Journaling With Nature

An interesting and powerful way to learn something new is to try and teach it to someone else. In teaching a concept or skill we have to first be clear, articulate and intentional with our explanations, and this intentionality can cement the knowledge in our own minds.

If you would like to download the Wild Wonder Garden Journaling Zine you can find it here: Garden Journaling Zine.

To learn how to fold a zine from any piece of paper you can copy this video. 

If you would like to share your experience with teaching to learn, you can leave a comment below this episode on the Journaling With Nature website.

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Trace works as a graphic novelist and illustrator and lives on Djaara Country in south-eastern Australia. Observing and recording the details of the natural world and weaving this together with stories of the people who live and play here, her graphic novels delight readers of all ages.

Listen to hear more about:

• Creating walking maps.
• Nature journaling and mindfulness.
• Writing graphic novels.
• The power of words and pictures together.
• How nature journaling is interwoven with Trace’s book writing practice.
• Working in a digital medium.
• Finding and connecting with ‘home’. 
• Trace’s songwriting collaboration with Andrew McSweeney.
• Art as activism.
• How colouring-in helps you slow down and connect.
• Trace’s origin story as a graphic novelist.

To learn more about Trace and her work visit www.traceballa.com. She has a new book coming out in March which can be pre-ordered now. It is called Treeshape and you can find it here.

You can also find Trace on Instagram and Facebook and listen to her music here.
 

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Printmaking is a fun and easy way to capture our impressions of nature and can be incorporated into our nature journaling practice. In this prompt episode I chat about different printmaking techniques and how they can be used to explore our world.

To revisit my podcast conversation with printmaker Suzy Sharpe you can find that recording here. You can also see Suzy’s botanical monoprints over on her website.

If you would like to share ideas or inspiration for your own printmaking experiences, you can leave a comment below this episode on the Journaling With Nature website.

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Sushma is a self-taught watercolour artist and author based in Luxembourg. After beginning her career in engineering, Sushma shifted to pursuing art full time, giving her the opportunity to be fully immersed in creativity and nature while sharing this passion with others.

Listen to hear more about:

• Growing up spending time in the Western Ghats in India.
• How Sushma started watercolour painting. 
• The landscape and natural spaces in Luxembourg.
• Landscape painting and how it makes Sushma connect with her environment.
• Composing a landscape painting in the field.
• The joy of painting flowers from life.
• Reaching a state of flow while painting.
• Exploring the full potential of your watercolour brushes.
• How Sushma tackles a new or complex floral subject. 
• Sushma’s favourite watercolour paper and sketchbooks.
• Wildflower Watercolor: The Beginner’s Guide to Painting Beautiful Florals.
• Sushma’s online course Watercolor Floral Sanctuary.
   

Find out more about Sushma and her art at https://www.sushmahegde.com/. 
You can find Sushma’s book here: Wildflower Watercolor: The Beginner’s Guide to Painting Beautiful Florals.
If you would like to join the waitlist for Sushma’s 8-week class, click this link: Watercolor Floral Sanctuary. 
To access all the recorded classes, get yourself a video pass for the Wild Wonder Nature Journaling Conference 2025.

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Thank you all for the amazing support you have given the podcast!

Join in with the daily prompts this month as we explore nature journaling in the garden.

The Wild Wonder Foundation is hosting a year-long series of nature journal prompts and this month Bethan was invited to create a set of prompts on the theme of garden journaling. You can find the prompts list here and follow along at your own pace.

There will be a live workshop on Sunday 27th/Monday 28th July which is free and open to everyone. Please use this link to register for the workshop. We would love to see you there!

If you would like to share you pages on social media, you can use the hashtag #naturejournalingjuly or you can email me directly [email protected].
 

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Victoria is a Chilean artist based in Germany. Her botanical art balances scientific accuracy with creative freedom, exploring themes of social masking, neurodivergence, female identity, and belonging.

Listen to hear more about:

• Victoria’s early connection with nature and creativity.  
• Moving from Chile to Germany and how art helped her connect with her new environment.
• Studying botanical art by correspondence. 
• The joys and challenges of working with live plants.
• The botanical artists that have influenced and inspired Victoria.
• The differences between traditional and contemporary botanical art. 
• Working from pressed herbarium specimens. 
• Victoria’s relationship with ‘perfectionism’.
• The tools used by botanical artists.
• Colour mixing ‘recipes’. 
• Victoria’s body of work exploring identity and the experience of social masking.
• The reason why Victoria feels an affinity with orchids. 
• Victoria’s online course Botanical Watercolors: Learn to Paint Realistic Flowers.
   

You can find Victoria on her website (www.victoria-beyer.com) and on Instagram @victoria_botanical and @victoria.beyer.artist.

Learn from Victoria in her online course Botanical Watercolors: Learn to Paint Realistic Flowers. 

Sign up to Victoria’s mailing list to receive a 10% discount on her artwork, an art catalogue and more!

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International Nature Journaling Week is coming up again very soon (1-7th June). In this episode we will explore the themes and ways that you can get involved in the celebration.
 
Our overarching theme this year is Conversations With Nature. We will explore ways that we can listen, learn from, and communicate with the natural world. We will have a daily theme to focus our journaling. These daily themes will be:

1. Describing the indescribable
2. Playing with words
3. Exploring nature through poetry
4. Storytelling with nature
5. Listening attentively
6. Sensing the world around us
7. Creating a vision for the future

The website for International Nature Journaling Week is www.naturejournalingweek.com. The best way to stay in touch and not miss anything is by signing up to the newsletter. 

On the INJW website there is a Journal Share page where you can share your work with others and leave encouragement and support for other people’s pages. 

You can connect with others from all around the world on the INJW Facebook group. To share your pages on Instagram or Facebook, use the hashtag #naturejournalingweek.com. 

If you would like to see my daily pages during the week and participate in giveaways, follow @journalingwithnature on Instagram.

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Maria is an expeditionary artist whose work has led her to some of the planet’s most wild and remote locations. Collaborating with scientific research teams, Maria uses art as a tool for communication. She is the founder of Art Toolkit, a company that specialises in portable materials for adventurous artists.

Listen to hear more about:

• The links between Maria’s early life and her career as an expeditionary artist.
• The fellowship that allowed Maria to travel the world and make art for a year.
• The similarities and differences between the Arctic and the Antarctic landscapes.
• The process of communication between scientific research team and artist.
• Landscape sketching.
• Active observation.
• Using art to communicate the science of climate change.
• The development of Art Toolkit.
• Micro-adventures in our everyday lives. 
   

You can find Maria’s art and adventures at www.expeditionaryart.com. To learn more about Art Toolkit, visit their website and Instagram @arttoolkit. 

Art Toolkit have a wonderful collection of demonstrations and tutorials over on YouTube. 

Maria and the Art Toolkit team have generously created a discount code for listeners (valid until July 31st, 2025). The code is: NATUREJOURNALING15. You can apply the code at checkout to get 15% off your purchase. 

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Seeds are magical little packages of potential! Each seed holds all the genetic information needed to grow into a plant that may feed us, provide shade, or offer food and habitat for wildlife. The diversity of seeds is both fascinating and valuable, making them the perfect subject for our nature journals.

I would love to hear about the seeds that you have been exploring in your nature journal. You can leave a comment on the Journaling With Nature website. 

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