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The change from winter to spring in the lowcountry begins in February almost with Imbolc and Ground Hog Day. This year our late January snow and unusually cold temps delayed the arrival of pine pollen, trillium flowers, new shoots of coralbean plants, swamp maple buds and yellow jessamine by a couple of weeks. Sometimes […]
Join me as I meander through my January nature journal pages. The Talens Art Creation 4.5″ square journal has become a mainstay bring-along when I walk our pups in the neighborhood. The girls are getting real good at pausing while I make quick sketches. Sometimes I can add color on the spot, otherwise I’ll take […]
Marley Piefer of Nature Journal Show interviews Pam Johnson Brickell about her process of keeping a perpetual journal.
The 2nd year of my journey begins On January 1, 2023, I began my first perpetual journal. What is this type of journal? One in which you make weekly entries year over year on predated pages. There is a bit of planning and prep work for this type of journal. The journal has to have […]
Turn into a Wonderful Nature Journaling Rabbit Hole! Quin gold, new gamboge, hansa yellow, raw and burnt siennas, quin rose, ultra marine blue, a dash of pyrrol scarlet… Yum! Palette’s are by Art-Toolkit. Here in the lowcountry of South Carolina, our fall colors are sprinkled within the landscape. Being a New Englander for my first […]
The practice of keeping a perpetual journal has been around for awhile. I’m just now jumping in!
When I’m planning a plein air workshop, I dig through old journals to get a feel for what the weather conditions were over the years for the date selected. That’s a lot of journals to…
