In January, the Wild Wonder Foundation kicked off a year of nature journal prompts to celebrate nature and motivate pencil miles. Each month has a theme and a host, and…
- On April 25, 2025
- By Kate
[25] Today’s prompt is Arboreus MaximusEnd the challenge in a big way by drawing the biggest tree in your neighborhood. For a mega-challenge, draw the biggest tree in your town,…
- On April 25, 2025
- By Kate
[24] Today’s prompt is Tell a Story.Draw a tree concentrating on visual storytelling. What else can you include in the tree’s setting that tells a story about that tree? This…
- On April 24, 2025
- By Kate
[23] Today’s prompt is Lean on Me.How does wind affect trees? Find a windy area and journal the lean of the trees. Living on a coast is a great place…
- On April 22, 2025
- By Kate
[22] Today’s prompt is De Colores.Make a tree color chart of the different colors you see when drawing trees. Experiment with novel ways to organize the chart. A pie chart?…
- On April 22, 2025
- By Kate
[21] Today’s prompt is Throwing Shade.Use shading and value to show volume in a tree. This spritely new street tree in our 'hood is plumping out so beautifully! With such…
- On April 21, 2025
- By Kate
[20] Today’s prompt is In ContextFocus on everything surrounding a tree. Is it growing in a concrete jungle? A field? A forest? How does the tree contrast with the human-built…
- On April 21, 2025
- By Kate
[19] Today’s prompt is Beauty BreakVisit a local garden or park, and journal the most beautiful tree you see. What makes it beautiful to you? What a weekend! The days…
- On April 17, 2025
- By Kate
[18] Today’s prompt is Three MaterialsMake a portrait of a tree using only three materials. Ah the DRAMA! It's April, so all across the Sonoran Desert the blue palo verde…
- On April 17, 2025
- By Kate
[17] Today’s prompt is Trees & PeopleDraw people interacting with trees, or explore how how people set the scale for a tree. You might sit at a cafe and draw…
- On April 16, 2025
- By Kate
[16] Today’s prompt is DamageJournal a tree showing damage or injury such as cuts, weeps, or seeps. Is there a tree who has suffered bad pruning? Seeing damage is never…
