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Lively Lettering ~ Aug 9 with Wild Wonder Foundation [online workshop]
2026-08-09 10:00 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Online via Zoom, CA, United States
Join the fun at this this free live* online class, where Kate will share tips & tricks to layer words and images together. Get hands-on and explore ways to infuse written characters with imagery from nature…bringing the idea of “show don’t tell” to a whole new level.
Using line quality, color, pattern, and pictograms, you’ll play with picture words, mood words, and metaphor marks, while you practice using direct observation to create associations and symbolic connections.
You’ll leave the session inspired and equipped with the skills and confidence to bring imagery, whimsy, humor, and personality to the words in your nature journal.
All ages and levels welcome!
Workshop fee: $FREE; registration required. Suggested tax-deductible donation: $25
Register on the Wild Wonder Foundation website
*If you can’t make it live, no worries! You can register and get the recording via email.

Supply List
Bring your nature journal, pencil/pen, and color media of your choice—watercolor, color pencils, markers — whatever you use in your nature journaling or sketching practice.

Albany Bulb Nature Journal Club ~ Aug 15th [in-person meetup]
2026-08-15 13:00 - 16:00 | Albany Bulb, 1 Buchanan St, Albany, CA, 94706, United States
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 while expanding, practicing, and sharing your nature journal skills!
• Free; $5-$20 suggested donation to Love the Bulb.
Stay tuned for sign-up or just show up!

Keeping a Nature Journal ~ Aug 19 @ Tiburon Library [onsite workshop]
2026-08-19 11:00 - 12:00 | Belvedere Tiburon Library, 1501 Tiburon Blvd., Tiburon, California, 94920
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 a deeply profound connection to nature.
You’ll learn basic nature journaling methods with guided activities that use words, pictures, and numbers to ask questions, to track data, and to explore form through drawing and sketching. We’ll discuss how to apply these skills in a field setting, and wrap with time for sharing, Q&A, and discussion of next steps in developing a nature journaling practice.
ALL ages welcome, no prior experience necessary.

Fall Nature Journaling Series, Aug & Sep @ The Foster Museum [onsite workshops]
2026-08-23 - 2026-09-27 | The Foster Museum, 940 Commercial Street, Palo Alto, CA, 94303, United States
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 express your nature experiences in the pages of a journal.
Learn more & register
Each seasonal series has four sessions (three workshops and a field trip) spread over two days. Take all four sessions for a holistic introduction to Nature Journaling (and get a discounted price,) or pick and choose the sessions that best fit your interests.
Day 1:
– Intro to Nature Journaling (10:00am-12:30pm) $45
– Color in Your Nature Journal (1:00-3:30pm) $45
Day 2:
– Celebrating Place in Your Nature Journal (10:00am-12:30pm) $45
– Field Trip: Baylands Nature Journaling Experience (1:30-4:00pm) $20
* Full Series (all four sessions) advanced purchase only: $140

Intro to Nature Journaling, Aug 23 [onsite workshop]
2026-08-23 10:00 - 12:30 | The Foster Museum, 940 Commercial Street, Palo Alto, CA, 94303, United States
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 skills in a field setting. We wrap with a closing circle for sharing and discussion of next steps for your practice. No prior experience necessary.
Workshop fee: $45
Register on The Foster Museum website

Supply List
You’re encouraged to bring any additional tools and materials that you like to use for sketching or field journaling: sketchbook, pencils, pens, measuring tools.
These materials will be provided: simple sketchbook, mechanical pencil, grey marker, and Zebra waterproof black ink brush pen. Additional specialized tools will be provided for your use during the session..
A full take-home kit of the specialized tools and a hardbound journal will be available for purchase onsite for $15 (cash or Venmo).

Color in Your Nature Journal, Aug 23 [onsite workshop]
2026-08-23 13:00 - 15:30 | The Foster Museum, 940 Commercial Street, Palo Alto, CA, 94303, United States
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 maps, and compositional color for layout and page organization.
Some basic watercolor and pencil techniques will be addressed, but the focus of this session is specific to using color in a field and nature journaling setting. We wrap with a closing circle for sharing and discussion of next steps for your practice. Prior nature journaling or drawing/painting experience helpful, but not required.
Workshop fee: $45
Register on The Foster Museum website

Supply List
You’re encouraged to bring any additional tools and materials that you like to use for sketching or field journaling: sketchbook, pencils, pens, measuring tools.
These materials will be provided: set of colored pencils, sampler set of watercolors, waterbrush.
Participants please bring: a pencil (mechanical, #2 or HB pencil); a black pen with waterproof or water-resistant ink; a grey pencil or grey marker; a sketchbook suitable for working outdoors and with paper that can take some water media without bleeding through (some buckling is okay. 😉
If you wish, you can get a kit of nature journaling supplies, available for purchase onsite for $20 (cash or Venmo). Kit includes: small softbound sketchbook, hardbound sketchbook, mechanical pencil, black brush pen, grey marker, magnifying loupe, compact mirror, clear ruler, and carry satchel/apron.
