Inspired by Charlotte Mason, this class will help you develop the habit of nature journaling. Students will learn to draw and watercolor trees, birds, butterflies, and snails and all things outdoors! Once they've learned some drawing techniques, they'll be inspired to go outside and do their own nature journaling. Building observation skills and drawing skills is a great foundation for future scientists!
This class is a great complement to:
CC Foundations Students
Charlotte Mason-Style Homeschooling, and
Linguistic Development Through Poetry Memorization, Andrew Pudewa.
Meets weekly for one hour
Each semester is 12 weeks long.
$529 for the full year
$289 per semester
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$499 full year
$279 per semester
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Class Start Date: Week of Sept. 14
Fall Break Dates will be sent by teachers.
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Spring 2026
Class Resumes for the spring on Jan 13th.
Spring Break: March 10th
Last class: April 7th
ALL CLASSES ARE RECORDED SO YOU CAN WATCH LATER IF YOU MISS A CLASS
Art Skills
Observe Nature
Drawing and shading with pencil
Using blending tools
Drawing and shading with pens
Watercoloring
Composition Stratagies
Showing Depth: linear and aerial
Showing Motion and Texture
There is a companion book for this class. It is very helpful but not required. It includes the poems and helpful reference material that students will use in class. It is only available for purchase on this website.
Themes
Every class will be like the next chapter in a story in which we go a little further into the woods and discover something new each week. A short, fun poem and great artwork will give us ideas for drawing the things we discover: maybe we will come upon "a host of golden daffodils", "dappled things", or, "a tree with a nest of robins in her hair." In addition to drawing, we'll learn to use color with, colored pencils, watercolors, or markers.
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