At the end of April, I led a class in Nature Journaling for Beginners at the Wildflower Reserve at Raccoon Creek State Park. We had a wonderful day -- sunny and warm with loads of wildflowers blooming.
When I arrived at the Wildflower Reserve before class, I warmed up with a quick sketch of Virginia Bluebells, and even watched a hummingbird hawkmoth -- a moth that looks and moves like a hummingbird -- drink nectar from the flowers while I drew!
It was so quick, and I was a bit flummoxed, but here are my quick sketches of this amazing moth.
I also found a blister beetle, a large and beautifully iridescent beetle slowly crawling through a rotting log on the forest floor. When picked up, these beetles exude an oily substance that causes blisters.
After class, I walked through the floodplain area and found more gorgeous wildflowers like this Toadshade Trillium and some Jack-in-the-Pulpit.
What a magical day to find so much beauty!
If you'd like to take a Nature Journaling class with me, I'll be leading one at the Community College of Beaver County in July. You can read more about it and register for class here:
Here are a few photos I snapped. I hope they'll inspire you to make sketches!
And I hope you get a chance to take your art supplies outside to create in nature.
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