If you are an avid sketchbook artist, chances are that you write passages of text next to your illustrations. Have you ever entertained daydreams about turning your sketchbook into a published book? If you have, then here is a four-day conference for writers that might interest you.
The Writers TeleSummit 2008 is a unique four-day conference [...]
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Preservation Through Observation & Plant Documentation
Posted in Art Library, Education, Reference, Science Library, Sketching & Journaling, Special Articles & Interviews, tagged Botanical illustration, Brodiaea, conservation, geology, new species, observation, plant documentation, Plants, Santa Rosa Plateau, sketching and journaling on November 21, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Earlier I noted that sometimes there are flowers that go unnoticed on a daily basis because we have seen them so many times before. We stop paying attention to them because they have become merely background noise. Today I have a prime example of what can happen if we all keep our observational skills [...]