Wild Wonder Nature Journaling Conference 2019: Full Schedule

8:30am PDT

Beginner's Nature Journaling: How to Get Started

Limited Capacity full
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Getting started nature journaling can be intimidating. With more than 40 years of experience, Clare can help you get started and get over the fear of the blank page! Even if you've been journaling for a while, this will be a great refresher as well.

Speakers

Clare Walker Leslie

ELI Master Artist and Workshop Leader, ClareWalkerLeslie.com

Clare Walker Leslie grew up outdoors playing in the woods and fields near Philadelphia. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Art History from Carleton College. Since then, her career has evolved by combining the study of nature and drawing / writing / painting / teaching as a means... Read More →

Friday September 13, 2019 8:30am - 10:00am PDT
Mott Madrone Classroom - #2 on event map (enter bldg. SE corner, near "Whitehead" on map)

Classroom, Skills-building

Requirements Your sketching kit.
Location Key #2 on event map

10:30am PDT

Fifteen Ways to Hold a Brush (and why you need them all to paint a bird wing)

Limited Capacity filling up

In this technique-driven workshop, Obi will demonstrate and reproduce works from his books, displaying his method of wildlife rendering.

Speakers

Obi Kaufmann

CoyoteThunder.com

Obi Kaufmann grew up in the East San Francisco Bay Area as the son of an astrophysicist and a psychologist, and he spent most of high school studying calculus and breaking away on weekends to scramble around Mount Diablo, mapping its creeks, oak forests, and sage mazes. Kaufmann’s... Read More →

Friday September 13, 2019 10:30am - 12:00pm PDT
Mott Madrone Classroom - #2 on event map (enter bldg. SE corner, near "Whitehead" on map)

Classroom, Skills-building

Requirements Your sketching kit.
Location Key #2 on event map

1:00pm PDT

Down the Rabbit Hole: Curiosity and Wonder with John Muir Laws and Fiona Gillogly

Limited Capacity full
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Great for beginners! Join us and learn how to upgrade your curiosity, geek out with scientific wonder, build an inquiry toolkit, and find delight in the littlest things. Learn how to think like a naturalist with wonder, awe, and evidence. Discover how to ask more and richer questions and then how to follow those questions into a place of deep discovery, and how to propose answers from your own observations. These old-school naturalist skills will help you wean yourself off Google and look to nature to help solve the mysteries around you.

Speakers

Elizabeth Gillogly

John Muir Laws

Naturalist, Artist, and Educator, Nature Stewardship through Science, Education, and Art

John Muir Laws (aka Jack) is a principal leader and innovator of the worldwide nature journaling movement. As a scientist, educator, and author, Jack helps people forge a deeper and more personal connection with nature through keeping illustrated nature journals and understanding... Read More →

Friday September 13, 2019 1:00pm - 2:30pm PDT
Mott Madrone Classroom - #2 on event map (enter bldg. SE corner, near "Whitehead" on map)

Classroom, Skills-building

Requirements Your sketching kit and your curiosity
Location Key #2 on event map

3:00pm PDT

Sketchnoting! Fast Notes and Quick Sketching

Limited Capacity filling up

We all appreciate the power of combining written notes, field sketches, and diagrams in beautifully composed page layouts, but it's tough to get all that information down in mere minutes unless you have a hundred hands. In this workshop Mark will share some practical tips and tricks for speedy sketchnoting, laying out attractive and easily comprehensible pages, and capturing quick likenesses of fast-moving targets such as animals and guest humans.

Speakers

Mark Simmons

UltimateMark.com

Mark Simmons is a freelance illustrator and cartoonist, specializing in comics and storyboarding. His past teaching adventures include teaching figure drawing at the Academy of Art University, and classes in cartooning, sketching, and wildlife illustration for SF Bay Area institutions... Read More →

Friday September 13, 2019 3:00pm - 4:30pm PDT
Mott Madrone Classroom - #2 on event map (enter bldg. SE corner, near "Whitehead" on map)

Classroom, Skills-building

Requirements Your sketching kit.
Location Key #2 on event map

8:30am PDT

Close Looks: Structure and Function with Hannah Hinchman

Limited Capacity full
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We'll examine small, likely unfamiliar things, approaching them as architects. Asking the questions: why is that shape important? In fact, what is up or down on this thing? Basic curiosity, but looking close, and hypothesizing. Hannah is a freelance artist, writer, and calligrapher who has been keeping journals for more than 35 years. Her work has been published in numerous magazines and she is the author of three books, including A Life in Hand: Creating the Illuminated Journal.

Speakers

Hannah Hinchman

Moab Gear Trader

Hannah Hinchman is a freelance artist, writer, and calligrapher who has been keeping journals for more than 35 years. Her work has been published in numerous magazines and she is the author of three books: A Life in Hand: Creating the Illuminated Journal, A Trail Through Leaves: the... Read More →

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Saturday September 14, 2019 8:30am - 10:00am PDT
Mott Madrone Classroom - #2 on event map (enter bldg. SE corner, near "Whitehead" on map)

Classroom, Skills-building

Location Key #2 on event map

10:30am PDT

Sketchbiologizing

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Sketch biologist Abby McBride leads this workshop focused on wildlife sketching and roles it can play in science and conservation. Abby has a biology degree from Williams College, a science writing degree from MIT, and a tendency to wander around outside with a sketchbook. She recently returned from a year-long Fulbright fellowship in New Zealand, sketching seabirds and writing stories about seabird conservation for National Geographic

