Learn how to draw mammal heads from the front, side, and 3/4 view. Let's explore templates for drawing mammal heads from all angles. These methods will help you draw animal faces across many species. Join John Muir Laws for weekly live nature Journaling workshops with tips, techniques, inspiration, teaching strategies, and interviews. Topics are usually Read More

What do we mean when we say "it's not about the pretty pictures"? What IS the pretty picture anyway? Lean into this discussion about the pretty picture: how do we define it? Is there room for it in nature journaling, and if so, how? When working with students and telling them that "it's not about Read More

Learn to draw mice with John Muir Laws and special guests, Chloe, Penny, Nickle, and Dime. This is a special workshop I will be joined by my friend Chloe in Missouri and her three super cute friends Penny, Nickle, and Dime. I will show some approaches to drawing rodents and then Chloe will share her Read More

Adding habitat elements to a sketch of an animal will help you observe and remember. 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 Read More

Join Billie Jo Reid and Christine Chapel as they share their recent experience of presenting a workshop, "Integrating Nature Journaling as a Tool in your Classroom", at an outdoor educators' conference. 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 Read More

Learn the basic quadruped plan. This is essential for fast drawings of any four-legged mammal. Learn how to quickly block in the body shape of any four-legged mammal. What should you notice and record first? What differences should we look out for as we move between species? What reliable generalizations can we make? How do Read More

When we use words like "native", "non-native", or invasive, what heavy meanings might they have? What does it mean that some species' names are being changed? Let's discuss the meanings of loaded terms and how our language might evolve. Learn how to teach Nature Journaling! Join our weekly discussion and idea-sharing for teachers, home-school parents, Read More

Let's take a close look at what happens if you get big. How to draw the Elephants, Rhinos, and hippos. The bigger you get the more you feel the force of gravity. Learn how "scaling" has affected the shapes of large mammals. We will also give elephants some special attention because, hey, they are elephants. Read More

Join us for a discussion of Traumatic Brain Injury and how nature journaling can be a part of healing. Join John Muir Laws and Celeste Palmer, founder and President of Bridging the Gap Connecting Traumatic Brain Injury Survivors, for a discussion of art, nature, and healing. Art and nature are essential aspects of our being Read More

The game is a foot! Today we compare hooved mammals with a close look at the Odd-toed mammals (ooooh more Rino's). Let's start with a general comparison of Artiodactyl and Perissodactyal mammals then take a close look at what this means for artists. We will then take a close look at Zebra and Rinocerous (yes Read More