Welcome nature lovers! Join me as we step outdoors to create nature journals filled with beautiful watercolor illustrations. By drawing and sketching nature in our journals, we will learn not only how to protect nature from climate change, but also learn more about planet Earth.

With climate change increasing, by learning more about our nature by observing them daily can help train our knowledge and eye to be aware of the nature's changes and most importantly we can learn how we can help protect the nature. Throughout this Nature Journaling class you will learn about how to get started in Nature Journaling and gain useful skills and techniques that can help you document the nature around you more dynamic and can train your eyes to see nature's details like never before.

Anyone who is curious about nature can take this class. You don’t have to be a scientist or professional artist. Beginners as well as intermediate artists.

You will learn useful skills and technique:

Observing technique
Note taking, questions and research technique
Drawing technique (How to break down your subject into basic shapes)
Layout your nature journal and draw diagram
Draw your subject into a sequence (How to draw your subject that moves over time)
Adding colors and creating your own color palette based on your subject's colors
Write your observation story
Make final touches to make your nature journal more dynamic and vibrant

By starting nature journaling, it can not only help you to pay attention to our environment and realize how interconnected we all are and how we depend on every part of this living web that holds together the place we all call home. And it is peaceful for you mental health and fun!

As a designer and a wildlife film director, nature had always inspires me throughout all my projects. Nature journaling has become one of my key practice throughout my creative process. It has not only helped me understand nature more, it has also taught me know we can all help spread the word on how we can protect our planet by learning from mother nature. Through documenting daily, it had opened my eyes to another side of nature I had never seen before. Nature journaling is best in a community, and you never know who will learn something from your nature journal!

Meenu Mithran

Learn all the time

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