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
Looking for wildlife? Let's draw your cat! We start with basic anatomy using your house pet as a model. We will explore fur texture and constructing the face. We will also compare domestic cats with wild. Join John Muir Laws and the Nature Journal Club for journaling tips, techniques, inspiration, teaching strategies, and interviews. The
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
You can learn a lot about animal behavior and sketching wild dogs by looking carefully at your pet. Learn basic anatomy and how to construct the dog's body and head. We will also explore ways of representing short and long fur. These principals apply to sketching both pets and wild canids. Join John Muir Laws
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
I have partnered with the Richardson Bay Audubon Society to offer you a three-class series covering the fundamentals of drawing birds. Nature journaling and bird drawing offer a fresh new way to experience birds and familiar scenes around you. No prior experience drawing is required! All you need is internet access, a writing implement, some paper, and
Vole showing out to in flicks or "Bill Berry marks", suggesting breaks in the fur. Do you have a pet guinea pig, hamster, or rat? These pets are great resources to help you practice moving animal forms. We will start with the basics of how to construct the rodent body and then learn how to
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
I have partnered with the Richardson Bay Audubon Society to offer you a three-class series covering the fundamentals of drawing birds. Nature journaling and bird drawing offer a fresh new way to experience birds and familiar scenes around you. No prior experience drawing is required! All you need is internet access, a writing implement, some paper, and
Learn how to see and render planes to help you draw rocks, mountains, hills, and other landforms. Your paper is a flat surface. If you want people to imagine they see structure and depth in any object you draw, you need to trick the eye. Learn a bag of tricks to render and represent the
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
I have partnered with the Richardson Bay Audubon Society to offer you a three-class series covering the fundamentals of drawing birds. Nature journaling and bird drawing offer a fresh new way to experience birds and familiar scenes around you. No prior experience drawing is required! All you need is internet access, a writing implement, some paper, and
Learn to draw trees with pencils, pens, and watercolors. We will explore techniques for showing the structure and texture of trees with simple to follow step-by-step demonstrations. Even if you do not have access to parks you can usually find street trees in your neighborhood that make great subjects for nature journaling. Each week, join
Join me for this special International Nature Journaling Week workshop! I have a bunch of fun strategies to help you draw flowers, branches, leaves, curling petals, and other crazy plant stuff. This class will be useful for everyone. If you are a teacher, you will learn a lot of tricks you can incorporate into your
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
I love sketching owls. They have a wonderful blocky body form, a huge expressive face, interesting angles, and subtle camouflage markings. We will study the body structure, how to draw the head from the front (they often stare straight at you) 3/4 view (the coolest angle), and how to represent their plumage and markings in