Learn about the amazing radiation of Geospizinae Finches on the Galapagos Islands and how to draw them. 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 find

Learn to draw the Marine and Land Iguanas of the Galapagos. These strategies will also be useful for sketching any lizards you find. 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

Seabirds are elegant creatures in flight. On land they are curious and varied. Explore seabird diversity and how to draw the differences between species. We will also explore the surprising structure of the folded wing. Join John Muir Laws for weekly live nature Journaling workshops with tips, techniques, inspiration, teaching strategies, and interviews. Topics are

Learn about Point Blue's shorebird research and tips to help you draw shorebirds. Join us to learn about the multinational Migratory Shorebird Project, led by Point Blue Conservation Science. We’ll explore the largest coordinated survey of wintering shorebirds and coastal wetlands on the Pacific Coast of the Americas. John Muir Laws will also share tips

You can do that? Learn a smorgasbord of watercolor tricks and hacks to get cool textures and effects. This is going to be fun. We are going to play with a host of cool tools to get crazy special effects with watercolor. All ages and experience levels are welcome. No registration is necessary. Here are

Let's Get ready for the Lunar Eclipse (May 15, 2022)! Join us for a discussion of moon observations and sketching. What can we look for to get more out of this event? Join John Muir Laws for weekly live nature Journaling workshops with tips, techniques, inspiration, teaching strategies, and interviews. Topics are usually announced in

Let me show you some problem-solving I did around drawing coastal landscapes. On a recent trip to Monterey, I was flummoxed by drawing the cliffs and sea- a ubiquitous sight in that area. When I got home I played with different strategies and figured out some fast ways to capture the effects I was seen

Learn from the artwork of one of the greatest bird sketchers of all time. John Busby made fast sketches a pencil and watercolor wash system that can inspire our own work. Let's study Busby's work and see what we can learn. Join John Muir Laws and Valters Videnieks for a close exploration of the sketches

Join John Muir Laws and special guest Gael Calvis as we learn about and draw some of the amazing birds of Gael's home country:the Rufus Hornoro (national bird of Argentena), Swainson's Hawk (a migrant between the United States and Argentina, and the Many-colored Rush-tyrant (a crazy beautiful bird). All ages and experience levels are welcome.

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