Hello,
I love watching and drawing all kinds of things from nature (my avatar is of a wasp sadly trapped in a friend's house when she went on holiday, but I thought it was beautiful enough to sketch even when dead) I have a special love for the kinds of plants and animals which many people don't like (bats, rodents, spiders, wasps, snakes, fungi etc), so I'm looking forward to being able to talk with other people of like mind
I draw freehand, mostly from life, but when it's moving too quickly I'll draw from photos (no gridding, copying. projecting etc. as I'd rather do a bad drawing than a perfect copy). And when I've drawn something I see it differently from then on. It makes me see things I never saw before.
I spent too much of my life being distracted by other interests, and my only goal in life from now on is to improve my drawing, and along with that, increase my ability to see beauty in things other people often miss (as I did too, when I was younger).
Being alone with nature and losing all track of time and self in a drawing are endless sources of excitement and contentment for me, and having looked around the forum I'm glad to know that many other people here share my feelings.
Here's a haiku which sums it up (I can't find the author's name, sadly).
I have been gazing
At the scenery of Sho and Shung.
I realise
I am all of a sudden
Part of the landscape.
Looking forward to getting to know you
Andestine
(Already putting together a post to the Wildlife Gardening forum
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