Join John Muir Laws and special guest Iain Campbell for a discussion and exploration of ecological thinking and visualization. Explore why interpreting habitats with animals included is far more important than just botanical classifications. How does using climate graphs really make you understand how the forests function and relate to each other. Examine the problems Read More
Category: Natural History
Notes from the wild side.
Exploring the Arctic and How to Draw Snowy Owls
Join John Muir Laws and Nicolas Lecomte for an exploration of the arctic ecosystem, most especially the “ghosts of the snow”, the Snowy Owls. We will learn about ongoing Arctic research and lessons learned in the field. Then John Muir Laws will demonstrate techniques to draw Snowy Owls. What are lost and found edges and Read More
Let’s Rock! Drawing Geology
Learn how to visualize and draw geologic cross-sections and block diagrams for field sketching. This will help you draw what you see, and see what you draw! These techniques can be adapted for all kinds of visual thinking applications. Read More
Let’s Rock! How to Draw Rocks and Stones
Learn how to draw rocks and stones with graphite, pen and watercolor. Capture structure and details and show important rock characteristics for the study of geology. Read More
International Moon Party
The Nature Journal Club gathers together online to share moon observations from the last-quarter moon on International Moon Night (the night of the quarter moon that falls closest to the autumnal equinox). John Muir Laws helps us investigate what we might be seeing from our different vantage points, some key features of the moon to Read More
How to Draw the Moon & International Moon Night
Learn how to draw the moon and understand its phases. John Muir Laws will demonstrate how to draw the moon in its different phases, Discover key seas and craters that are visible with binoculars or a small telescope. Read More
How to Draw Block Diagrams
This is going to be fun! Learn how to create landscape block diagrams. These are great ways to explore and visualize landscapes and ecosystems. This system will help you playfully explore and document your discoveries in nature. Read More
Explore with Master Naturalist David Lukas
Join John Muir Laws and his guest and long-time friend David Lukas as we follow some of David’s journeys and discoveries in beautiful Washington state. A videographer, writer, and naturalist, David shows us slides of some of the cool things he sees out in nature and tells us more about their natural history, as the Read More
Mountain Meadows and Creating Infographics
Join John Muir Laws and guest speakers Ryan Burnett and Anne Chadwick as we learn about mountain meadow ecosystems; and crowdsource for help creating infographics about Point Blue’s Sierra Nevada meadow restoration work. We request your help creating the graphics for this new poster. You can see the info folder for the project with the Read More
Thinking Like a Scientist
Join John Muir Laws for a workshop he shared at the Charlotte Mason Institute Conference on how to explore phenomena from a scientific perspective. When do we use observation and inference and what to do when neither applies! Read More