Nature Journaling Skills Classes

Each of our Nature Journaling Skills classes focuses on incorporating all of our senses and journaling in various modalities. Classes average one hour and are adapted to the appropriate age level and experience level of your participants. Workshops are offered in-person or via Zoom. This list is a sample of the workshops Northern Rockies Nature Journaling offers. Contact us if you have specific requests for workshops.

Using Numbers in Nature Journaling Class

Quick Sketches in Your Nature Journal

‘Landscapitos’ in Nature Journaling Class

Event Mapping

Writing and Poetry Class

Nature journaling involves carefully observing and recording nature but it’s also important to consider our responses to nature around us. In this session we practice writing to express our ideas, observations and questions. Let’s explore simple, fun methods to write meaningful poetry in our journals.

Use numbers, measurement and patterns as you observe and describe objects in nature in our nature journals. Numbers are tools for natural science exploration and research and have been used by explorers, botanists, biologists and many people throughout history. Use numbers in measuring the height of a flower, the width of a toad, the temperature, the atmospheric pressure, altitude, counting numbers of seeds in an apple, wind speed, etc… Become an explorer and scientist in this class!

Sometimes all we have time for is a quick sketch - whether it’s a landscape, an animal, a bird, or an activity that doesn’t last very long. Developing skills to sketch quickly makes these situations fun and rewarding as we capture images in our journals.

‘Landscapitos’ are tiny landscape sketches we use in journaling to study geology, light and shadows, values and color. Narrowing the field of view can help us focus on specific aspects of a landscape and make capturing what we see on the horizon less daunting. This is a great tool for developing perspective and accurate proportions through the use of viewfinders and grids .

In many cultures people who travel long distances tell stories at specific places along the way so young people can learn the route they take. Similarly, in event mapping we tell the story of events and discoveries along a trail or natural space and record that in our journals. Great practice for improving attention, recording observations and learning to see larger spaces as a collection of small places.

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