AT: Keeping a Nature Journal Workshop

Keeping a Nature Journal Workshop AT CARBIDE PARK

3-hours Advanced Training

Suzanne Becker, Instructor

Assistants: Rhonda Marshall and Sharon Duray

Verva Densmore (Lead – email: [email protected])

Date: Monday, March 7 OR March 14 (student’s choice at registration)

Time: 1- 4 pm

Class size: 15 participants (each date)

Fee: $5.00

This basic journaling workshop will help you find your personal style for recording your nature observations.

The class format will include:

• An introduction to nature journaling where you will quickly learn how to get beyond that first blank page
• Suggestions for making your journal specific to your outdoor experiences
• Tips on how to select a journal that you can personalize and how to build your own journals for many different purposes
• An opportunity to build a small nature journal booklet using different types of paper and including a variety of journaling prompts
• An opportunity to assemble your own plant press and learn how to add pressed plants to your journal
• Instructions for making plant rubbings and plant prints
• A technique for drawing birds using a simple template
• A chance to dabble in a few basic watercolor techniques

Time to share ideas and experiences with fellow Master Naturalists