Tally marks, Colored Pencil Wren, and Gull on Toned Paper

Join John Muir Laws in the Nature Journal Workshop as he demonstrates a better strategy to make tally marks, how to draw a wren in colors pencil (based on inspiration from the artist Michael Warren), and drawing and painting shadows on a gull with gouache on colored paper.

[@rjehu257]

Thank you. I love listening to your thinking and decision making process, as you are drawing. I am learning so much 🐣

[@sigrunella1]

Wow, I have been looking for resources for coloured pencils in nature journaling. This was so useful and informative. Thank you!

[@maamseeetc1784]

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[@wonderfilleddays3295]

Thanks for sharing your knowledge! I love the tally mark idea. Mathisfun.com says it's called Tukey Tallying after John Tukey but was first used by Carl Schenck to count logs in 1898.

[@pibarrante6901]

Thanks for posting! Its the Nature Drawing and Journaling book that has the abbreviations

[@jeansuplick4730]

This was great! What colored pencils are you using?