Observation Skills

Capture nature in all its sensory details.  Take a walk and make notes of edges, shapes, connections.  Look into flowers for faces and figures.

Listen for sounds. What scents arrive on the breeze?

Observe what birds do with their feet when they launch, fly, or land.  What types of wing manoeuvres occur?

Choose nouns and verbs to describe scenes you pass. Avoid adjectives and adverbs.

Write action: crash, roll, fly, scamper, flitter, ramble, scuff.

If you wander near the sea notice: squirrels, sea birds, waves, rust, bubbles, sand, and tints of spray.

Find a variety of words to describe blue.  Where does it go and what does it do?

Add color like scarlet, aubergine, and apricot.

Squint and make up names: marenglow, silvaroon, glurple.

Use imagery instead of a condition to communicate: solitude, tranquility, harmony, or disruption.