John Muir Laws demonstrates rendering a hummingbird, with special attention paid to the gorget. Read More
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Galápagos Journal Flip
John Muir Laws shares his journal from his trip to the Galápagos during summer 2022, as well as his experience with Covid during the trip. (August 2022) Read More
Drawing the Birds of Argentina (Aug. 4, 2022)
Join John Muir Laws and special guest Gael Calvis as we learn about and draw some of the amazing birds of Gael’s home country: the Rufous Hornoro (national bird of Argentina), Swainson’s Hawk (a migrant between the United States and Argentina, and the Many-colored Rush-tyrant (a crazy beautiful bird). (August 2022) Read More
Kenya Journal Flip (2022)
In this session from August 2022, John Muir Laws returns after a 2-month hiatus, with nature adventures and journal pages to share about Kenya! Please join us for this rich, inspiring flip-through of his nature journals. Read More
Africa Series: Comparative Cats (Feb. 2, 2023)
The way a cat is structured tells you something about the way it lives. How does the speed/power tradeoff affect how you draw? In this workshop, we compare the lion, leopard, and cheetah. How are their body conformations and patterns different? How does this affect the way we draw them? To access the class worksheet, Read More
Africa Series: Lions! (Jan. 26, 2023)
Welcome to the mane event! How do we draw the King of Beasts? What about the queen? Let’s take a close look at lion structure, anatomy, and patterns. Class worksheet can be found here: https://johnmuirlaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Lion-Worksheet.pdf Read More
Drawing Moss and Lichen
In this “Ask Jack” session (Feb. 2022), John Muir Laws demonstrates how to render moss, lichen, and moss-like textures. Read More
Drawing Denmark
In this “Ask Jack” session, we draw a landscapito of a field in Denmark, courtesy of participant Valters. John Muir Laws demonstrates how to render grass textures using some neat tricks, as well as how to create depth in your landscapito. Read More
Puffins and Page Layouts
In this “Ask Jack” session (May 2022), John Muir Laws explores how to incorporate page layout elements into your nature journal to make your information more accessible. We draw some puffins along the way. Link Hashi shared featuring John Muir Laws and Kristin Meuser: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmZwaxmDiNw Read More
Let’s Draw Mice!
Learn to draw mice with John Muir Laws and special guests, Chloe, Penny, Nickel, and Dime. In this special workshop (Nov. 2022), we are joined by Chloe, her mother, and her three super cute friends Penny, Nickel, and Dime. John Muir Laws shows some approaches to drawing rodents, followed by a live drawing session led Read More