— Welcome to Field Arts —

Exploring the world through writing, nature journaling, field notes, & sketching.

Artist, author, and explorer Roseann Hanson is your guide.

I like to think of field arts as the ways we translate the language of the wild into something we humans can understand and love:

Writing in our field notebooks . . .

Map-making . . .

Sketching . . .

Watercoloring in situ . . .

Nature journaling . . .

Field arts use primitive tools, compared to high-tech things such as cameras:

A pen or pencil and paper . . .

A few pigments and some water . . .

Field arts use our brains in ways our cameras cannot approach:

To study something to draw it, one must

See, not just look . . .

One learns the very essence of what makes the leaf or the flower,

the deer or the house wren . . .

Field arts go hand-in-hand with exploration: we use our observational and visual skills to document our world.

And ultimately, field arts are, at their core, a direct link to science and knowledge and understanding and ultimately, appreciation and conservation.

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Field Arts Institute —Where we offer workshops and overland trips that incorporate the field arts—from sketching and cartography to wildlife tracking and reading the weather, and sometimes expedition skills such as four-wheel-drive safety, vehicle self-recovery, provisioning, loading and more. Find our live offerings through the Upcoming Workshops & Events and online learning through the Nature Journal Academy (below).

Nature Journal Academy—Online offerings of journaling-specific teaching, from short to long form, including many for free as well as fee-based online classes. >>Find Out More<<

Field Arts Bootcamps—In-person retreats for beginners to advanced nature journalers and naturalists (or aspiring journalers and naturalists); these immersive experiences are designed to help you apply all your learning together in a supportive environment, surrounded by fellow nature lovers and journalers. Bootcamps take place throughout the year in the world’s most beautiful places: Arizona, Alaska, Baja, Belize, Wyoming, with new additions yearly. >>Find Out More<<

Please use the quick-links below to navigate my field arts online resources. Thank you for visiting.

Email Roseann directly, here.