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
Category: Drawing Landscapes
Tips, tricks, and techniques to help you draw landscapes.
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
Using the Depth Toolkit
Join John Muir Laws as he demonstrates how to show depth in landscape sketches using the suite of depth techniques from The Laws Guide to Nature Drawing and Journaling. Read More
Drawing in Winter, tales of Ice and Snow
Learn how to draw and explore the winter wonderland, landscapes, snow, and ice. This workshop was part of the live Ask Jack workshop series where participants choose the topic. Read More
Drawing Bushes with Pen and Using Toned Paper
In this problem-solving forum, John Muir Laws takes questions from the audience, showing techniques to draw bushes vs. trees in a landscape, how to draw cherry blossoms, how to use toned paper, and some tricks to help you frame a landscape. Read More