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 …
Last week I spent a few days in the mountains and enjoyed big beautiful skies. I took lots of photos because I wasn’t able to nature journal them right away in the field, like I often do. A few days later when I returned home …
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, …
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 …
Fun and easy ways to befriend Trees and learn to read their stories A 3-part online course: Thursdays, March 2, 9, and 16 Time: 4:00-5:30pm Pacific PLUS a private online community space for sharing, questions, support between classes. You will learn: Scroll down for all …
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 …