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A view from Tributary Farm in High Falls, NY. Our “field trip” during the Nature Journaling workshop at Hollengold this September. I chose this view that included the Mohonk Tower and an incredible bed of green and purple lettuces! 🙂

Had fun at the in-person Nature Journaling workshop at Hollengold Farm this September. Here is my journal page from the natural swimming pool, with a close-up of an interesting waterside flower, pickerelweed. I loved the way the flowers curled after blooming.

Amazing Sam! Besides the quality of the work it is also such a pleasing composition!

Look at those translucent skins! Wow!

Pillows galore! Gorgeous Sam!

Hi Helene- another wonderful drawing! I agree with you that the addition of a small, flat leaf would help. Especially on the right side of the flower where there is a lot of negative space between the flower and the large leaves on the right side. I also agree with you about darkening the leaves. The large leaves are gorgeous, but there are a lot…[Read more]

Very inspiring.

This is amazing!

Recently finished commission.

Thank you Doug and Erin!

Hi Doug, I would like to get your advice on how to make the lotus flower come off the page. I see that darkening the leaves would help. I am thinking that adding a few leaves i.e. more small flat leaves that sit on the water and/or adding a wash of dark indigo water colour though I don’t have much practice with water colour wash. What do you think?

I hadn’t thought about it being helpful to know where the shadows and light are until you suggested it Doug. I am going to do it going forward to get lots of practice with leaves.

Thank you so much Doug for all your help. You are a great teacher.