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Category: Drawing Landscapes

Tips, tricks, and techniques to help you draw landscapes.

Puddles and Page Layouts

Puddles and Page Layouts

In this “Ask Jack” session, John Muir Laws demonstrates how to draw shallow water, as well as ideas on how you can weave your pages together “post-hawk”. (May 2021) Read More

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Drawing Denmark

Drawing Denmark

In this “Ask Jack” session, we draw a landscapito of a field in Denmark, courtesy of participant Valters. John Muir Laws demonstrates how to render grass textures using some neat tricks, as well as how to create depth in your landscapito. Read More

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Happy Little Trees

Happy Little Trees

In honor of Bob Ross’s birthday, John Muir Laws led an enchanting workshop on October 29th, 2021, dressed as the man himself! In this workshop, he teaches how to draw happy little trees, as well as celebrate the spirit of kindness in community. Please join in! Read More

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Bare Trees and Waterfalls

Bare Trees and Waterfalls

In this session of “Ask Jack” (April 2021), John Muir Laws shows us tips and tricks for drawing bare trees against landscapes and using Tombow markers, ballpoint pen, and more to render waterfalls across our pages. Read More

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Block Diagrams and Circles

Block Diagrams and Circles

In this “Ask Jack” session, John Muir Laws demonstrates how to create visuals of cycles for observations of natural phenomena, as well as a review of how to create a block diagram. Read More

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NJC: Episode 37, Block Diagram

NJC: Episode 37, Block Diagram

Learn how to make a Block Diagram to help you describe the ecosystems you explore. This is a visual thinking tool that will help you think three-dimensionally as you explore. About The Nature Journal Connection Video Series In partnership with the Children’s Creativity Museum in San Francisco (https://creativity.org/), I worked with a team to produce Read More

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Coastal Cliffs and Waves

Coastal Cliffs and Waves

Let John Muir Laws show you some problem-solving he did around drawing coastal landscapes. Play with different strategies and learn some fast ways to capture the effects of waves hitting the coastal cliffs, using watercolor, a white crayon, and pencil. Read More

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Water Soluble Pencils

Water Soluble Pencils

Join John Muir Laws in this “Ask Jack” session, where we explore creating a river landscapito using watercolor pencils, as well as some of the challenges in using them. Read More

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Ask Jack: How to Draw Rocks!

Ask Jack: How to Draw Rocks!

Learn how to draw and emphasize planes and shadows of rocks using a ballpoint pen. Read More

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Gouache Landscapitos on Toned Paper

Gouache Landscapitos on Toned Paper

Learn how to paint quick landscapitos on toned paper with watercolor and gouache. For this workshop, we will use the light value gouache palette for the lights and watercolor for the darks. The system is fast, simple, and fun. To create your own gouache kit like the one John Muir Laws is using, please view Read More

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