Hannah is a nature guide and community educator from South Australia. She is passionate about native plants and uses nature journaling as one tool for helping others see beauty and wonder in the natural world.

Listen to hear more about:

• How Hannah came to conservation land management.
• What Hannah loves about Australian native plants.  
• Growing native plants from seed. 
• Wattle and Wonder and the different ways Hannah connects people with plants.
• Nature journaling as a tool for learning.
• Seasons in the Australian landscape.
• Connecting children and families with nature. 
• Creating havens for wildlife through habitat gardening.

To find out more about Hannah and her work you can visit https://www.wattleandwonder.com. You can also find Wattle and Wonder on Instagram.

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Our prompt this week is: Journal with a Friend.

Nature journaling with a friend is a joyful experience and can even deepen your understanding of the world around you as you unpack nature mysteries together. This week, invite someone to spend time journaling with you and enjoy the benefits of this connection.
 

International Nature Journaling Week (1-7th June) is fast approaching. If you would like to stay up-to-date with all the events, you can sign-up for the newsletter.
 

I would love to hear your experience with these prompts. You can leave a message below the episode here or send me a message on Instagram here. 
 

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Jamie is a parent educator from Malaysia. She connects with the natural world through her journal and through poetry. Jamie enjoys spending family time nature journaling with her children in the natural spaces near her home.
 

Listen to hear more about:

• The historical influences that shaped the place where Jamie spent her youth.
• The challenges of nature journaling as a family in the tropics.
• The ways that motherhood ignites Jamie’s creativity.
• How Jamie used The Nature Journal Connection, a video series by John Muir Laws, to structure her family nature journal time.
• The ways that Jamie’s journaling has changed over time. 
• The idea of going deep with a subject, or relationship. 
• The importance of expressing herself in poetry.
• Overcoming challenges and barriers to nature journaling.
   

Connect with Jamie on YouTube and Instagram. To join Nature Journaling Malaysia click here.

John Muir Laws created a series of short videos covering many nature journaling topics. You can watch the whole video series here: The Nature Journal Connect. 

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Our prompt this week is: Become an apprentice.

Find someone who you admire, creatively, and make it a goal to study and replicate what it is you appreciate about their work. Copying is a great way to learn. Remember to always acknowledge that it is a copy if you post your work online.


This prompt was inspired by artist Alisa Singh, who taught herself to draw like Michelangelo. You can see her drawings on Instagram @jellyfish_and_stone.

The artist who I will be learning from is called Konstantin Dvornikov and you can see their work on Instagram @dvornikov.konstantin. I also plan to study and learn from artists Tim Pond. You can find Tim on Instagram @pond.timothy.

I would love to know who you are planning to learn from. Please leave a comment below this episode at https://www.journalingwithnature.com/podcasts/episode-121-become-an-apprentice, or use the hashtag #journalingwithnature on social media.

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Karen always had an inner voice that whispered to her about creativity and nature. When she was able to listen to these whispers, she opened a whole new world of art and nature journaling that has become an essential part of her life.
 

Listen to hear more about:

• The small moments in Karen’s childhood that gave an insight into things that would become important to her future self.
• Karen’s ‘hybrid’ style of journaling.
• Nature journal as a place for exploring and processing feelings.
• Nature journaling as a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP).
• Covid lockdown and the changes Karen noticed in her nearby nature.
• Gratitude and appreciation and their connection with journaling.
• Preserving special memories through travel journaling. 
• The joy of sketching with others.

Karen wrote a blog post for International Nature Journaling Week. You can read her article here: How listening to my inner voice led me to my nature journaling journey. 

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Our prompt this week is: Try something new

Try tackling a subject in your nature journal that you have avoided until now, something that stretches you a little out of your comfort zone. Or play with a new medium that you have not used before and have always wanted to try.
 

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Kathryn is an illustrator and nature journaler from County Durham, England. She fills her journal pages with vibrant and playful depictions of the stories she sees in nature and in life.

Listen to hear more about:

• The landscape in County Durham and the changes Kathryn has seen over the years. 
• Experimenting with different art techniques.
• Learning about and drawing invertebrates.
• The solace and joy Kathryn finds in journaling. 
• The concept of ‘drawn walks’.
• Including people on your journal page.
• Creative projects collaborating with others.
• Teaching nature journaling in the community.
• The benefits and drawbacks of art challenges.

You can find out more about Kathryn on her website, and on Instagram @flatcapsandfrappuccinos.

Read the blog post Kathryn wrote for International Nature Journaling Week: ‘Drawn walks’ and nature journaling. 

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Our prompt this week is: Create some ‘nature spots’.

Create some 'nature spots' in response to the colours you see in your nearby nature. Tune your eyes to the colours around you. Look closely at a colour that catches your attention, then see if you can create a little spot on your nature journal page to represent what you see

To listen to my conversation with Lisa Spangler, click here. To find out everything you need to know about creating ‘nature spots’, visit Lisa’s blog.

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Lisa is a watercolour artist with a passion for nature. She is on a mission to share the feelings of joyand wonder that she gets when painting outdoors. One way she does this is by connecting with the colours of the landscape and creating 'nature spots' in her journal.

Listen to hear more about:

• The landscapes that have been important in Lisa’s life.
• Making friends with plants and animals through nature journaling. 
• Why the plant sideoats is important to Lisa.
• The challenges of painting in the desert.
• How recovering from an injury was part of Lisa’s development as an artist.
• The practice of creating ‘nature spots’ to connect with nature.
• Colour mixing and working with triads.
• Properties of different watercolour types and how to use these qualities to your advantage in your journal. 
   

Find out more about Lisa on her website https://lisa.wumple.com. You can read all about the Nature Spot Challenge on Lisa’s blog. You can also find Lisa on Instagram @sideoats.
 

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