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Category: Drawing Landscapes

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

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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Winter Trees

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

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Perspectives, Part 2

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

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Let's Rock! Drawing Geology

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

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Let's Rock! How to Draw Rocks and Stones

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

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How to Draw Block Diagrams

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

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NJC, Episode 27: Little Landscapes

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

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