Journaling With Nature

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Episode 87: Molly Torrey – Leaves Me Curious May 01, 2022

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Molly is an educator and artist, born in the USA and living in the United Arab Emirates. Nature journaling has helped her feel connected with the landscape she now calls home. Through her workshops, and the Abu Dhabi Nature Journal Club, Molly is helping her community make nature connections too.

Listen to hear more about:

How books about nature inspired Molly’s outdoor play as a child.
Studying wildlife ecology at university.
Moving from the USA to the United Arab Emirates.
Finding beauty in this new, and very different, environment.
How identity and culture are intimately tied to the rhythms of our landscape and the disorienting effect of moving away from these familiar rhythms.
How the pace of development and change in the UAE has left some people feeling disconnected from nature, and the people who are working to document and celebrate the natural heritage of the country.
How nature journaling has helped Molly feel at home in UAE.
Creating the Abu Dhabi nature journal club.
Nature journaling and stewardship.

Find out more about Molly and her work on her website: Leaves Me Curious.

You can also connect with Molly on Instagram @leavesmecurious.

Molly spoke about John Muir Laws and his video series that she uses in her home school. You can find them here: The Nature Journal Connection.

Information on starting a nature journal club can be found on the website of John Muir Laws.

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Episode 86: Corina Brdar – Living Being Mindfulness Apr 24, 2022

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Corina is an ecologist and nature journaler from Ontario, Canada. For Corina, the nature journal can be a tool for exploring her garden, connecting with nature through mindfulness, and even a place to process ecological grief. Corina lets nature journaling be about the process, not the product.

Listen to hear more about:

How Corina found the nature journaling community through the Wild Wonder Nature Journaling Conference.
Thoughts on nature journaling and how a desire to make perfect art can complicate the process.
Nature journaling during the Canadian winter.
How nature journaling helps Corina be a better ecologist.
The Breeding Bird Atlas and how nature journaling is helping Corina learn all the birds in her area.
Mindfulness and nature journaling
Nature journaling in the garden.
What it means to be nature’s witness.
Getting to know your ‘bird of the year’.
How and why Corina’s journals have become loser and more messy over time.

Find more about Corina on her website Living Being Mindfulness and on Instagram @livingbeingmindfulness.
Read Corina’s blog post for International Nature Journaling Week: Nature Journaling When Nature is Wounded.

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Episode 85: Talweez Senghera – Of Travels and Trails Apr 10, 2022

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Talweez spends much of her time travelling to new places, near and far, and creatively capturing her experiences through writing and art. Since coming to the practice of nature journaling, Talweez has found that her sketchbook allows her to see, learn, understand and appreciate even more about the world around her.

Listen to hear more about:

Talweez’s early relationship with nature and creativity.
How coming to nature journaling has helped Talweez look at nature with new eyes.
Nature experiences on Christmas Island.
Exploring culture and diversity through travel.
Sketching landscapes.
Talweez’s favourite materials for sketching outdoors and for painting a finished piece.
Mindfulness and nature journaling.

Find out more about Talweez on her website: https://www.oftravelsandtrails.com.

See Talweez’s journal pages on Instagram @oftravelsandtrails.

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Episode 84: Eriko Kobayashi – An unfolding story Apr 03, 2022

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Eriko is a nature artist, illustrator, and conservationist. She is also the founder of Japan Nature Journal Club. From being an insect loving child, to growing into a wildlife artist and nature journal teacher, the natural world has always been an important part of Eriko's story.

Listen to hear more about:

Eriko’s experience wild foraging as a child and the different plants she encountered.
Eriko’s love for insects as a child.
How nature taught her about the delicacy of life.
How she came to wildlife art and then to nature journaling through the work of artists like Robert Bateman and Clare Walker Leslie.
The beautiful story of when Eriko met Clare Walker Leslie for the first time at the Wild Wonder Nature Journaling Conference.
Eriko’s experience of starting the Japan Nature Journal Club.
Her involvement with the translation of The Law’s Guide to Nature Drawing and Journaling into Japanese.
Stories and memories of sharing nature with her daughter.

Eriko’s website can be found here: https://njos-jp.teachable.com.

See Eriko’s nature journal pages on Instagram @erikokobayashi_naturejournal and Facebook.

To learn more about the Japan Nature Journal Club, click here.

Read Eriko’s blog post for International Nature Journaling Week: Why I Started a Nature Journal Club – Everything happens for a reason.

Eriko created a short video answering the question ‘What does nature journaling mean to you?’ You can watch the video here.

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Episode 83: Angela Hennessy – Raspberry Thief Mar 27, 2022

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Angela is a nature artist who has started a yearlong nature journal challenge called Season Sketchers. Using the Celtic Wheel of the Year as a guide, Angela invites us to go outside on significant dates during the year to observe nature and notice the changes that each new season brings.

Listen to hear more about:

How Angela came to nature journaling.
Pocket hitchhikers and what they are.
The story behind the name Raspberry Thief.
Creating natural tools and art materials.
Making time for nature adventures as a family.
How focusing on the seasons can connect us with the rhythm of the year.
Looking for ‘first signs’ during the change of seasons.
Season Sketchers and how you can get involved wherever you are in the world.
The Raspberry Thief membership community.

