Drawing as a Learning Tool

What is drawing good for? Two main things in my opinion: decoration and learning. In today’s world we are so focused on the first benefit that we often forget drawing […]

Urban Sketching in San Diego (Balboa Park)

image showing urban sketching in san diego with sketchbook watercolor and a building in san diego's balboa park

Urban sketching in San Diego is great! Specifically, the famous Balboa park is a perfect place for nature journaling and urban sketching. During a recent stay in San Diego I […]

Nature Sketching with Christine Elder

What is the difference between “Nature Sketching” and “Nature Journaling?” Is coffee an essential art supply? What is the best advice for new nature sketchers? How can I go nature […]

Nature Sketching with Debby Kaspari

What is the difference between nature sketching, field sketching, plein air drawing, and nature journaling? I talked to Debby Kaspari about some of these differences as well her favorite art […]

Travel Sketching

Travel sketching is something I am trying to practice more. In this video you can see how I did a bit of travel sketching in Panama on my way to […]

What I did This Winter

Happy new year everyone! I’m excited for all the cool plans I have for providing fun and valuable content and art this year. But to start with I’m gonna share […]

Nature Journal Inside! No Excuses

I had to cancel the nature journaling field trip for today but here is a video that I made to motivate you to nature journal at home! Consider it your […]

A Peak at My Latest Journal

Come with me as I peruse the pages of my last journal, sharing drawings and peppering the video with rants about the benefits of journaling. One journal usually spans three […]

Capture the Essence of California Oak Savanna

In the month of October the north coast nature journal club will be exploring the rolling hills and oak savanna of Helen Putnam Regional Park near Petaluma. We will practice […]

Sketch at the Reptile Expo!

On October 22nd I will be geeking out with my nature journal at the reptile expo in Santa Rosa at the fairgrounds!! It will be a great opportunity to see […]

Spoken Reflections from Tanzania: Day 2

During my trip to Tanzania, I used my nature journal and my pocket notebook for drawing and writing and I used my phone for photos, short videos, and audio recordings. […]

Sketchers Learn Faster

There was once a ceramics teacher who did an experiment with his students. He told half the class to make as many pots as they could over the course of […]