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Context and Background
Context and Background
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
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NJEF: Workshop Debrief, “Integrating NJing as a Classroom Tool”
NJEF: Workshop Debrief, “Integrating NJing as a Classroom Tool”
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
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Africa Series: Four on the floor
Africa Series: Four on the floor
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
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NJEF: The Words We Choose As Naturalists
NJEF: The Words We Choose As Naturalists
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
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Africa Series: Think Big- Gravaportal Posture
Africa Series: Think Big- Gravaportal Posture
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
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Traumatic Brain Injury, Art, and Nature
Traumatic Brain Injury, Art, and Nature
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
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Africa Series: One toe or two?
Africa Series: One toe or two?
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