Into the Woods Nature Drawing: A Relaxing Relational Experience

This class is is an invitation to explore the art and the practice of deep looking. Together we will learn that relationships grow through the art of paying attention, and the more you pay deliberate attention to nature the more you will fall in love with the world and love life on this planet.  We use the elements of design while nature journaling and for paying attention. 

The topics included in nature journaling are line, shape, value, texture and space.
Together we give up the idea of the pretty picture. If you get one that’s great, if you don’t that’s great too!
Together we use drawing as a mechanism to see, to remember, to explore, to wonder and to love.
Together we train our brain in the three languages of paying attention
WE- Draw: practice deep looking close up and further away. 
WE- Write: get ideas down- what do you see - ask questions. 
WE- Quantify: measure, count, reveal patterns.


Bring to class:
sketching paper, pencils, eraser, a 6b and 8b pencils and kneaded erasers are recommended but not necessary.
Two or three natural objects from their surroundings that were foraged or collected and that are interesting to them. Examples include but are not limited to; feathers, leaves, flowers, crystals, rocks, branches, driftwood, and even fruits or vegetables.  

This is an interactive class and all students are encouraged to participate and share their findings. If you have the capacity to download and use the iNaturalist app let me know in advance and we can use this to identify the things we find in nature. 

Topics include:
The Element of Design: Line, width and types
The Element of Design: Shape, size and formation 
Element of Design: Texture, why and how 
Element of Design: Value; light and shadow.
Element of Design: Space; Taking form with measurements, patterns and shapes.