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Welcome to the the Arcadia Nature Journaling Club padlet bulletin board.

This is where you can post and comment nature journal pages. Through sharing with one another we will get inspiration and learn about other ways to approach Nature Journaling.
1. First Thing! Create a Padlet account in your name so you can sign in to our Arcadia site with your own name. Remember... it's free. Please use your name so we can get to know you!

2. To post a photo, click on the PLUS sign AT THE BOTTOM of any column. Type a title and description and add your photo by clicking the 3 dots at the bottom of your post box, and select Upload.

3. To comment, go to the bottom of a past to "Add comment."

4. Let us know where you are from in the Welcome column.

5. Please give positive feedback. Adding suggestions might be appropriate sometimes, but mostly let's just enjoy and support one another's progress as Nature Journalers. We all have lots to learn!

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Hi All! I am so happy to be nature journaling with all of you! We have so much to explore and to experience. As an artist and an educator, I am so inspired by the ways the Nature Journaling open us to new ways of seeing and thinking.

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Go down to the bottom of this column, click on the Plus sign to create your post.

Tell us where you are from, where you are in your nature journaling journey and anything you'd like us to know about you.

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In Nature Journaling we ask three questions:

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In Nature Journaling we ask three questions:

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I wonder..
I am Curious...
This reminds me of...
WE use three ways of describing our observations:
Words (also poetry, prose, etc.
Drawing
Numbers to create our daily METADATA and measure, count, etc...
Nature Journaling is not a pretty picture, but it is a picture that helps stimulate our memories about something that the picture, words and numbers helps us to recall.... Add your thoughts, please!

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Spotted in my local woods.

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Also in the tree! Thanks for posting TOM.

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Also in the tree! Thanks for posting TOM.

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Where is Rattlesnake Gutter? I love the composition. And your delicate painting is so lovely....

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Where is Rattlesnake Gutter? I love the composition. And your delicate painting is so lovely....

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Perhaps you could add Metadata and along with your "I notice..".perhaps add what you wonder about or what it reminds you of.. From my experience.. the what it reminds you of is where the real connection begins...

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I love how you kept your style as you created this wonderfully energetic image of our porcupine! Cant wait to see the nature journal page that goes with it!

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Tree critter, prickly porcupine, my take!

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Rattlesnake Gutter part 1

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Hi all, Kathy Hall here in Southampton. I’ve been a lover-of-nature my entire life. I spent my childhood camping every weekend with my Girl Scout Troop, including winter survival training in the wilds of Northern New Hampshire. I studied forestry at UMass and worked for the Forest Service for a couple of years before heading off on serial careers. Now that I’m retired, I spend as much time outdoors as possible. Meeting Jan at Arcadia through Botanical Illustration and Watercolor classes has rekindled my love of observation and led me to new appreciation of wild things.

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Janine here, AKA Norton, and cat Chai. Grew up in the NW, mostly outdoors, did time in L.A. (ACCD), ran business in NYC (Hing-Norton Inc.), then moved to the Valley 22 years ago. I am passionate about hiking, biking, kayaking, photography (often with iphone) and love exploring life with the dimension of drawing/painting.

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Hello everyone. I live in Florence, belong to the community garden, love photography, nature, animals and quilting. My dog and I are part of the Bright Spot therapy dog volunteer program. I’m a Psychologist easing towards retirement but still working 3 days a week.
I’m very happy to be part of this lovely group!

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When I am Among the Trees

Mary Oliver

When I am among the trees,
especially the willows and the honey locust,
equally the beech, the oaks and the pines,
they give off such hints of gladness.
I would almost say that they save me, and daily.

I am so distant from the hope of myself,
in which I have goodness, and discernment,
and never hurry through the world
but walk slowly, and bow often.

Around me the trees stir in their leaves
and call out, “Stay awhile.”
The light flows from their branches.

And they call again, “It's simple,” they say,
“and you too have come
into the world to do this, to go easy, to be filled
with light, and to shine.”

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Barnacle goose @ Turners Falls Power Canal

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Barnacle goose @ Turners Falls Power Canal

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Update on the porcupine with Jan's suggestions.  And from todays trip to Vienna.

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Update on the porcupine with Jan's suggestions.  And from todays trip to Vienna.

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Update on the porcupine with Jan's suggestions.  And from todays trip to Vienna.

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Update on the porcupine with Jan's suggestions.  And from todays trip to Vienna.

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One and two point perspective. 📐✏️👀

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Vienna - one point perspective. It’s a little wonky; no rulers were used in the creation of this work ;-)

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My project this winter, since traveling is off the table, is to create journal pages from past journeys. This is the airbnb we stayed in in Venice.

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Hi gang, it's Tom. I'm a long-time computer nerd and IT Systems Administrator who has recently returned to making art after many years away. This past summer, I volunteered to help at Mass Audubon Arcadia, and they gave me to Jan, which has been great! My main art interest is natural science illustration so the Nature Journal Club is right in my wheelhouse. Happy to be here!

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I very much like this idea.. my starting point. Will be interesting to see how it evolves.

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Jumping off from our porcupine- the third largest rodent, here are the top two: the capybara and the beaver.

