Welcome to the Weekly Art Action for the week of March 22nd!
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 involves sketching some sprouting plants you might find in your home or yard.
Drawing plants and flowers can be pretty intimidating, but they do start of small, as little bits of green poking up from the ground! Using a contour, draw the basic shape of your sprouting plant life, and then shade or color it in, using whatever you have.
Supplies
paper, pencil, and (if you want) colored pencils or chalks.
How do I do it?
This time of year, nature is starting to wake up from it’s winter slumber. If you have bulbs planted in the yard, these are usually among the first to “wake up”, especially crocuses or tulips. I have hyacinths being “forced” on my window sill, which I’ve drawn.
If it’s too cold outside, bring a camera instead of a sketchbook, and snap a photo of your subject.
The Goal
The goal here is to practice what you’ve learned about contours on a “real live subject”.
Going Forward
Take note of the plant whose sprouts you just sketched. Try to take a photo or make a sketch every week, as it grows.
Share
If you’ve done this lesson, and you’d like to share your results, just post a link to your photo in the comments section. (This is family friendly, so please keep it PG, or it will be deleted! Thanks!) If you don’t have a website or blog of your own, you could upload it to a site like Flickr.com and share with us that way.
