Tag: nature

Garden Nature Journaling with Melinda at The Barnyard, Carmel

Garden Nature Journaling with Melinda at The Barnyard, Carmel

Join Melinda Nakagawa and the Monterey Bay Nature Journal Club Bring your sketchbook and curiosity as we explore the gardens at The Barnyard. We’ll explore the flora and fauna in its winter state. Wander through multiple levels and pockets of gardens tucked in all around 

Sketching in the moment

Sketching in the moment

Being on screens so much these days for teaching, communication, emails, etc, I often don’t realize how much I am missing out on nature. I know that I need time out in the natural world to offset technology time and help me feel centered, and 

Despondent to Dynamic! Getting out of a downward drawing spiral.

Despondent to Dynamic! Getting out of a downward drawing spiral.

Have you even gotten stuck while sketching? Or has that annoying inner voice that is critiquing your drawing skills –or perceived lack of skills sucked you into believing it?? That happened to me recently– and this is what got me out and begin to rewire