- Community
July 2, 2024
In the Forest and in the Snow
By The Art Toolkit Team
Art Toolkit Workshops
Nature Journaling with Robin Lee Carlson
Illustrate Stories of the Dynamic World Around You
Nature Journaling with Robin Lee Carlson
Online Workshop
Saturday, February 10th from 10am-12:30pm Pacific
Registration closes at noon the day before the workshop, or when the workshop is full.
Join us online on Saturday, February 10th from 10am–12:30pm Pacific for Nature Journaling: Illustrate Stories of the Dynamic World Around You with Robin Lee Carlson!
Telling stories about the dynamic world around us starts with where we are right now. On the pages of our sketchbooks, we can capture the rich interconnections of place with its unique assemblage of plants and animals, water, rocks and soil.
In this workshop, Robin Lee Carlson will show you how to expressively use a brush pen and watercolor to draw and paint yellow-billed magpies, leaves, and galls on valley oaks, black walnut trees, and landscape views of her valley home in the hills. We will learn how to let sketchbook pages evolve organically as we root ourselves in our place.
How Our Workshops Work
When you register for a workshop, you will be invited to join the Art Toolkit Learning Community, where you can share your work and connect with other students.
In addition to the community space, each workshop has a dedicated area where you can post and read information specific to the workshop, and download supplemental materials such as reference images.
Our lessons are live streamed, which means you’ll need a computer or mobile device with access to the internet. If you’re not able to attend the live lesson, don’t worry! We send a link to a recording to all students, which will remain online for at least six months.
All Art Toolkit Workshops are listed in Pacific Time, so please double-check the start time and adjust for your timezone as necessary.
Recommended Supplies
Pen
Pilot Parallel Pen 3.0mm, Sailor Profit 55º Fude
A brush and waterproof ink, such as De Antrementis Document Ink
Watercolors
Exact colors are not necessary, but along these general lines:
Quinacridone Red
Phthalo Turquoise
Brush
Any brushes that you are comfortable with!
Robin will be using a 1/4" dagger and a 3/8" dagger. You can find the Rosemary & Co R12 Sable Nylon Dagger 1/4" brush, and the Rosemary & Co R16 Sable Nylon Dagger 3/8" brush in our shop!
Paper
Watercolor or mixed-media paper
In a sketchbook or loose. Robin will be using a sketchbook with Strathmore 400 Series watercolor paper.
Additional Supplies
Water cup
Paper towel
We like the reusable blue shop towels available at most hardware stores.
Registration Details
This is an online workshop that requires a computer or mobile device with a reliable internet connection.
To register:
- Select “Add to Cart” above, and complete checkout.
- Check your email inbox. We will send you a payment receipt, and a separate email including important details for each workshop you have registered for.
- For each of the workshop emails, click the “Complete registration” link.
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Questions? Please send us an email and we’ll help you out.
About the Instructor
Robin Lee Carlson is an author and natural science illustrator, building careful observations of the natural world into deeper commentary on ecology and climate change. Her work centers on field sketching eco-reportage, living documentation of the ever-accelerating transformation of ecosystems by human activity. Her first book, The Cold Canyon Fire Journals, was published in 2022 by Heyday and her work has also appeared in The Common, the literary journal of Amherst College, and in Arnoldia, the magazine of the Harvard University Arboretum. She has taught workshops that combine drawing, painting, and natural history at the past four Wild Wonder Nature Journaling Conferences, as well as up and down the Pacific Coast.
Blog posts featuring Robin Lee Carlson
- Demos
April 20, 2023
Field Sketching and Observation with Robin
By The Art Toolkit Team
