Tag: nature journal

Simply Birds: Enjoy birds with less stress while nature journaling

Simply Birds: Enjoy birds with less stress while nature journaling

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 

MBNJC: Play with Cloudscapes

MBNJC: Play with Cloudscapes

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 

A moment in time: learning FROM nature versus learning ABOUT nature.

A moment in time: learning FROM nature versus learning ABOUT nature.

Nature is constantly changing- the sunrises and sets, the weather changes, every living thing goes through a perpetual cycle of birth, growth and decay. So no two moments are alike. Fleeting moments When we can take a few moments to step away from our screens 

Boost your Naturalist Skills with Nature Journaling—California Wildlife day (video)

Boost your Naturalist Skills with Nature Journaling—California Wildlife day (video)

Boost your Naturalist Skills with Nature Journaling—California Wildlife day April 2021 You can see all the videos from event here: https://www.carmelriverwatershed.org/cwd-2021-recap.html  Melinda Nakagawa introduces how nature journaling can be used to improve your naturalist skills, and does an interactive demo.

Spark your Bird Love with Nature Journaling (3of 6)

Spark your Bird Love with Nature Journaling (3of 6)

      6-week course begins Feb 4, 2021 at 6pm Pacific. See this page for details    

Mystery woodpecker: Detective work in your journal

Mystery woodpecker: Detective work in your journal

Recently I found the remains of a woodpecker in my driveway. It was a pair of wings, tail and a leg. It looked like a woodpecker, but at first glance I wasn’t sure which one it was. What was more interesting to me at the