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Product Identifiers

PublisherStackpole Books

ISBN-100811735680

ISBN-139780811735681

eBay Product ID (ePID)70930176

Product Key Features

Book TitleHow to Keep a Naturalist's Notebook

Number of Pages168 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2009

TopicPlants / General, Techniques / Drawing, General

IllustratorYes

GenreNature, Art

AuthorSusan Leigh Tomlinson

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.3 in

Item Weight1 Oz

Item Length9.1 in

Item Width7.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2008-034040

Dewey Edition22

Number of Volumes1 vol.

Dewey Decimal508.072/3

Synopsis* How to incorporate notes, drawings, and maps into a useful field notebook * Tips on preparing a field kit, sketching natural subjects, and identifying wild plants and animals * For student scientists, biologists, and nature-lovers alike: Keeping a field notebook is essential to recording the natural world from a personal perspective. Whether it's the number of petals on an unusual flower or the colour of a bird's feathers, details must be noted in an accurate way. In this easy-to-use guide, readers will learn how to master basic drawing skills, use colour and line to their advantage, incorporate maps, sketch wild subjects, and so on. Includes sketches from actual field notebooks to show simple to advanced drawing techniques. Straightforward instructions allow beginners and experienced naturalists to sharpen their skills. AUTHOR: Susan Leigh Tomlinson is a palaeontologist, artist, and faculty member of Texas Tech University, where she teaches a field craft class in the nature studies program. SELLING POINTS: * A one of a kind, art filled how to guide geared to wildlife students and naturalists, based on the author's college course * Pages from actual field notebooks clearly illustrate what works and why * Hints and advice for outdoors people with even limited artistic skills ILLUSTRATIONS 4 colour photographs & 102 illustrations, A one-of-a-kind, art-filled how-to guide geared to wildlife students and naturalists, based on the author's college course. Pages from actual field notebooks clearly illustrate what works and why. Hints and advice for outdoorspeople with even limited artistic skills., A one-of-a-kind, art-filled how-to guide geared to wildlife students and naturalists, based on the author's college coursePages from actual field notebooks clearly illustrate what works and whyHints and advice for outdoorspeople with even limited artistic skillsFor nature-lovers, birders, and students of wildlife and biology, keeping a field notebook is essential to accurately recording outdoor observations. This unique guide offers instruction on how to do it--what to look for, what information should be recorded and how to organize it, basic drawing skills using line and color, and incorporating maps and charts, as well as advice on equipment to take in the field and using conventional field guides. A colorful book that will teach and inspire.

LC Classification NumberQH51.T66 2009