Keeping a Nature Journal, 3rd Edition

For more than 20 years, this award-winning book by acclaimed naturalist and artist Clare Walker Leslie has introduced people to a different way of seeing the world. This fully revised third edition features Leslie’s inspirational techniques for becoming a skilled observer of the natural world and using drawing as a tool for deeper exploration, even if you don’t consider yourself an artist. Richly illustrated with Leslie’s own journal pages, sketches, and watercolors, as well as examples from journals of generations of her students, this book is an instructive guide and encouraging companion you’ll turn to again and again. Discover How to set up and use your journal How to hone your observation skills Essential journaling equipment Drawing techniques and exercises Lessons in drawing plants, trees, birds, animals, landscapes, and more Suggestions for maintaining a regular journaling practice