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Celebrating Place in Your Nature Journal [onsite workshop]
2026-03-15 10:00 - 12:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | The Foster Museum, 940 Commercial Street, Palo Alto, CA, 94303, United States
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 Souvenirs (elements & moments.)
The session takes place both indoors and outside. 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.
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; watercolors and brush or colored pencils.
A full take-home kit of nature journaling supplies (including color media) will be available for purchase onsite for $25 (cash or Venmo). Kit includes: small softbound sketchbook, hardbound sketchbook, mechanical pencil, black brush pen, grey marker, box of colored pencils, small watercolor set, waterbrush, magnifying loupe, compact mirror, clear ruler, carry satchel/apron.

Color in Your Nature Journal [onsite workshop]
2026-03-08 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.

Intro to Nature Journaling [onsite workshop]
2026-03-08 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).

Albany Bulb Nature Journal Club, 2026 Spring/Summer Sessions
2026-03-07 13:00 - 15:00 | Albany Bulb, 1 Buchanan St, Albany, CA, 94706, United States
This unique 5-session program by Love the Bulb brings together nature enthusiasts who want to explore the diverse wildlife of the Bulb through the art of nature journaling.
Whether this is your first time with a nature journal or you’re continuing your practice from previous sessions, you’ll find something new to notice, question, and celebrate at the Bulb.
• Starts Sat Mar 07
• Sessions are Saturdays in Mar-Apr-May-Jun-Jul, 1-3pm
• 4 online prep sessions (Wed evenings in Apr-May-Jun) covering drawing, journaling, & painting techniques
• $50 includes all materials (scholarships available)
• Albany Bulb, Albany CA
• Hosts: Love the Bulb & Kate Rutter
-> Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/albany-bulb-nature-journal-club-tickets-1980733301625

Spring Nature Journaling Series @ The Foster Museum [onsite workshops]
2026-03-08 - 2026-03-15 | 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

Albany Bulb Nature Journal Club ~ February [in-person meetup]
2026-02-07 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.
Sign-up or just show up!

World Sketchnote Week 2026 [online conference]
2026-01-12 - 2026-01-16 | CA
A celebration of sketchnoting, visual learning, and creativity. With events for educators, creators, professionals, and doodlers of all levels, this event brings together people around the world to share, learn, and sketch.
Kate will be on a panel on Friday, Jan 16 from 1-2pm (Pacific Time). Come hear Mike Rohde, Alina Gutierrez, Kate & Zsolt Viczián discuss the Future of Visual Thinking!
World Sketchnote Week is free, with upgraded tickets available. Register here.

King Tide Nature Journaling [in-person meet-up]
2026-01-02 09:00 - 11:00 | Palo Alto Baylands Nature Center, 2775 Embarcadero Road, Palo Alto, CA, United States
Whether you are curious about nature journaling or if you have regular practice, start off your year with a sense of calm, intention and renewal in 2026!
It’s fitting to visit the Palo Alto Baylands, an area that is always in transition with the incoming and outgoing tides. Here’s a chance to experience – and record – January renewal with your sketchbook. The King Tide is a special event. As ocean nutrients rush in with the tide’s highest point at 10:20 a.m., this means the sun and moon come into alignment as well.
The Baylands are considered one of the best birdwatching spots on the coast, and it is also a major migratory stop for birds in the Pacific. If we’re very lucky, we could spot a manta ray, and that could be a nice surprise!
Come away more connected to this place, and to each other. All it will take is a sketchbook or journal, a writing tool, and your curiosity!
