6 Ways to Improve Your Art with Nature Journaling

How to improve your art with a nature journal sketchbook! Simple concepts that can help you see art differently through nature. #illustration #watercolorpainting #naturejournal
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[@kristineparisi5842]

I love your videos! They always make me feel like I can do it too…

[@mynaturediaries4402]

I’m so glad…that’s exactly what I want you to feel like😊 Thanks so much!

[@reedebrown6006]

Not only is this spread awesome, but I love the way you explain how nature can help us in our art journey. Great video!

[@mynaturediaries4402]

Thanks so much! Glad if it was inspiring in any way 😀🌸!

[@JulieMarshall-tf3dq]

This is the first time I have ever commented on KZbin. I am a jewellery artist predominantly so I create to sell, which does take the fun out of it sometimes! But drawing and painting were my first love, which my mom and I used to do together, all of my life from a young age, just for the love of it. She now has dementia and is no longer able to share our interests, and I seem to have lost my artistic way. Just by chance or fate, I came across your video, and it has brought a tear with the feeling of formularity. I have now ordered a new sketchbook, some watercolours and pens and I feel the spark of happiness returning. Thank you

[@mynaturediaries4402]

Oh that’s wonderful! So glad if anything has inspired you especially during this difficult time with your mom. Thank you for sharing and I hope you find joy in your new sketchbook again ❤️🍁🌸

[@suzannestevens8257]

This is helping so much. It's lovely to watch and extremely inspiring! Thks! 🕊🌻

[@mynaturediaries4402]

That’s awesome! So glad if anything has inspired you…thanks so much for watching! 😃

[@TakeJoyAlways]

Hello, I love your art and the fact that your videos are short and sweet.

[@mynaturediaries4402]

Thank you so much 😀 appreciate you watching and commenting 😊🌼

[@veggiemom5]

Your nature journal is just beautiful! I'm so glad I came across your channel. You've inspired me to give it a try.

[@mynaturediaries4402]

Thank you so much! I hope you do start your own…it’s so satisfying 😊🌸

[@karenhoulding7038]

Love this milkweed page and seed sample in the pocket! The seeds & fluff on the right look like they will fly off the page! Makes me wish I had collected a pod when I was visiting Ontario, Canada recently so I could add seeds to my sketchbook. I will do that next visit! Wonderful page!❤

[@mynaturediaries4402]

Thank you so much and I hope you are able to collect one next visit! 😃

[@teresac205]

You are very encouraging in your videos. I love your soft voice so inspiring to relax and enjoy nature through storytelling in art. Again thank you

[@mynaturediaries4402]

So glad you enjoyed the video! Thanks so much for watching and commenting 😊🦋

[@lrispoli2605]

Thank you so much for all your tips and ideas! So inspirational! I LOVE this channel.

[@mynaturediaries4402]

You’re welcome and I super appreciate your encouragement and support! 😊🍂

[@forsafetymode]

I'd love to see some of your earliest efforts. Might make me feel better about mine!

[@mynaturediaries4402]

Awe! It’s always so difficult to start learning a new skill but keeping your drawing as simple as possible is helpful! Also, I did a lot of tracing over photos to help me when I was first learning to draw…it gave me instant confidence that I could eventually learn myself. Thanks so much for watching 😊🌸

[@reinapearse9111]

Love this video, makes me want to paint paint paint. Thanks

[@mynaturediaries4402]

That awesome!! I glad it makes you want to create and paint☺️

[@annelee6876]

너무 좋습니다!❤ from South Korea

[@mynaturediaries4402]

Thank you ☺️!! 😊🦋

[@yp8dx]

So inspirational. Thank you. I have milkweed growing all over my backyard and I’m always intrigued by it at every stage. Thank you for saying it’s okay to trace. I love art and want to draw like you do so instead of getting discouraged because I’m not anywhere near that calibre since you’ve given me the “it’s okay to trace” permission and I can enjoy doing what I can. I actually have used the pods dipped in acrylic paint to paint abstract paintings. The texture is perfect both soft and dried. lol… Thanks! I’m going to check out all of your videos this fall/winter as my art project.

[@mynaturediaries4402]

That’s awesome! Dipping your pods in a acrylics would be a cool addition to your nature journal as well! Glad you feel inspired to make art and I think tracing works great in a nature journal!! Thanks so much for watching and commenting 😊🌼

[@cynthiarollins3949]

Those pods are gorgeous-love your art💞

[@mynaturediaries4402]

Thanks so much! Really glad you like it 😊🍂

[@dorothygladsjo3510]

Nature journal?! Yes! I’m doing this:) I live on a small beautiful island in Alaska. Very green and I love all the flora and fauna! This was a super inspiring video! Thank you!

[@mynaturediaries4402]

I’m so glad! We stayed on the islands of Petersburg, Wrangell and Sitka last year…what a truly beautiful place!! Enjoy your journaling and thanks so much for watching 😊!

[@dorothygladsjo3510]

What is small world, I was born and raised here in Wrangell:)

[@mynaturediaries4402]

It’s such a beautiful place! We stayed there for a few nights and met some wonderful people while working with a local church 😊

[@stuarttaylor845]

Your pages are so beautiful !

[@mynaturediaries4402]

Thank you so much! Appreciate you watching and commenting too 😊🌼

[@shannonclapperton9492]

So beautiful and inspiring!

