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ROSEANN HANSON hosts the Constant Apprentice field arts and science blog as a place for curious humans to share exploration & enquiry through science, nature, writing, visual arts, and classic crafts, historical and present. [About Roseann]

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Want to practice winter "skyscapitos"? These are "little skyscapes," which are super fun to include in winter journaling practice, and yet skies are always a bit of a challenge. Join us for our next free meet-up of the Skyscapito
While it's easy to think most flower pollen is yellow-orange in hue, look at this image from Cooper Schouten (project manager for Bees for Sustainable Livelihoods at Southern Cross University): from blue to red to magenta to pink as well as many hues
Numerical data need not be presented in a boring way—look at how Luke Howard, “The Inventor of Clouds,” depicted mean temperature throughout the year in the London in the 1833 edition of his book The Climate of London. A companion c
Let’s talk safety when we’re out journaling! This is a funny observation page that I sketched during a run in my local Sabino Canyon nature reserve, at dawn in April. Sitting by the creek drawing a feather, out in the open and with my bac
Sometimes simple is best. Sitting with a group of fellow journalers, chatting, observing—it's a a lot going on whilst also sketching. Settled on comparing two hummingbird-adapted flowers and pollen delivery . . . a quick sketch of a broad-bille
Cats seem to gravitate to us when we journal. This sweet guy explored all over the table, on my journal, in my lap. Clearly he thought I had better things to do than write and sketch (like pet him). At Lake Tanganyika. . #cats #fieldarts #naturejourn
What's your favorite pencil for journaling? After going through the usual "gotta buy every pencil from 9B to 9H, I finally settled . . . in the middle—the classic HB, also the same as the US No. 2 pencil. With a smudge stick and a kneadabl
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