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
Category: Drawing Landscapes
Tips, tricks, and techniques to help you draw landscapes.
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
Ask Jack: How to Draw Rocks!
Learn how to draw and emphasize planes and shadows of rocks using a ballpoint pen. Read More
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
Winter Trees
In this Ask Jack session, we look at the shapes of deciduous trees in winter and learn some tree tricks from John Muir Laws! Read More
Perspectives, Part 2
Let’s build on the perspectives basics we explored in the previous workshop. Today we practice finding the vanishing points in actual places and use those to show depth in our illustrations. Read More
Let’s Rock! Drawing Geology
Learn how to visualize and draw geologic cross-sections and block diagrams for field sketching. This will help you draw what you see, and see what you draw! These techniques can be adapted for all kinds of visual thinking applications. Read More
Let’s Rock! How to Draw Rocks and Stones
Learn how to draw rocks and stones with graphite, pen and watercolor. Capture structure and details and show important rock characteristics for the study of geology. Read More
How to Draw Block Diagrams
This is going to be fun! Learn how to create landscape block diagrams. These are great ways to explore and visualize landscapes and ecosystems. This system will help you playfully explore and document your discoveries in nature. Read More
NJC, Episode 27: Little Landscapes
Learn how to add micro landscapes into your nature journal. These small sketches can be integrated with writing to rive rich reminders of an experience. Try a sketch toward each of the cardinal directions for a personal memento of a special place. Read More