Nature Journaling

UA Desert Laboratory on Tumamoc Hill

Ask questions. Dig deeper. Learn the art of seeing and recording the world around you.

Desert Laboratory on Tumamoc Hill

Nature Journaling: Learn the art of seeing and recording the world around youKeeping a nature journal can both deepen your connections to the natural world and help you learn more about it. Neither science education nor art training is needed—you will develop the skills of a naturalist and a field sketch-artist along the way. This 3-session class will introduce the tools and processes of keeping a nature journal. “Your observations, questions, and reflections will enrich your experiences and develop gratitude, reverence, and the skills of a naturalist . . . If you train your mind to see deeply and with intentional curiosity . . . the world will open before you.” - John Muir Laws, artist, naturalist, and authorIn this class we will learn how to practice “intentional curiosity” as the core of nature journaling: to ask questions, to dig deeper, to focus our minds both intently and intentionally. Instructor Roseann Hanson, who has been keeping a nature journal for more than 30 years, will be your guide on the journey to becoming a naturalist, nature journalist, and artist. The class will include:The nuts-and-bolts of journal-keeping (paper and ink types, archival systems, how to make entries that you can refer to later, laying out pages, prompts to jump-start observations, and tips on researching science questions sparked by your observations).Easy tips that enable anyone to get started sketching and painting. Roseann will help free you from your inner critic and start sketching and painting. Art in a nature journal is not only lovely to see, but an important component of your skillset because the very act of drawing and painting something from life involves incredibly intense observation. Your brain is wholly occupied by only that thing you are observing and drawing—it is a kind of meditation that results in new insights, deeper understanding, and even reverence and gratitude.Schedule:Prior to the workshop: Roseann will recommend some simple supplies—you don’t need much, and if you would like to experiment with colors, she will supply some paints and pencils you can borrow throughout the course. Friday, November 15th, 5 - 7 pmOn Friday evening in the historic and inspiring 110-year-old library at the Desert Laboratory (where the field of ecology was born and the journal Ecology was launched), Roseann will introduce you to the addictive and gratifying world of nature journaling, explaining the concept of daily observations and recording, how to use the tools you have, and tips for improving your observing and recording skills. She will show that by “observing-questioning-reflecting” you will be truly seeing, not just looking. Saturday &amp; Sunday, November 16th and 17th, 9 am - 3 pmOn Saturday and Sunday the class will put simple prompts and tips into practice by spending 1-2 hours journaling, then convening and discussing results, and repeating throughout the day. Tumamoc Artist-in-Residence Paul Mirocha will join us part of one day to help hone field sketching skills. Bring a lunch each day to enjoy in the Sonoran Plant garden courtyard.By the end of class, you will come away with a new way of actually seeing the natural world before you and have new skills for recording what you see in meaningful and useful ways.Fee for students: $145 + Eventbrite feesInstructor: Roseann HansonGuest instructor: Paul Mirocha (4 hours)

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