Speakers

Abby McBride

Sketch biologist

Abby McBride is a sketch biologist who writes and illustrates stories about science and nature. She has a biology degree from Williams College, a science writing degree from MIT, and a tendency to wander around outside with a sketchbook. After college Abby took the obvious career... Read More →

Saturday September 14, 2019 10:30am - 12:00pm PDT
Mott Madrone Classroom - #2 on event map (enter bldg. SE corner, near "Whitehead" on map)

Classroom, Skills-building

Requirements Sketching gear.
Location Key #2 on event map

1:00pm PDT

Whole-Brain Techniques for Improving Your Drawing Skills at Any Level

Limited Capacity full
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Prepare to be inspired and challenged in this hands-on workshop that includes lots of quick drawing exercises to level up your representational drawing skills. We’ll practice both left and right brain techniques to hone your observational skills, strengthen your hand-eye coordination and bust free of creative blocks.

Speakers

Christine Elder

SciLuminart Studio

I'm a naturalist, educator, and illustrator from Oregon. I teach nature sketching classes for both youth and adults locally as well as online. After the pandemic subsides, I hope to resume leading sketching retreats to Central American destinations.

Saturday September 14, 2019 1:00pm - 2:30pm PDT
Mott Madrone Classroom - #2 on event map (enter bldg. SE corner, near "Whitehead" on map)

Classroom, Skills-building

Requirements Instructor-recommended supplies: paper and pencil. Your usual sketching gear.
Location Key #2 on event map

3:00pm PDT

You Can Draw It! Intro to Fast Sketching

Limited Capacity full
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Drawing is a skill that anyone can develop with practice. In this workshop we will frame a growth mindset and explore six principles that will accelerate your learning and help you draw faster and better, while having more fun!

Speakers

John Muir Laws

Naturalist, Artist, and Educator, Nature Stewardship through Science, Education, and Art

Saturday September 14, 2019 3:00pm - 4:30pm PDT
Mott Madrone Classroom - #2 on event map (enter bldg. SE corner, near "Whitehead" on map)

Classroom, Skills-building

Requirements Your sketching kit.
Location Key #2 on event map

8:30am PDT

Nature Journaling Across the Globe

Limited Capacity filling up

Christine will share journal pages from her adventures in such diverse environments as Alaska’s arctic tundra, Guatemala’s central highlands and Borneo’s lowland rainforests. She’ll share tips on tools, techniques and subject matter so that you can benefit from both her triumphs and tragedies in the field.

Speakers

Christine Elder

SciLuminart Studio

Sunday September 15, 2019 8:30am - 10:00am PDT
Mott Madrone Classroom - #2 on event map (enter bldg. SE corner, near "Whitehead" on map)

Classroom, Skills-building

Requirements Instructor-recommended supplies: paper and pencil. Your usual sketching gear.
Location Key #2 on event map

10:30am PDT

Drawing Birds, Animals, Plants, and Landscapes

Limited Capacity full
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Author of Nature Drawing: A Tool for Learning and three other books on specific techniques for drawing nature anywhere, Clare will guide you with demonstrations and your own drawing explaining her long used tips for drawing Birds, Animals, Plants, and Landscapes -- in one short hour and a half! Trained in England and classically experienced, Clare will help you gain confidence in some basic but well established ways for either beginning or developing your drawing (including the always faithful Blind and Modified Contours and Gesture Drawing exercises.). Although pencil and pen will be used, colored pencil and watercolor are encouraged, as is the copying of good field guide illustrations, photographs, and museum mounts (if possible).

Speakers

Clare Walker Leslie

ELI Master Artist and Workshop Leader, ClareWalkerLeslie.com

Sunday September 15, 2019 10:30am - 12:00pm PDT
Mott Madrone Classroom - #2 on event map (enter bldg. SE corner, near "Whitehead" on map)

Classroom, Skills-building

Requirements Your sketching kit.
Location Key #2 on event map

1:00pm PDT

Sketchnoting! Fast Notes and Quick Sketching

Limited Capacity filling up

Speakers

Mark Simmons

UltimateMark.com

Sunday September 15, 2019 1:00pm - 2:30pm PDT
Mott Madrone Classroom - #2 on event map (enter bldg. SE corner, near "Whitehead" on map)

Classroom, Skills-building

Requirements Your sketching kit.
Location Key #2 on event map

3:00pm PDT

Insect Drawing Intensive

Limited Capacity full
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Learn to observe and draw insects, tarantulas, and other terrestrial arthropods using living and dead models. Entomologist Stephanie Dole, PhD, will share her tips and tricks for drawing arthropods and capturing their defining characteristics in your journal. We will use museum displays of mounted arthropods to observe and draw still subjects, focusing on their details and surface textures. Then, we will work with living tarantulas, beetles, vinegaroons, millipedes, and other arthropods to practice observing and drawing living, moving animals.

Speakers

Stephanie Dole

Beetlelady

Stephanie A. Dole, Ph.D. has been educating the public about terrestrial arthropods since 1997. As Beetlelady, she presents original educational programs for all ages throughout the San Francisco Bay Area in California. Her Pop-Up Bug Museum is a traveling exhibit that incorporates... Read More →

Sunday September 15, 2019 3:00pm - 4:30pm PDT
Mott Madrone Classroom - #2 on event map (enter bldg. SE corner, near "Whitehead" on map)

Classroom, Skills-building

Requirements Your sketching kit.
Location Key #2 on event map