John Muir Laws will lead this enjoyable and educational drawing class, co-hosted by Marcia Sivek of BeProvided Conservation Radio and the Snow Leopard Conservancy team. While receiving instruction on how to draw this magnificent cat, learn about snow leopards and the conservation efforts of the Snow Leopard Conservancy. This activity is for everyone –
Spark your Curiosity is an introduction to nature journaling, 6-week online live interactive course with Melinda Nakagawa. The purpose is to spark your curiosity in nature, learn how to record your experiences in nature, and practice the action of nature journaling together. See Spark in Nature website for details on classes. Melinda Nakagawa, MSc.
How and Why to Keep a Birder’s Field Journal Why is it so challenging to learn and remember the plumage, songs, and details of the lives of birds? What if there were simple tricks to help you observe birds more deeply and remember your experiences more vividly? How can you get more out of every
What we'll be doing: Join Melinda Nakagawa and the Monterey Bay Nature Journal Club. Please check Spark in Nature events page each week for details about today's topics! When Start at 9:30 am- end at 12 noon Pacific Daylight. Schedule: Start with an introduction and demo of a topic We log off the computer to
Do you want to learn how to "see" plants better? In this 7-week course, we will be looking closer at 7 plant families who we often find in our foods. We will examine flower patterns and practice identifying members of the families - skills and curiosity you can carry forth as you explore plants in
Do you have questions about drawing, journaling, naturalist skills, or journaling teaching techniques? Join John Muir Laws and the Nature Journal Club every week for an open forum discussion where we troubleshoot your questions. This workshop will be repeated, so if your questions don't get addressed this time, never fear! There will be a next
“Stories are everywhere, if we know how to look.” -How to Teach Nature Journaling Join the Workshop In nature journaling, we use a mixture of words, pictures, and numbers. Join us for this new weekly workshop where we focus on WORDS. We’ll explore writing for different purposes: writing to observe, to think, to imagine, and
What works to get your family to journal together? How can you make keeping a nature journal a part of your family routines? How can parents role model the behaviors they wish to see in their children? Learn how to teach Nature Journaling! Join our weekly discussion and idea-sharing for teachers, home school parents,
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 slightly to significantly inclined in a cone. This changes the way the flower is foreshortened. Learn the principles behind drawing flowers with these angles. Print
Super low-key, supportive drawing and chatting online hang-out: if there are pages in your journal you've been wanting to finish, or homework you're wanting to catch up on, or just plain want to draw in good company, please join us! * Together, we create a supportive space. If a person feels like sharing their work,