Category Archives: journal

While we were a bit prescriptive about the sketching process, our journaling time was wide open. Some kids wrote observational pieces. Some took notes as if the landscape were a textbook, lecture, or whiteboard. Some wrote poetry. Below you will … Continue reading →

The practice of sketching is the practice of seeing. When we draw we are tempted to draw what our mind thinks a thing should look like, not how it actually looks. To counteract this tendency we follow a process of study … Continue reading →