manganese Blue Hue

Quinacridone Rose

Aureolin Yellow (Cobalt Yellow PY40)

Burnt Sienna

Indanthrone Blue

Other useful colors:

Readymade grays - Payne’s Gray or Jane’s Gray (which is French Ultramarine and Burnt Sienna already mixed).

Fun - Shadow Violet and Moonglow, are more purpley grays.


PRACTICING WINTER COLORWAYS WEBLINKS


Study in Blue, by Scott Kranz Photography:

https://www.scott-kranz.com/landscape-portfolio

Lake Solitude, Grand Tetons, Wyoming:

https://earth.google.com/web/@43.7925807,-110.84279624,2758.16781329a,2999.51177701d,35y,-42.59965904h,60.02179378t,-0r/data=CjESLxIgZDIwNDFlYjAyZWQ1MTFlOTk3Yjg0NWEzN2RiYmYzMTEiC2djc19pdGluXzE0


Kenai Fjords, Alaska:

https://earth.google.com/web/search/alaska/@60.52983434,-145.36782947,87.99254258a,96290.9115557d,35y,70.23843188h,60.74838809t,-0r/data=CnMaSRJDCiUweDU2Yzc5YzYzMDYwOGFhMDk6MHgxMjE0M2NlZDI3MmVkYzY0KhpLZW5haSBGam9yZHMKTmF0aW9uYWwgUGFyaxgBIAEiJgokCayzsUgfWU5AEXi3k-HyVU5AGTnD68n-d2HAIbzqL5ozemHA


CANELO HILLS VIRTUAL FIELD TRIP IN 360-DEGREE VIEW:

https://360exploring.s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/WinterWonderland/output/index.html


METADATA AND NATURE DATA for CANELO HILLS, SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA, USA:

31.557 degrees N

110.55 degrees W

5,182 feet

Sunrise 7:12AM / Sunset 6:02PM

Moonrise 2:42AM / Moonset 1:12PM

High 65 / Low 37

Clouds: Altocumulus “mackerel” sky

Original pages by Roseann, completed onsite during the real field trip in January.

Original pages by Roseann, completed onsite during the real field trip in January.

Virtual Field Trip Pages by Roseann

Virtual Field Trip Pages by Roseann

 
 

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Using Grids: 3D cube landscapes and more

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Join me for a free online workshop on how to draw “3-D” landscape cubes — in which you envision taking a giant cutter and pulling a cube out of a landscape, showing the sliced edges and details such as soil and creeks and roots (see here and here for examples). John Muir Laws details them in his wonderful book The Laws Guide to Nature Drawing and Journaling.

These are not easy to do— I struggled with these complex drawings “live” in the field. Where to place the cube, how to envision placing the elements correctly. I always drew mine from photos, then actually printed them and sketched the cube over the photo, or used Photoshop to put a cube over the digital photo.

But with a fun new tool ( the new clear Perspex Palette-Easel ) I will show you how to easily capture a very fun view of a landscape. Make your own (I’ll include instructions), or order one from my shop ($13 with a dry-erase marker or $12 without).

Length: 2 hours

Resources from the Workshop

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IMAGE FOR PRACTICE DRAWING GRID LANDSCAPITO

IMAGE FOR PRACTICE DRAWING GRID LANDSCAPITO

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IMAGE FOR PRACTICE-DRAWING CUBE LANDSCAPE

IMAGE FOR PRACTICE-DRAWING CUBE LANDSCAPE

METADATA AND NATURE DATA for ROMERO POOLS, SANTA CATALINA MOUNTAINS, TUCSON, ARIZONA, USA:

32.414359 N, -110.872213 W

3713 feet elevation

Sunrise 0722 am

Sunset 0529 pm

Moonrise 0136 pm

Moonset 0258 am

Moonphase 75% illumination / waxing

High / Low temperatures - High 63/ Low 45 (degrees F)

 
 

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Virtual Field Trip: Unique Grasslands of the World

Join me as we explore three of the world’s grasslands—Australia’s Southern Tablelands in New South Wales, Brazil’s Cerrado, and Alberta’s Southern Prairies—to observe, take notes on, and sketch some well-known animals as well as some lesser-known and fascinating creatures! Sketch along or just observe, I’ll narrate as I go to demonstrate why I choose to focus on what subjects and how to quickly capture them in your field notebooks and nature journals.

Resources from the Workshop



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Images from each stop (click to enlarge; right-click to download):

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