I’ve compiled this list, together with a few other tips about layout and composition, into a handy PDF that you get when signing up for my newsletter.
I find this technique particularly intriguing when I leaf through my sketchbook after a while and can see the changing seasons through these color charts. What are the local colors of the area you’re in? Make a small color chart with 3-10 colors. Size, weight, appearance, smell, sound, habitat,… Mapĭraw a map of the area with the things you encountered, or of the way you took through an area. Or make a storyboard on one page to show an animal’s behavior over time CompareĬompare items with each other on the page. Keep coming back to an object and watch it over time Make a small collection of items Timeline (perpetual) or storyboard Stream of consciousness, your life, a poem? Collection Make several sketches, then continue to the wholeįrom the species to the whole Personal Insights If you can’t grasp an object in its entirety, focus on a detail first (tree, bird, flower). What connections can you make? First a detail, then the whole
Then add your personal thoughts and theories Ask Questions Objective observations & personal insights Include a scale (cm, inch) Listen, Look, Smell, Feel, Taste How big is it? Can I draw it in its original size? Look at the whole landscape, then at a detail in it (a forest & one tree) In pencil & watercolor, or ink, or colored pencils… Scale: Big & Small, Near & Far (Zoom in & out) You can include: Date, Time, Sun up, Sun Down, Wind, Weather, Moon Phase, Location Small Landscapesĭraw a small 5-minute landscape impression. Think of the rule of thirds to make it more compelling. Experiment with the categories when you draw and write. In some cases you will have to decide on one perspective, in others you can cover the whole range between both. You will see that many prompts on the list are contrary options. You will notice that when referring to these methods often, you will start to think of them automatically, and your nature journal will start to look more diverse and interesting as a result. Print them out and tape them into your journal so that you have them at hand at all times. Here are some ideas for journaling prompts to get you going and keep you active. It can be a bit difficult standing in the field with your sketching kit and not knowing where you start, and not feel inspired. Sometimes nature journaling seems to come to you, and you feel inspired and have lots of ideas and fill your pages quickly.īut there are other times when just nothing happens.
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