You don’t have the enclosed image of a photograph to provide a frame of reference but rather a landscape around you.
You often have to be satisfied with plenty of mistakes because time, spectators, the weather or other factors will be contributors to the confidence with which you draw and may often be against you.Ĭomposition becomes challenging too. Sketching what you see, however, is no mean feat. Ideas on Nature Sketching Are you Inside or Out?īefore we launch into these categories, however, there is one important factor that changes the approach you take to the sketch you want to get down on paper.Īre you inside or outside whilst you are drawing? Is the “real thing”in front of you or are you working from an image?Īpart from the fact that you may be carrying or using different equipment, sketching “en plain air” means that your sketch doesn’t need to be overwrought with too much detail. They include landscapes, flora and fauna, and the birds and bees (to include the wider animal kingdom.) As you become more of a proficient artist you too many be able to hone in on the types of drawings you would categorise as nature sketching. I have 3 main categories I use in my sketchbook that fit the nature sketching theme. I think there are a variety of different techniques to employ when considering nature sketching and it starts by creating the categories you would class as “nature” based. I believe this is where some of the magic of drawing lies. Perhaps we become more aware of our sense of place within the wider world as we start to capture it all on paper. Pleasures that are rooted in the natural world.Īs important as its counterpart, (urban sketching), nature sketching or rural sketching, elicits a sense of adventure akin to being on holiday, a sense of taking a break and expanding one’s horizon outwards.
Whether a bird sitting on your inner city garden fence, your succulent bathing in the sunshine on a window sill, or portobello mushrooms tumbling out of a brown paper bag ready for chopping, I have often dwelt on the fact that the reason I love to draw so much is that I am drawn to the very simplest of life’s pleasures. Without realising it, nature creeps into our daily interpretations of the world. Have you ever wondered where to start when nature sketching?įirstly, how does one even begin to define it? From sweeping landscapes to the local park, animals to trees, birds to moss, the natural world provides limitless inspiration for our sketchbooks.
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