Find a Nature Journal Mentor near you!
Learn from a nature journal teacher near you! Many of these teachers work with individuals, groups, and schools. A little coaching can help you, your family or students develop journaling skills faster. There are many wonderful teachers around the world who can help you.
I try to learn from many teachers and I am always a student. There is no one way to do this and if you only see the work of one teacher, you will start to think their way of doing it is the right way. Learn from everyone. Take and share as many ideas as you can. As you incorporate new approaches into your journal work, you expand your ways of seeing, thinking, a creatively engaging in nature.
If you would like to be added to this page, just send me an email with your name, location, and URL (preferred) or email. If you contacted me and you do not see yourself on the list, please be persistent and contact me again. It was an oversight on my part and not meant to discourage you.
Online
- Curiosity, Creativity, and Beyond (nature journaling projects and how-to videos by Bea Maritn, free)
- Roseann Hansen: Exploring Overland
- Melinda Nakagawa: Spark in Nature
- Kristin Meuser: Nature Meuse
- Brigit O’Connor
- Pamela Knudson classes for kids
- Christina Lopp and Gay Kraeger: Watercolor Journaling
- Paula Harvey (remote learning videos)
- Ann McMillan Art
- Gay Kraeger: Illustrated Watercolor Journaling Gay also has classes on Craftsy.
- CSU Monterey Bay, Summer Nature Journaling
- Nancy Seiler
- Skillshare Online Nature Journaling Classes
- The Cornell Lab: Nature Journaling and Field Sketching
- Julia Bausenhardt
- Wings, Worms, and Wonder
- Kristin Rogers: Wild and Free
- Roxanne Evans Scott
- Sketchbook Skoll
- Liz Clayton Fuller
- Erin McKittrick and Kim McNett
- Kathy Donchak (writing circle for nature writing)
- Gretchen Halpert (Scientific Illustration Distance Program)
Alaska
- Homer, Kim McNett
- Seward, Shauna Potocky
Arizona
- Phoenix, Kathy Balman
- Tucson, Roseann Hanson
California
- Kristin Meuser
- Andie Thrams
- Albany, Jean Mackay
- Bonnie Doon, Maryjo Koch
- Fort Brag, Mishelle Tourtillott
- Frazier Park, Paula Harvey
- Oakland, Kate Rutter
- Oakland, Caitlan Van De Walle
- Ojai, Heather Grant
- Leboc (Tejon Ranch), Paula Harvey
- Los Gatos, Christina Lopp and Gay Kraeger
- Mojave, Lin Rhys
- Monterey, Melinda Nakagawa
- Monterey, Andrea Dingeldein
- Napa, JP Panter Calligraphy
- Ridgecrest/Eastern Sierra, Marcia Lynn Didtler
- Santa Cruz, Mirna Saab
- San Francisco, Laurie Wigham
- San Francisco, Mary L. Harden
- San Francisco, Yvea Moore
- San Francisco, Karen Bash
- San Francisco, Bonnie Daley
- San Mateo, John Muir Laws
- Santa Rosa, Nina Antze
- Sebastopol, Marley Peifer
Colorado
- Golden, Brenda Claire Porter
Florida
- Lakeland, Danielle Ivey
- Naples, Elizabeth Smith
- Palm Beach, Autumn Kioti
- Martinsville, Joni James
- Noblesville, Geoffrey Davis
Maine
- Bethel, Becca Hoskins
- Rockland, Laurie J. Murray
Massachusetts
- Cambridge, Clare Walker Leslie
- Concord, Umbrella Arts Center
Minnesota
- Minneapolis, Pam Luer
- North Branch, Stephanie Lewis & Rebecca Selin (Loft & Field Educational Farm)
Mississippi
- Oxford, Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Montana
- Florence, Valerie Bayer
Nevada
- Gardnerville, Lorna Burkhard
New Hampshire
- North Conway, Sandy McDermitt
New Jersey
- Glen Rock, Vicky Katzman
New Mexico
- Albuquerque, Sunny Birklund, through University of New Mexico Continuing Education
- Santa Fe, Lee Kellogg
New York
- Elmira, Gretchen Halpert
- New York, Autumn Kioti
- Syracuse, Rebecca Rolnick
- Warwick, James Van Gelder
North Carolina
- Swansboro, Suzan R. Wallace
Ohio
- Maumee, Sue Frankforther
- Middletown, Lisa Duncan
Oregon
- Coos Bay, Eva Varga
- Hillsboro, Alice Marie Hill
- Portland, Jude Siegel
South Carolina
- Bluffton, Pam Johnson Brickell
Tennessee
Johnson City, Rosanne Harter Haaland
Texas
- Houston, Viktoriya Krasnoshchekova
Utah
- Eden, Susan Snyder
Virginia
- Harrisonburg, Kelli Hertzler
- Richmond, Lynn Peace Wilson
Washington
- Naselle, Julie Tennis
Argentina
- San Carlos de Bariloche. Río Negro, José Giménez
Australia
- Beechmont, Queensland, Paula Peeters
- Brisbane, Bethan Burton
- Canberra, Nature Art Lab
- Melbourne, Amy Diana
Canada
- London, Ontario, Dr. Jennifer O. Venn
- Vancouver and Vancouver Island area, Maggie Chow
- Victoria, British Columbia, Jen Burgess
- Victoria, British Columbia, Nature Sketch (Bateman Foundation)
Chile
- Achao (Chiloé Island, Patagonia), Paola López
- Santiago, Manuela Montero
Japan
United Kingdom
- Bristol, Jules Woolford
- Cheshire, Boggy Doddles