What's up with Modern Art?
On the Terrace Pierre-Auguste Renoir This is a reader question from Lisa, which I received last week: I took my kids to an art show just for young people last week. It was supposed to get them excited about classic works of art. The question my kids had (which the lady who was ...
Beautiful Bergamot
Beautiful Bergamot in Conte Pastel Pencil by Kimberly I was just spending some time outside, sketching the flowers and herbs in my garden...including these beautiful Bergamot flowers.
The Grasshopper
Grasshopper in Conte Pastel Pencil by Kimberly This is a sketch of that same Grasshopper we photographed using Super Macro.
Sketching at the Zoo: Timberwolf
Timberwolf in Pencil by Kimberly The Zoo can be a great place to practice sketching animals, because there are so many of them! I sketched this wolf quickly with a pencil during our recent outing to the zoo, using a quick gesture drawing.
Nature Close-Ups
Theresa asked me, I like the new site design! Here's a post idea: how do you take up close pictures of flowers and bugs and all of that without it being really blurry? I am not a good photographer but I try. Good question. Most digital cameras can do what it used to ...
My Thoughts on Telescopes
Source: Hubblesite.org You won't be able to see Saturn looking this cool from a home telescope. Trust me. After my post on Nature Study Supplies, Missy asked this question, and I think it's a good one: Can you post something or maybe even write more here in the comments about why you ...
Tadpoles
A friend has a pond behind her house, and her children had some tadpoles in a large canning jar, to watch them turn into frogs. These tadpoles were already starting to get their legs. Tadpoles with pen and ink, and colored pencil To learn more about the life cycle of frogs ...
The Bird's Nest
The other day, my 11 year old daughter came to me, very excited. She said there was a bird's nest right outside the window. My first thought was that this was not a good thing, because of our cats. Why would a bird build a nest on our porch near ...
Taking Time to Watch the Geese...and Draw Them!
Goose and Goslings by Kimberly Eddy Sometimes I wonder what someone from the 19th century (or earlier) would think of our modern day claims of " too busy" or "not enough time". I am guilty of it too. I never seem to have enough time, despite having so many time saving ...
Welcome to the Weekly Art Action for the week of June 14th! These art actions are designed to give you something specific to do, related to drawing or nature journalling, to help you build and practice your skills, or maybe learn a new skill along the way. This week’s art action assignment is to make [...]
Source: Hubblesite.org You won’t be able to see Saturn looking this cool from a home telescope. Trust me. After my post on Nature Study Supplies, Missy asked this question, and I think it’s a good one: Can you post something or maybe even write more here in the comments about why you don’t like telescopes? [...]
Beautiful Bergamot in Conte Pastel Pencil by Kimberly I was just spending some time outside, sketching the flowers and herbs in my garden…including these beautiful Bergamot flowers.
Theresa asked me, I like the new site design! Here’s a post idea: how do you take up close pictures of flowers and bugs and all of that without it being really blurry? I am not a good photographer but I try. Good question. Most digital cameras can do what it used to take a [...]