[@mynaturediaries4402]

Thanks so much! Appreciate your support and for watching the video😊🌸

[@monikag2414]

Great drawings

[@mynaturediaries4402]

@@monikag2414 Thank You!!😀

[@huntressmma1822]

Beautiful!💜🌱 thanks for the inspiration!

[@mynaturediaries4402]

Thanks so much! Appreciate you watching ❤️

[@RosannaCRogacion]

Beautiful page, very inspiring video. Thanks!

[@mynaturediaries4402]

Thanks for watching 😊

[@rachelphelps6347]

Your pages are always so lovely!!

[@mynaturediaries4402]

Thanks so much!! 😊

[@tinamourra8324]

Incredibly inspiring. Thank you ❤

[@mynaturediaries4402]

So glad!! Thank you for watching ☺️

[@poupette6100]

So pretty, and you explain so well😊

[@mynaturediaries4402]

Thank you and so glad if it helps in any way. Thanks for watching the video 😊🌼

[@ChantelleArts]

This is gorgeous, it looks wonderful ❤❤

[@mynaturediaries4402]

Thank you…so glad you liked it😊

[@patriotmem2645]

Your journals are exquisite!! I can relate to most of the plants that you have shown in them!. The summer passes so quickly and I've been wanting to draw all summer, but the heat and life get in the way, so I live vicariously throught these great youtube artists ! Thanks for sharing what you do, it makes life so enjoyable during those long winter days!

[@mynaturediaries4402]

Thank you so much! I totally understand and I often journal indoors for the same reasons…thanks so much for watching 😊🌼

[@WonderAboutUs]

Love this spread. I’m going to use the technique of pre-painting the background. I like the way immediately removes rhetoric blankness of the page.

[@mynaturediaries4402]

Thanks so much! It does help to jumpstart the creative process…😊

[@theresashelton8103]

Nice video. Love your gentle voice.

[@mynaturediaries4402]

Thank you so much! Appreciate you watching and commenting 😊🌼

[@janethruiz4673]

Es absolutamente maravilloso lo que haces, inspirador. Gracias por enseñarnos tu trabajo.

[@mynaturediaries4402]

¡Me alegro de que te haya gustado y gracias por verlo! 😊

[@edithtsacle5257]

Lovely! So inspiring!❤

[@mynaturediaries4402]

Thanks so much 😊!

[@lizgorley]

Really beautiful artwork! So inspiring!

[@mynaturediaries4402]

Thank you for watching and so glad you liked it😊

[@nannycaz1430]

Your art is so inspiring! Thank you for sharing another beautiful page

[@mynaturediaries4402]

Thank you so much 😊

[@hedgecomber]

Ahhhh, so beautiful! 🤩

[@mynaturediaries4402]

Thank you!! 😊

[@tracyleecornish5398]

Your Nature Art Journal really inspires me along with your natural colours on your art pages really appeals to me. It has got me thinking to go out and search for some interesting things and in Australia we have the weirdest plants which is great. Banksias, gumnuts too many to list. Thanks for sharing.

[@mynaturediaries4402]

So glad you are inspired! How cool to journal Australia and all its amazing treasures…hope you really enjoy nature journaling! Thanks for watching 😊

[@tracyleecornish5398]

@@mynaturediaries4402 😊Thank You

[@toddroberts142]

Enjoyed hearing your tips...thanks for the video!

[@mynaturediaries4402]

Thanks for watching ☺️

[@birdiebuckingham271]

I love nature journaling. I have many journals with my drawings of nature, birds etc. but although it has my drawings and observations, they always feel like they are lacking something. Something that looks beautiful as a whole, that is creative and unique in its own way, that draws you in and makes you want to look back at them. These tips and layouts are wonderfully inspiring, thank you for sharing!

[@mynaturediaries4402]

Thanks so much for watching and your kind comments 😊 So glad you have been nature journaling for so long too. Thanks again!!

[@jennifernichols8403]

Lovely nature journal painting...very inspiring..❤

[@mynaturediaries4402]

Thank you so much 😊 I really appreciate your comments and thanks for watching !

[@ddia1959]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@mynaturediaries4402]

😊😊😊

[@bsbvera5]

Wonderful thank you❤

[@mynaturediaries4402]

Thanks so much for watching!! 😊

[@danielleslofstra5919]

Wauw het is super mooi❤

[@mynaturediaries4402]

😊😊😊

[@VickersConnie]

Just found you! This is awesome!

[@mynaturediaries4402]

So glad you did! Thanks so much for watching 😊!

[@AndreeaEremiaArt]

I love your videos 😊😊😊

[@mynaturediaries4402]

Thank you so much 😊

[@maryhazlett]

Love this. I so want to do this. I don't mean to whine but I have physical disabilities, and there's a lot of pain. Is it worthwhile to create spreads from plant identifier books? The spreads come from a 1-D experience instead of 3-D.

[@mynaturediaries4402]

Absolutely! A nature journal can be a very personal record of what you learn and discover! So journaling from a book totally works because you are still learning and creating!! Hope you give it a try!! ☺️

[@maryhazlett]

@@mynaturediaries4402 thanks. It's a bit sad because I have so many beautiful parks here. I think I first came across your work when I saw you referred to the Cuyahoga Valley National Park (CVNP) which is my neighborhood.

[@mynaturediaries4402]

Feel free to use any of my video footage (as a photo still) in your nature journal as we live near the CVNP too. Hope it will encourage you!

[@maryhazlett]

@@mynaturediaries4402 I wondered if you did! It's a good place to live.

[@mynaturediaries4402]

It is!!