Uploaded May 2024 | Updated September 2026, 32 minutes ago
What makes nature journaling special? What distinguishes nature journaling from nature drawing, botanical illustration, and watercolor animals? The main difference is direct observation of nature. Nature journaling is based on direct observation of nature, whether that is a fox in a forest or a cabbage in your kitchen. In my opinion, drawing from photos, videos, or books is NOT nature journaling. It can be HOMEWORK for nature journaling though and there is nothing wrong with that. In fact, homework is a great way to improve your nature journaling.
Why does this matter? Because if you are observing and nature journaling a cabbage you can learn things you were not expecting, you can ask questions about what is inside and then you can try to answer that questions. You can notice new thing as you draw or diagram that cabbage. You can even leave that cabbage for two weeks and come back and nature journal it again. If you are working from a photo online or even a video you are limited to information that has been through many filters. You can't smell it. Someone else already decided what is important and what is not.
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What makes nature journaling special? What distinguishes nature journaling from nature drawing, botanical illustration, and watercolor animals? The main difference is direct observation of nature. Nature journaling is based on direct observation of nature, whether that is a fox in a forest or a cabbage in your kitchen. In my opinion, drawing from photos, videos, or books is NOT nature journaling. It can be HOMEWORK for nature journaling though and there is nothing wrong with that. In fact, homework is a great way to improve your nature journaling.
Why does this matter? Because if you are observing and nature journaling a cabbage you can learn things you were not expecting, you can ask questions about what is inside and then you can try to answer that questions. You can notice new thing as you draw or diagram that cabbage. You can even leave that cabbage for two weeks and come back and nature journal it again. If you are working from a photo online or even a video you are limited to information that has been through many filters. You can't smell it. Someone else already decided what is important and what is not.
#naturejournaling #naturejournalshow
