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LUCIE MCDOUGALL
SIGHTWRITING
Having read about various ways in which artists record time, landscape and environment I understood the need for consistency. Sightwriting allowed this while also capturing additional information
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Sightwriting was something I discovered while reading "Bet Low: An Active Career by Jenny Brownrigg".
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Low communicates visual and emotional elements felt in the landscape through descriptions and lists, to then later translate into artwork.
I began using this technique in my own practice.
![DSC_0462.JPG](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/baa4b9_a01e885e0713463dbeea775503cb3a0f~mv2.jpg/v1/crop/x_1736,y_1196,w_1795,h_1313/fill/w_110,h_81,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/DSC_0462_JPG.jpg)
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![IMG_8934.HEIC](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/baa4b9_910cf368fad742479b6af0059c60d033~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_249,h_332,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/IMG_8934_HEIC.png)
KAREN O'ROURKE -artists as cartographers
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![IMG_2098.HEIC](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/baa4b9_47e2bff4dfc146f3be13882c182eae8f~mv2.png/v1/crop/x_0,y_92,w_2702,h_3940/fill/w_176,h_257,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_3,enc_auto/IMG_2098_HEIC.png)
![IMG_2096.HEIC](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/baa4b9_a91344c5bbc4425bbb9c6e788e63276a~mv2.png/v1/crop/x_393,y_131,w_1653,h_3901/fill/w_164,h_387,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_3,enc_auto/IMG_2096_HEIC.png)
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WRITING THE FIELD RECORDING
![IMG_2097.HEIC](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/baa4b9_5909130d80ca4f3483f0a05e053188d9~mv2.png/v1/crop/x_365,y_0,w_2659,h_3842/fill/w_67,h_98,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/IMG_2097_HEIC.png)
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