Nature Journaling with Robin Lee Carlson and John Muir Laws
This event is available to anyone who has ordered Robin’s book, The Cold Canyon Fire Journals, and Heyday members. To gain access to the event, please email your order receipt to coldcanyon@heydaybooks.com. In this free, virtual event, Robin will be joined by John Muir Laws, author of The Laws Guide to Nature Drawing and Journaling. Together the two will Read More
Understanding and Drawing Birds in Flight
Learn about the mechanics of flight and how to draw birds in the air. Join John Muir Laws and special guest, bird photographer, and researcher Peter Cavanagh for a close look at bird flight. Peter will share photos and lessons learned from his new book 100 Birds in Flight. John will use these photos as Read More
NJEF: Putting Ourselves Into Our Journals
Join us this week as we discuss ways to put ourselves into our Nature Journals! Can this be another way of self care? Learn how to teach Nature Journaling! Join our weekly discussion and idea-sharing for teachers, home school parents, and other educators interested in teaching nature journaling skills. Each meeting will have a theme. Read More
Labels: Personality Tests and Learning Styles
What is the science behind personality tests and do they have a place in education? What about learning styles? Do they help children learn? Have you ever been asked to take a personality test for a job? How have you seen these tests used in the classroom? What about Learning Styles? Are you a visual, Read More
The Cold Canyon Fire Journals
Join Robin Lee Carlson and John Muir Laws in a discussion of nature journaling in the aftermath of a wildfire. When the nature reserve at Cold Canyon went up in flames—a casualty of California’s raging fire seasons—Robin Lee Carlson embarked on a five-year journey to learn the legacy of the burn. What she saw challenged Read More
Bird Anatomy and Form
Sunday, August 28 (Part 1) 8:00–11:00 am PDT/ 11:00 am–2:00 pm EDT (Part 2) 12:00–3:00 pm PDT/ 3:00–6:00 pm EDT Explore bird anatomy and structure to help you create fast and accurate field sketches or careful studio pieces with the help of reference. This 1-day, 6-hr workshop (with a 1-hour lunch break) will teach you Read More
Live events in the age of COVID?
Is it safe for staff and students to resume in-person Nature Journal programs? If so, what safety procedures and backup systems should we follow? Learn how to teach Nature Journaling! Join our weekly discussion and idea-sharing for teachers, home school parents, and other educators interested in teaching nature journaling skills. Each meeting will have a Read More
The Shadow Knows…
Painting shadows with lively colors or on light blue objects is challenging. Let me show you my tricks. Join John Muir Laws for weekly live nature Journaling workshops with tips, techniques, inspiration, teaching strategies, and interviews. Topics are usually announced in advance of the workshop. If special materials or class-specific downloads are available, you can Read More
Live events in the age of COVID-19, part II
If we do host live events what measures should we take into account for the comfort and safety of our participants (as well as our own)? Learn how to teach Nature Journaling! Join our weekly discussion and idea-sharing for teachers, home school parents, and other educators interested in teaching nature journaling skills. Each meeting will Read More
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see?
I can bearly wait for Thursday! Let's go sketch bears in the wild, no fences, just you and the bear... Join John Muir Laws and natualist, journaler, explorer Sandy Mcdermott for a bear raising adventure. She will describe her adventures with Brown Bears in Alaska and we will draw them together as we learn about Read More