The Laws Guide to Drawing Birds Book Study
The Laws Guide to Drawing Birds Book Study
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We started this study group on April 15 , with a live guest appearance from John Muir Laws during the noon group session. If you missed this, you are still welcome to join us! Participants in the group will work on their own at their own pace, and share their progress during our weekly watercolor journaling gatherings. When you register we will send you zoom link and copy of youtube of his visit to our initial group session on April 15, 2024.
John Muir Laws is an award-winning naturalist, educator, and artist. His guide to Drawing Birds is considered an important and valuable reference for those interested in learning the fundamentals of bird drawing techniques that will enhance your skills and increase observation and perception. The lessons in the text teach basic principles with a primary goal of encouraging one to move through the world with curiosity, joy and a deeper relationship with birds and nature. Participants will need the required text, journal, a Net Loft Laws Bird tool kit or supplies from list gathered from your collection, watercolor paints, brushes, a colored pencil set and a pair of binoculars.
Those who have many of the supplies on hand from previous courses may review kits below as a checklist of suggested items.
Text
Journal - for recording daily lessons.
OPTIONS
- Ideally one should have a white blank medium sized journal and a toned paper journal that is solely designated to this study group.
- John Muir Laws Blank Journal includes white, and toned papers (Dotty is using this and it is working very well.
- Blank White or Ivory Journal
- Blank Toned (Tanned and/or Grey) Journal
TOOL KITS (follow link to purchase) (Items in the kits are also available to purchase individually)
suggested materials kits and supplies:
Copper River Fleece Seawatcher
Net Loft Laws Watercolor Sets
Basic supplies sold singly:
- #2 pencil and Blackwing Pencil
- Gum Eraser
- Non-photo Blue Pencil
- Fine Line Marker MICRON or STAETLER (003, 005, or 01)
- White Colored Pencil, Caran Dache Pablo
- Hand Lens
- Derwent Water-Soluble Graphite Pencil (or Faber Castell Aquarelle Pencil)
- Dark Brown Colored Pencil
- Mechanical Pencils .5mm, .7mm 2mm,and leads to match
- Mono Mini Round Eraser with refill pack
- Blending Tool - Stump
- Ball Point Pen
- White Gel Pen
- Water-Soluble Black Fine Point Marker
- Tombow Double Point Black Brush Marker
- Small Water Brush
- Tube of Permanent White Gouache
- Kneaded Eraser
- Colored Pencil Colorless Blending Tool Set
- Kum Automatic Long Point Pencil Sharpener
- Small Sharpener for 2 mm Lead Pencil
- Large Water Brush
- Medium Water Brush
Highly recommended, but not included in kits
FOUNTAIN PENS
Fine or Ultra-fine Platinum Fountain Pen, choose color and style
Colored Pencil Sets (Regular and/or Watercolor)
Brushes
Watercolor Paint Sets
- New Schmincke Paint Set (working on getting these online, call about our great collection of kits and we can help you)
- Van Gogh set of 12 pans
- Winsor Newton Cotman
- Art Tool Kit Pocket Palette with a set of tubes for filling with suggested color palette. You may select from our Daniel Smith Paint Selection.
- Empty Van Gogh boxes and filling them with your own color palette.
- Beam Paint Set of Natural Pigments (in shop, may be requested)
A double primary is recommended. Many choices here. For guidance contact Dotty at The Net Loft. One plan would be to follow John Muir Laws 12 color pick for this study.
Here are some color suggestions for paint if you are interested in creating your own palette. *John Muir Laws 12 color pick
*Dioxazine Violet/Windsor Violet
*Permanent Orange
Other favorites from other sources
Cerulean Blue, or Cerulean Blue Chromium
French Ultramarine
Quinacridone Burnt Scarlet
Other items needed
- Water Cups/Jars (preferably 2)
- Cotton Cloth or Sock
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