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How to Draw Compound Leaves (video)

Live workshop on drawing compound leaves. We explore plant structure and how to sketch pinnate and palmate leaves.

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  • September 2021

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12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Recurring

Ask Jack

August 31 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm PDT Recurring

Ask Jack

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 a one-hour open forum discussion Read More

1 event, 1

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

NGSS Overview

September 1 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm PDT

NGSS Overview

The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) are K–12 science content standards. They are a little hard to wrap your head around initially but I think they are brilliant and really useful. Read More

Free

1 event, 2

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Gouache for Nature Journaling, part 1

September 2 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm PDT

Gouache for Nature Journaling, part 1

Learn a practical and portable system for using gouache in your nature journal. Gouache, an opaque watercolor, has wonderful practical uses but also its own challenges. In this workshop, we Read More

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12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Recurring

Ask Jack

September 7 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm PDT Recurring

Ask Jack

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 a one-hour open forum discussion Read More

1 event, 8

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

An Introduction to Visual Thinking Strategies

September 8 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm PDT

An Introduction to Visual Thinking Strategies

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 Read More

Free

1 event, 9

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Gouache for Nature Journaling, part 2

September 9 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm PDT

Gouache for Nature Journaling, part 2

Learn a practical and portable system for using gouache in your nature journal. Gouache, an opaque watercolor, has wonderful practical uses but also its own challenges. In this workshop, we Read More

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12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Recurring

Ask Jack

September 14 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm PDT Recurring

Ask Jack

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 a one-hour open forum discussion Read More

1 event, 15

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Mini Journal Giveaway

September 15 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm PDT

Mini Journal Giveaway

One way to connect other people with nature journaling is to carry small paper journals and pencils that you can give away with the basic information to help them start Read More

Free

1 event, 16

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Linear Perspective

September 16 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm PDT

Linear Perspective

Learn how to show depth in your drawings with linear perspective. We will explore the basics of how to use vanishing points to create the illusion of depth in rectilinear Read More

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12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Depth and Perspective: part 2

September 23 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm PDT

Depth and Perspective: part 2

Go deeper and build on the depth tricks we explored in the last workshop and add more advanced perspective views. How do we use and place vanishing points on subjects Read More

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12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

How to Draw the Moon and International Moon Night

September 28 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm PDT

How to Draw the Moon and International Moon Night

Learn how to draw the moon and understand its phases. John Muir Laws will demonstrate how to draw the moon in its different phases, Discover key seas and craters that Read More

1 event, 29

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Online teaching in the Nature Journaling Community

September 29 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm PDT

Online teaching in the Nature Journaling Community

Have you ever wondered about what makes our nature journaling Zoom sessions so engaging and enjoyable? Last Spring, Catherine Sky, a graduate student in the School of Education at Sonoma Read More

Free

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12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

International Moon Party

September 30 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm PDT

International Moon Party

Join the Nature Journal Club in an international share out of moon observations from last night's last-quarter moon. We want everyone there but the closer to the pole you are, Read More

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August 31 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm PDT Recurring

Ask Jack

September 1
September 1 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm PDT

NGSS Overview

September 2
September 2 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm PDT

Gouache for Nature Journaling, part 1

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September 7
September 7 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm PDT Recurring

Ask Jack

September 8
September 8 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm PDT

An Introduction to Visual Thinking Strategies

September 9
September 9 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm PDT

Gouache for Nature Journaling, part 2

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September 14
September 14 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm PDT Recurring

Ask Jack

September 15
September 15 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm PDT

Mini Journal Giveaway

September 16
September 16 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm PDT

Linear Perspective

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September 23
September 23 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm PDT

Depth and Perspective: part 2

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September 28
September 28 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm PDT

How to Draw the Moon and International Moon Night

September 29
September 29 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm PDT

Online teaching in the Nature Journaling Community

September 30
September 30 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm PDT

International Moon Party

September 28
September 28 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm PDT

How to Draw the Moon and International Moon Night

September 29
September 29 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm PDT

Online teaching in the Nature Journaling Community

September 30
September 30 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm PDT

International Moon Party

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