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| From Baner Hill, Looking west. |
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| Biodiversity park. Reforestation planting on Baner hillside. Looking south. |
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| Looking north on Baner Hill |
Two things drawing and painting from nature will do for you.
Firstly, instil a sense of humility about nature and hopefully admiration. All the High Dynamic Range processed digital images, graphics, 3D movies, computer games, all pale in comparison. I cant bring myself to write about it as it seems so silly and obvious and slightly embarrassing. But I am sure there are people who need this reminder. Go stare at a sunset and accompanying skies. Or an insect in your garden. It's always amazing.
Secondly, it creates an appreciation of the difficulty of drawing and painting from nature.( All representations for that matter, including photography).
As it is, it is hard to do watercolors. The golden rule, that all great watercolorists follow and excel at, is knowing what to do. With that one brush stroke, lay down a color or shape a form or cast that shadow or perhaps do them all at once! And then to be done with it. No pecking around and fidgeting. No "do overs".
And its even harder and impossible to capture things you see in nature. But its always worth the effort however terrible your results may seem. You will LOOK, for once, and see stuff you otherwise miss.
You must attempt it in your life.
