John Muir Laws shares his journal from his summer travels, including adventures in Montana, Greece, Croatia, England, and more to come! (July 2023) Read More
Category: Art and Drawing
Tricks, tips, techniques and inspiration for artists.
Background as Context
Learn fast and fun ways to incorporate habitat elements into an animal sketch. How can you combine several sketches to explore the context of an observation and show relationships between individuals? Let’s move from a drawing of a deer floating in the white void to a rich story. (Nov 2022) Read More
Rendering Different Textures
In this “Ask Jack” session, John Muir Laws demonstrates how to render different textures using tricks of light and shadow. More techniques come out to play during the group share after the main session. (August 2022) Read More
Light and Shadows
Painting shadows with lively colors or on light blue objects is challenging. Let John Muir Laws show you his tricks. (Sept 2022) Read More
Birds in Flight with Peter Cavanagh
Join John Muir Laws and special guest, bird photographer, and researcher Peter Cavanagh for a close look at bird flight. Peter shares photos and lessons learned from his new book “100 Flying Birds: Photographing the Mechanics of Flight”. John uses these photos as inspiration to help us draw dynamic flying birds. (August 2022) Peter Cavanagh’s Read More
New Favorite Color: Cobalt Teal Blue
John Muir Laws shares his new favorite color! See how cobalt teal blue watercolor can make your blue morpho butterflies and Ecuadorian hummingbirds sparkle! (August 2022) Read More
The Mountain Stream
How can you draw lively, babbling brooks and cascades? Let’s sit beside the stream and draw. Rocks and waterfalls time! John Muir Laws has us look at techniques to help us draw the riffles and pools of a mountain stream. We explore techniques with pen, pencil, and watercolor (perhaps gouache too if we have time Read More
Desert Discoveries with Mesilla Audubon
Nature journaling is a wonderful way to get even more richness from our birding experiences. Please join naturalist John Muir Laws and the Mesilla Valley Audubon Society as we imagine a trip to into the desert, record our discoveries, and probe mysteries in our notebooks. John will demonstrate habits of mind, drawing techniques, and journaling Read More
Join me for 5 days of journaling fun!
Join me for the 5th annual Wild Wonder Nature Journaling Conference: September 13-17, 2023, Online The largest international event of its kind, the Wild Wonder Nature Journaling Conference gathers people who are passionate about nature, art, science, curiosity, and wonder to share ideas, learn from each other, support each other, inspire each other, and have Read More