Join John Muir Laws as he investigates how to draw and foreshorten cone-shaped flowers. Most flowers do not hold the petals in a flat plane. You will find the petals Read More

How can you create a classroom community that encourages inquiry, journaling, and peer to peer discourse and sharing? How do you establish these values, what happens when you do? Learn Read More

Now that we understand the basics of foreshortening flowers and flat leaves, we turn our attention to individual petals with natural and organic curves and twists. You may see the Read More

What is it like to introduce nature journaling with older adults? What is it like to hold intergenerational journaling events? Practical advice for Nature Journal Clubs and extended families. Learn Read More

Now it is time to take all your botanical illustration techniques and combine them to draw flowers that have a foundation of structure and geometry but also have lively curling Read More

Our schedules are already full. How can we integrate nature journaling with existing lessons and learning objectives? How can journaling be brought into more aspects of learning? Learn how to Read More

Learn the basics of bird wing structure to help you draw birds of prey in flight. We will also explore simple foreshortening in outstretched wings. Download, print, and cut out Read More

Gena Richman taught 2nd and 3rd grades at Mary Collins School at Cherry Valley for twenty years. Beloved by generations of students she integrated nature journaling into her curriculum at Read More