What makes a painting come to life? Kristin Meuser will guide you in the exploration of artists' techniques for creating depth in your landscape painting including contrast, line, detail, size, overlap, color temperature, and color intensity. These techniques can also be applied to cIose focus subjects as well. This workshop is sponsored by Nevada Reads Read More
The Junior Journalers Club is for tweens who love nature, art, writing, and science. This is an event focused on the younger members of our community, but is also open to parents, educators, and mentors. After this launch party, you will need to register to attend our monthly meet-ups. "Tweens" generally refers to kids aged 9-12, Read More
We're back for round two! If you couldn't get enough of the first series, please join us for 8 more plant families that we often see in our foods. This class is beginner-friendly, not vocabulary heavy, and focuses on learning how to see patterns in plants. Everyone is welcome! Mondays 5-6pm; classes will be recorded, Read More
Lahontan Audubon Society is pleased to offer a series of free, online bird drawing workshops with science illustrator, Christine Elder, and nature journal educator, John Muir Laws. Christine was the featured artist for the recent Winter Wings Festival in Klamath, Oregon. John Muir Laws (aka Jack) is the champion of the nature journaling movement and Read More
Ask you Nature Journaling questions live with 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 a one-hour open forum discussion where we explore (and hopefully answer) your questions live. Stick around at the end of Read More
Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History and Melinda Nakagawa bring you a monthly in-person nature journaling session. Nature journaling can help us view the natural world with new perspectives, learn about our surroundings, and see the extraordinary in the ordinary. During monthly Nature Journal Studio sessions inside the Museum, Melinda Nakagawa will guide you through Read More
Join a weekly conversation with parents and educators around the globe to discuss best practices and ideas in education and Nature Journaling. 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 a theme. Most Read More
Are you new to nature journaling? Do you have limited experience drawing or in nature study? How can you successfully lead programs and groups when you too are new to the process? Learn how to teach Nature Journaling! Join our weekly discussion and idea-sharing for teachers, home school parents, and other educators interested in teaching Read More
Super low-key, supportive drawing and chatting online hang-out: if there are pages in your journal you've been wanting to finish, or homework you're wanting to catch up on, or just plain want to draw in good company, please join us! * Together, we create a supportive space. If a person feels like sharing their work, Read More
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 Read More
Feed your love of birds increase your bird knowledge and boost your bird skills in a friendly and welcoming environment. For all course description, details and registration go HERE. This is an online live zoom course, beginners welcome! Taught by Melinda Nakagawa
Even the smallest pond can tell the story of the sky and landscape which surrounds it. How does one capture the magic of the reflections of the landscape in water? You will learn to understand the colors that we see in water, and through a series of exercises, transform a three dimensional wonder into a Read More
I will be hosting four unique art and science workshops this Spring 2022 for the Desert Laboratory on Tumamoc Hill, where I am art and science program coordinator. April is Uam Mașad in the Tohono O'odham language, meaning “Yellow Moon.” And for good reason: the valleys and foothills are blanketed in the blossoms of three Read More
There will be no Pencil Miles & Chill meeting today. Please join us again on either Thursday 4/21/22 or Saturday 4/23/22. Thank you!
How to capture the spirit of those old souls? Learn various techniques for sketching and painting the gestures and energy of specific trees in your journal through hands-on exercises that help simplify them while maintaining their individual characteristics. This is a 3-hour zoom workshop. Participants will be provided with a recording and pdf of the slideshow Read More
We're back for round two! If you couldn't get enough of the first series, please join us for 8 more plant families that we often see in our foods. This class is beginner-friendly, not vocabulary heavy, and focuses on learning how to see patterns in plants. Everyone is welcome! Mondays 5-6pm; classes will be recorded, Read More
Lahontan Audubon Society is pleased to offer a series of free, online bird drawing workshops with science illustrator, Christine Elder, and nature journal educator, John Muir Laws. Christine was the featured artist for the recent Winter Wings Festival in Klamath, Oregon. John Muir Laws (aka Jack) is the champion of the nature journaling movement and Read More
Join a weekly conversation with parents and educators around the globe to discuss best practices and ideas in education and Nature Journaling. 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 a theme. Most Read More
Super low-key, supportive drawing and chatting online hang-out: if there are pages in your journal you've been wanting to finish, or homework you're wanting to catch up on, or just plain want to draw in good company, please join us! * Together, we create a supportive space. If a person feels like sharing their work, Read More
Join Brian Higginbotham and the Great Valley Nature Journal Club for weekly live nature journaling workshops. We review strategies for incorporating words, pictures, and numbers in our practice and share tips, techniques, and inspiration from the community and from past masters. Topics are usually announced in advance of the workshop and are held online through Read More
Super low-key, supportive drawing and chatting online hang-out: if there are pages in your journal you've been wanting to finish, or homework you're wanting to catch up on, or just plain want to draw in good company, please join us! * Together, we create a supportive space. If a person feels like sharing their work, Read More
Super low-key, supportive drawing and chatting online hang-out: if there are pages in your journal you've been wanting to finish, or homework you're wanting to catch up on, or just plain want to draw in good company, please join us! * Together, we create a supportive space. If a person feels like sharing their work, Read More
Lahontan Audubon Society is pleased to offer a series of free, online bird drawing workshops with science illustrator, Christine Elder, and nature journal educator, John Muir Laws. Christine was the featured artist for the recent Winter Wings Festival in Klamath, Oregon. John Muir Laws (aka Jack) is the champion of the nature journaling movement and Read More
Ask you Nature Journaling questions live with 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 a one-hour open forum discussion where we explore (and hopefully answer) your questions live. Stick around at the end of Read More
Learn how to make fast drawings of birds to help you observe and remember the details. You don't need to be an artist to make effective field sketches. The process will help you develop a mental map of bird plumage, and develop fundamental birding skills. John Muir Laws will demonstrate techniques that anyone can use Read More
Join a weekly conversation with parents and educators around the globe to discuss best practices and ideas in education and Nature Journaling. 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 a theme. Most Read More
What we’ll be doing: Join the Salish Sea Nature Lovers (SSNL) as we creatively explore the Salish Sea Ecosystem together in community. Visit the SSNL website to register and explore the monthly theme. When: The last Wednesday evening of the month 7:00 - 8:30 pm PST Schedule: Begin with introductions, followed by exploring a Read More
Super low-key, supportive drawing and chatting online hang-out: if there are pages in your journal you've been wanting to finish, or homework you're wanting to catch up on, or just plain want to draw in good company, please join us! * Together, we create a supportive space. If a person feels like sharing their work, Read More
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 Read More
Feed your love of birds increase your bird knowledge and boost your bird skills in a friendly and welcoming environment. For all course description, details and registration go HERE. This is an online live zoom course, beginners welcome! Taught by Melinda Nakagawa
Celebrate spring migration by learning to capture the beauty and energy of warblers in this 2-part drawing and nature journaling class. No experience or special equipment is required! All you need is an internet connection, pencil, paper, and a willingness to learn. Learning about the anatomy of warblers will help you draw them more accurately. Read More
We are fascinated by water, whether as streams, lakes or marshes; it is an ever-present undercurrent to the landscape as it calls us to ponder the mysteries beneath the surface or reflects the land and sky above. Through a series of exercises you will learn to distill this moving wonder into simple shapes that you Read More
Super low-key, supportive drawing and chatting online hang-out: if there are pages in your journal you've been wanting to finish, or homework you're wanting to catch up on, or just plain want to draw in good company, please join us! * Together, we create a supportive space. If a person feels like sharing their work, Read More