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Introduction to Nature Journaling — beginner’s COURSE

Nature journaling is the art of seeing and recording the world around you.

Keeping a nature journal or field notebook can both deepen your connections to the natural world and help you learn more about it. Neither science education nor art training is needed—you will develop the skills of a naturalist and a field sketch-artist along the way.

In this 1.5 hour class you will learn how to practice “intentional curiosity” as the core of nature journaling: to ask questions, to dig deeper, to focus our minds both intently and intentionally, as artist and naturalist John Muir Laws says.

Instructor Roseann Hanson, who has been keeping field notebooks and nature journals for more than 35 years, will be your guide on the journey to becoming a naturalist, nature journalist, and artist.

Only $38 or free with purchase of my book, Nature Journaling for a Wild Life.

Wild Color! Make Paint and Ink from soil and plants

Let's play in the dirt—and more! Learn to create paint and ink from soil and plants in over 4.5 hours of class instruction plus many resource downloads and links.

You will learn how to find the right soil and plants, how to process them into paints and / or ink, dive into the mystery of lake pigments (creating pigment powder from dye solutions), safety tips, and more.

Only $55 for anytime, forever access, including updates and a private online community of field arts enthusiasts just like you. Share your experiments, ask questions and receive timely answers from your instructor and other wild color enthusiasts.

[If you already have purchased these classes and missed the email update to this new access system, please email me and I'll send you an access code.]

Join me for one (or more!) of my live-in-person retreats for field artists and nature journalers: two to three full days of pure nature exploration and journaling in an immersive backcountry experience.

Imagine the luxury of spending multiple days doing nothing but nature observation, learning, sketching, and writing with a cohort of like-minded fellow journalers . . . and with customized one-on-one feedback and specific skills-tutoring throughout the whole experience.

Incorporating a Linear Strip Map into Your Journal

February 18, 2024

FIELD ARTS TUTORIAL: SEEING THE UNSEEN (CUT-A-WAY VIEWS)

April 10, 2023

Read about Minimalist Watercolor kits and approaches on my blog, here.

Other Field Arts Resources on the Internet

Click here for a list of other instructors, books, and resources for learning about field arts and sketching.

<<<<Download this 6x4 reminder card to print and paste into the front of your journal! Also available in the shop as a sticker!

(Click on image to download linked file, which is an 8.5x11 page with the image in the middle, for easier printing. Downloading the JPG will result in a very large graphic!)

Click here for a post about Weather Data 101 with printable charts and other ideas for creating useful weather metadata in your journal.

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