Inspired by Charlotte Mason, this class will help you develop the habit of nature journaling. Students will learn to draw and watercolor trees, birds, butterflies, and snails and all things outdoors! Once they've learned some drawing techniques, they'll be inspired to go outside and do their own nature journaling. Building observation skills and drawing skills is a great foundation for future scientists!
This class is a great complement to:
Any Elementary Biology
Charlotte Mason-Style Homeschooling, and
Linguistic Development Through Poetry Memorization, Andrew Pudewa.
Meets weekly for one hour
Each semester is 12 weeks long.
Tuesday 2:15 - 3:15 pm EST
Wednesday 10:00 - 11:00am EST
You can pay for the full year or pay by semester. Click your choice to go to checkout.
$559 full year ($539 before June 10)
$289 semester ($299 before June 10)
Join before June 10 for early bird pricing!
*These prices include the registration fee.
Registration fee is non-refundable. Please see the FAQ page for our refund policy.
Class Calendar:
Spring 2025
Start: Week of Jan 6
Spring Break week of Mar 3
Last week of class: week of Mar 31
Fall 2025
Start: Week of Aug. 19
Art Skills
Observe Nature
Drawing and shading with pencil
Using blending tools
Drawing and shading with pens
Watercoloring
Composition Stratagies
Showing Depth: linear and aerial
Showing Motion and Texture
There is a companion book for this class. It is very helpful but not required. It includes the poems and helpful reference material that students will use in class. It is only available for purchase on this website.
ALL CLASSES ARE RECORDED SO YOU CAN WATCH LATER IF YOU MISS A CLASS
Also available as a self-paced class which you can do any time:
Themes
Every class will be like the next chapter in a story in which we go a little further into the woods and discover something new each week. A short, fun poem and great artwork will give us ideas for drawing the things we discover: maybe we will come upon "a host of golden daffodils", "dappled things", or, "a tree with a nest of robins in her hair." In addition to drawing, we'll learn to use color with, colored pencils, watercolors, or markers.
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