Deepen your connection to nature with fun, simple nature journaling methods. Get hands-on and bring your curiosity to life with sketches, notes, and observations celebrating nature's wonders. Learn more & register Relax, refresh, and renew with the practice of Nature Journaling! This fun and accessible activity opens the door to wonder and curiosity, and creates […]
Celebrate the beauty and wonder of nature through journaling, a magical blend of art and science that deepens our connection with nature. In this seasonal workshop series led by Kate Rutter, you'll learn simple and fun ways to observe deeply, to sketch and draw from nature, to note and quantify natural phenomena, and to creatively […]
Meet at The Foster Museum for a close look at Tony Foster's majestic plein-air artworks. Kate will introduce basic nature journaling methods with guided activities that use words, pictures, and numbers to ask questions, track data, and explore form through contour drawing, diagrammatic sketching, and value sketches. Then we'll head outside, where you'll apply these […]
Starting at The Foster Museum, the class will explore effective ways to use color in a nature observation practice. After a brief hands-on intro to color theory and color mixing, you'll use watercolors and/or colored pencils to use color in a variety of ways: basic color, matched color and swatches, symbolic color for diagrams and […]
Give your notes a creative makeover with Sketchnoting! ** This workshop is hosted by the SF Pen Show 2026 ** Register on Eventbrite Visual note-taking (aka: sketchnoting) is a fabulously fun technique used to transform simple notes into rich visual summaries. It’s a great way to capture ideas, to remember them, and to share them […]
Give your notes a creative makeover with Sketchnoting! ** This workshop is hosted by the SF Pen Show 2026 ** Register on Eventbrite Visual note-taking (aka: sketchnoting) is a fabulously fun technique used to transform simple notes into rich visual summaries. It’s a great way to capture ideas, to remember them, and to share them […]
The Bay Area Regional Nature Journal Club is heading to the Albany Bulb! We’ll explore the transformation of this former debris landfill; journal birds, beaches, plants; see emergent artworks; and relish amazing Bay views. Bring your own journaling supplies and spend the afternoon discovering the fascinating ecology of the Bulb while expanding, practicing, and sharing […]
Opening at The Foster Museum, the class will find inspiration in Tony Foster's watercolor wilderness Journeys, identifying elements that communicate a place's power. We'll explore four different approaches to bring the richness of place into your journaling practice: Spaces (metadata & maps); Senses (sounds, smells, & other senses as appropriate); Scenes (lists & landscapes); and […]
Nature Journal the wonders of the San Francisco Baylands! The field trip experience opens with a mini-workshop on a seasonal topic, followed by unstructured, open journaling time. Kate will be on hand to answer questions, to provide tips, and to share feedback if desired. We wrap with a sharing circle to learn from each other […]
Join us for a joyful, restorative, and rejuvenating retreat at the beautiful Big Springs Garden Retreat Center in Sierra City, CA. Through nature journaling, mindfulness exercises, and sensory awareness, we will wander, explore, and sketch the beauty of the Sierra Nevada in the fall season. Register at Wild Wonder!
Come nature journal at the urban wilds of Albany Bulb! This bayside park has a wide variety of flora and fauna...native plants, birds in the estuary, trees, a small beach, views of the bay over to SF and Marin. Bring your own journaling supplies and spend the afternoon discovering the fascinating ecology of the Bulb […]
Celebrate the beauty and wonder of nature through journaling, a magical blend of art and science that deepens our connection with nature. In this seasonal workshop series led by Kate Rutter, you'll learn simple and fun ways to observe deeply, to sketch and draw from nature, to note and quantify natural phenomena, and to creatively […]
