Nature Notes.
A nature sketchbook can help record interesting detail about wildlife discovered in and around the garden.
This
was quite an interesting exercise - usually we glance such creatures
and don't really know how they look, how they are 'put together' - in
detail.
Having a specimen to learn from was very useful - I could see the fine hairs under a magnifying glass, the reflected shades in the wings and the knobbly joints in the leg...
For more Random Acts of Wildness use the sidebar menu Blogs 30 Days Wild 2016 and 30 Days Wild 2018.
A nature sketchbook can help record interesting detail about wildlife discovered in and around the garden.
Daddy-Long-Legs |
After
yesterday's discoveries from the box found at the end of the garden,
I made a start this morning with a quick sketch of a damaged
cranefly.
Having a specimen to learn from was very useful - I could see the fine hairs under a magnifying glass, the reflected shades in the wings and the knobbly joints in the leg...
For more Random Acts of Wildness use the sidebar menu Blogs 30 Days Wild 2016 and 30 Days Wild 2018.