Life Hacks for naturalists

The art related tipd made me realize I can maybe contribute with some art-related tips:

  • there’s empty plastic brush pens that can be filled with ink, but some watercolor artists fill them with water instead.
  • there’s travel kits for watercolors. They often come with small brushes too.
  • got two short color pencil nubs? Get some tape and tape the flat ends together. Now you have one that’s easier to hold.
  • there’s kneaded erasers, which are good for shaping to whatever spot you need to erase. It’s a good way of reclaiming lighter areas in a pencil drawing, so long as you didn’t press your pencil too hard into the paper.

I can add more art tips that may be useful for field drawings, but I’ll stop here. You might find more tips from artists who work en plein air, which is the practice of working outside.

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