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Practice seeing animals on the move before then. I love the Luppa Zoo. Not too far and many animals.. even strange ones!

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After watching two of my grandchildren and my husband get stung by jellyfish I have come to really dislike them. But today during a virtual tour of an aquarium I happened upon the jellyfish! Safely stowed away thousands of miles from me, I could really appreciate their beauty. There was so much to think about and observe!

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Birds in my backyard. I love my sit spot where I get to watch the birds in each season. This was from the spring...

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Birds in my backyard. I love my sit spot where I get to watch the birds in each season. This was from the spring...

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Putting on Pencil Miles learning to draw birds....

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Putting on Pencil Miles learning to draw birds....

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Oh this was tough....great exercise, and if I did it again the hind sight is so valuable!

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These are lovely Kathy! I love the lose approach!. There is a sweet gentleness to both images. One thing you could try out was to place the image to either side and work the composition in new ways.. Just a thought to work on balance ideas a bit.

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These are lovely Kathy! I love the lose approach!. There is a sweet gentleness to both images. One thing you could try out was to place the image to either side and work the composition in new ways.. Just a thought to work on balance ideas a bit.

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Keep going! It is a joy to see.

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Hoping for more in-person gatherings in 2021!

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Every day I can, I have been observing, noticing and remarking on how the Amarylis is growing. Many things have happened to it as it grows.. Things I never knew could happen!

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I have decided to focus on numbers and poetry in my nature journaling. Here is the start of my project to track the growth of the flowers. Today there are 7 potential flowers ranging in height from 1/2" to 2 3/4". It is already interesting to me..just seeing the variations of size, shape and color.

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"Jan's Nature preserve" AKA the detention pond behind my house....

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"Jan's Nature preserve" AKA the detention pond behind my house....

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Late Fall

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Moons over Northampton...This was hard.. the moon is so not visible sometimes!!!!I used lots of internet info to get the numbers..Since it has been my New Years intention to add data... I completed it all! And Picked up many new facts along the way...

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Moons over Northampton...This was hard.. the moon is so not visible sometimes!!!!I used lots of internet info to get the numbers..Since it has been my New Years intention to add data... I completed it all! And Picked up many new facts along the way...

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today I found a few moss bits between the patio stones of my garden. I took small samples and drew them... Then I took a sample from a large moss garden my granddaughter Eloise gave me 3 years ago! It looked pretty dead. I took a sample, measure it, drew it and then doused it with water... It grew tremendously, doubling in size, fluffing out but sort of still looks dead. More later as I begin to care for the garden again.

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Great exercise!

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Pencil miles! ✏️🏃

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The bluebird was my first attempt and the body wasn’t right. I paid more attention to the Chickadee which I did next but it feels like the Junco body is the most accurate and pleasing to look at.

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I love birds in motion. This is from the Arcadia photos Jan showed us last month

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I woke up with this idea as a way to recycle “failed” watercolors.

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I really enjoyed the porcupine exercise where we all painted the same reference photo. I learned a lot from seeing others’ approaches and from Jan’s feedback.

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More cardinals

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Watercolor, gouache, and ink pen.

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These sketches were done using the basic method that Jan taught us. Pencil sketch -> Shading in gray watercolor -> Local color on top -> Final details in white gouache and ink pen. Fun!

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These are fabulous! You showed just the right amount of detail. Nice work.. How are the prints coming?

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So many questions, so much to wonder about. Letting my curiosity guide me has led me to answers....

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Barn Owl sketch quicky in clas, finish at home.

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Barn Owl sketch quicky in clas, finish at home.

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Hope you’re all well. I loved this owl.

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Paint still wet!

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Third attempt, I am ok with this....I like winter twigs!

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I love his feet and clearly wonder if he is leaving or coming. The ground under him looks a little muffled up so I was thinking he had a short stop for some berries on the bush nearby and is taking off again...

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Christmas Cactus, happy little plant. Just about to open!

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Christmas Cactus, happy little plant. Just about to open!

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Waiting to hear their songs

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The Red-Winged Blackbirds are due back in the swamp any day now. I have been listening for them.....

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The Red-Winged Blackbirds are due back in the swamp any day now. I have been listening for them.....

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These are some of my favorite backyard friends

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These are some of my favorite backyard friends

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Fort River/Silvio Conte would be a great place for birdwatching! A wooden boardwalk and stop stations make it even more enjoyable!

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Geese, on Mill Pond, and yes, I saw them WHIFFLING the other day in high winds.

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Geese, on Mill Pond, and yes, I saw them WHIFFLING the other day in high winds.

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The thing I miss most about in-person class is seeing others work and getting immediate feedback on mine.

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Spring Streams In...a quick glimpse along the Mill River.

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Spring Streams In...a quick glimpse along the Mill River.

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On site funny sketches! But what amazed me was seeing the river run three directions at once! Why is that?

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What I see from my window, with help from bad photos, binoculars, and a book!

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This was a struggle, with hind sight, a valuable lesson. Worth the challenge!

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Agreed, a struggle! Watercolor ain't easy.

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Decided to try watercolor on this. Very frustrating but worth a try. Everyone else's are so beautiful.

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quick sketches