Find out more about Angela on her websites https://www.angelahennessy.co.uk and https://raspberrythief.wordpress.com and on Instagram.
Prints of Angela’s work can be found in the Raspberry Thief Etsy Shop.
If you would like to go more deeply into connecting with the seasons using the Celtic Wheel of the Year you can join the Raspberry Thief community on Patreon.

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Episode 82: Alisa Singh – Jellyfish and Stone Mar 20, 2022

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Alisa is an illustrator and artist with a particular love for marine invertebrates. She recently set herself the ambitious goal of creating a painting a day for 100 days. Having completed the project, Alisa is now interested in helping guide others to reach their own creative goals.

Listen to hear more about:

The natural history illustration course from the University of Newcastle.
The story behind the name Jellyfish and Stone.
Wild and wonderful marine invertebrates.
Alisa’s experience of visiting the Galapagos.
Leading field sketching workshops with university students.
Talking back to our inner critic.
Intuitive painting.
The accountability group Alisa has started to support each other in reaching creative goals.
Alisa’s 100 Paintings Project.

Find out more about Alisa on her website: https://jellyfishandstone.com/.

Connect with Alisa on Instagram @jellyfish_and_stone.

See all of the 100 paintings from Alisa’s 100 Paintings Project here.

If you are interested to learn more about Drawing Nature, Science and Culture: Natural History Illustration the short course from the University of Newcastle you can click here.

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Episode 81: Kuniko Kikuchi – My place in the world Mar 13, 2022

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Kuniko is a nature journaler living in Tokyo. Nature journaling has allowed Kuniko to let go of comparisons, regrets and anxieties, and find peace in the present moment. The practice has also opened Kuniko's eyes to the special natural places around her in Tokyo.

Listen to hear more about:

How Kuniko came to nature journaling.
Finding nature in the city.
Kuniko’s favourite nature journaling materials.
Why nature journaling is important.
Kuniko’s nature inspired YouTube videos.

Find out more about Kuniko on her website: https://note.com/sanpo_to_nikki/.

You can see Kuniko’s nature journal pages on Instagram @kumonko0813 and on YouTube 自然を描こう!チャンネル.
You can read Kuniko’s blog post for International Nature Journaling Week: My place in the world. She also created a heartfelt video for INJW answering the question “What does nature journaling mean to you?”.

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Episode 80: Amy Schleser – Making complex things simple Mar 06, 2022

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Amy is an educator who uses art, storytelling and video to communicate about science. Simplifying and communicating complex ideas is what Amy does best. In her workshop ‘Doodling Diagrams’ she guided participants through the process of translating the movements of animals into simple sketches.
Listen to hear more about:

Amy’s backyard nature experiences in childhood.
Amy’s story of being raised in a creationist household and then becoming a science educator.
The different ways that Amy has combined art and science in her professional life.
How Amy came to nature journaling and found the nature journal community.
Doodling diagrams and how it can help us explore the world.
How nature journaling has been helping Amy see her childhood landscape with new eyes.

Find out more about Amy on her website and blog. You can also see Amy’s wonderful journal pages on Instagram.

If you’d like to watch Amy’s workshop Doodling Diagrams, you can find it on YouTube here.

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Episode 79: Rosalie Haizlett – Every day is a treasure hunt Feb 27, 2022

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Rosalie is an artist and nature illustrator from West Virginia. Through her work, Rosalie aims to show the intricate beauty of the natural world and encourage environmental stewardship. Rosalie teaches nature art online, as a Top Teacher on Skillshare, and has recently published her first book Watercolor in Nature.

Listen to hear more about:

Rosalie’s personal connection with nature and how it is deepening every year.
The creative influences in Rosalie’s early life.
Rosalie’s career in illustration and how she has developed as an artist.
The process Rosalie uses to create an art piece.
Teaching on Skillshare and creating online classes.
Sensitivity and how it influences Rosalie’s life and work.
Watercolor in Nature, Rosalie’s new book.
Rosalie’s exciting new project and where her path will lead next.

Find out more about Rosalie by visiting her website https://www.rosaliehaizlett.com.

You can purchase Rosalie’s book, Watercolor in Nature, here.

Rosalie posts her illustration work and progress updates on Instagram and Facebook.

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Episode 78: Alissa Duke – Anything is sketchable Feb 20, 2022

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Alissa is a watercolour pencil artist, urban sketcher & librarian. She has a habit of sketching every day as a way of documenting the moments of her life. She has filled more than a hundred journals since beginning her daily practice and believes that 'anything is sketchable'.

Listen to hear more about:

Alissa’s habit of sketching something in her journal every day.
Ideas on the distinction between sketching and drawing.
How Alissa came to her artistic style.
Her favourite art tools.
Switching sketchbooks from landscape to portrait format and how that affects composition.
Urban sketching and the experience of attending international symposiums.
Finding nature in parks and gardens within the city.
Sketching outdoors and interacting with curious onlookers.
Watercolour pencils and how Alissa uses them.

Find out more about Alissa and her work on her website alissaduke.com and her blog. Cards and postcards of Alissa’s work can be found in her Etsy shop.

See images of Alissa’s journal pages on Instagram and Flickr.

If you’d like to learn about the pencils Alissa carries with her every day, you can read a blog post about it here.

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