Mentors

• Jack Laws – johnmuirlaws.com

• Andie Thrams – andiethrams.com

• Sarah Rabkin – sarahrabkin.com

• Bill Cone – billcone.blogspot.com

The Nature Journal Facebook Club
Join the Nature Journal Club for news and posts from other nature journalers. Jack offers a free ($20 suggested donation) 1-1/2 hour demonstration on a journal topic on the 2nd Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday of each month, and leads one all-day outing on the 4th Sunday of the month. This is an amazing gift and opportunity for all of us living in the Bay Area.

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Sierra Nevada Field Campus
This is where it all began for me. It's a wonderful rustic campus offering nature related classes of all kinds. Sierra Nevada Field Campus

Books

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• Field Guide to the Sierra Nevada, John Muir Laws, Heyday Press

• Laws Guide to Drawing Birds, John Muir Laws, Heyday Press

• The Laws Guide to Nature Drawing and Journaling, John Muir Laws, Heyday Press

• Drawing a Tree, Bruno Munari, Edizioni Corraini, Italy

• Discovering Sierra Trees, Stephen F Arno, Yosemite Natural History Association

• How to Draw Animals, Jack Hamm, Perigree

• Drawn to Nature, Clare Walker Leslie, Storey Publishing

• A Trail Through Leaves: The Journal as a Path to Place, Hannah Hinchman, Norton

• Steal Like an Artist, Austin Kleon, Workman

• The Creative Habit, Twyla Tharp, Simon & Schuster

• Local Color, Mimi Robinson, Princeton Architectural Press

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