Bridging nature, science, art, and heart to open our eyes to wonder
Do you enjoy watching birds but have a hard time nature journaling them? Do you find birds move too much for you to draw them? Do you want to enjoy birds more and have less stress in journaling them? Do you want to be more …
Join Melinda to sketch insects and other crawlies for Nature Journal Studio. Wed 10/11, 6:30-8pm, Live in person- Register with Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History here: We’ll explore the Museum collection of various insects and spiders. Learn tips on how to do observational drawings …
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 a topic as we practice skills in …
Join Melinda each month for nature journaling session online. This is a donation-based session. Access to the recording for 1 week if you miss the live session. Play with Cloudscapes: Easy, Mini windows in the sky We’ll use photos to practice drawing and painting clouds …
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 a topic as we practice skills in …
A 5-week online course, to feed your love of birds through enriching nature connection practices and bird-related nature journaling 🪶🪶 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Get to know the birds around you with a simple tool: The nature journal. You’ll learn and practice how to see more in nature, …
Now that we are in the middle of winter, deciduous trees have lost most of their leaves. This reveals so much more about the tree that was hidden. We can see the true form, and branching structures of the trees. As I walk around in …
This year my petunias are overflowing with blossoms! They remind me of the starry night sky. A deep blue-purple with spattered white markings that fade around the margins- like galaxies! It makes me so happy look at them. This morning it was my inspiration for …
Today I had planned to draw the first calendula blossoms in our vegetable garden. I headed out across the yard and as I rounded the corner of the house, I heard an unusual crackling sound. I stopped in my tracks, focused my hearing to figure …