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Birds of the Wayside and Woodland

The Birds of Wayside and Woodland

Steve Pardue September 8, 2024

The Birds of Wayside and Woodland is a fantastic bird book from a great series of books. You can often pick these up in charity shops such as Oxfam but also from World of Books (WOB).

There is a great introduction by Enid Blyton who also edited the book too.

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Workshop at Rose Castle
July 1, 2026
Workshop at Rose Castle
July 1, 2026

I was recently lucky enough to be asked to run a nature journal workshop at Rose Castle near Carlisle. Apart from the fact it is an amazing place, full of ancient history, and a friendship that can be felt in the walls, reflected in the grounds and manifested by the welcome.

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July 1, 2026
Nature Journalling at Derwent Bank for HF Holidays
May 2, 2026
Nature Journalling at Derwent Bank for HF Holidays
May 2, 2026

Nature Journalling at Derwent Bank for HF Holidays began with a walk around the lovely grounds of this beautiful location in Keswick, Lake District. We will be spending two days creating nature journals, looking at and enjoying nature. Our motto: N-O-E-L: Notice - Observe - Empathise - Learn. And Noel means “to be born” so we are looking at everything through “new born eyes”.

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May 2, 2026
Alnmouth - mystery and discovery
April 21, 2026
Alnmouth - mystery and discovery
April 21, 2026

Welcome to Alnmouth - I am soon to be teaching here for HF Holidays - see this link for the HF Holidays website. I will be showing artists how to create a themed nature journal and will offer some tips and tricks on how to draw what you see.

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April 21, 2026
Celtic Rainforest
April 13, 2026
Celtic Rainforest
April 13, 2026

Small, precious, almost invisible, vital and fragile and more threatened than tropical rainforests. This is the description of the Celtic Rainforests of Britain. But at least there is still some left and this nature journal chapbook explains something of this fully formed world.

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April 13, 2026
Rose Castle
March 30, 2026
Rose Castle
March 30, 2026

Rose Castle Nature Journal weekend. An exploration of built and natural heritage of this historic location surrounded by beautiful countryside.

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March 30, 2026
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March 25, 2026
Workshop Season
March 25, 2026
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March 25, 2026
NHSN exploring the archives - December 2025
December 30, 2025
NHSN exploring the archives - December 2025
December 30, 2025

The course of workshops at the Great North Museum at the Hancock brought forth Monsters, budgies, parrots, turtles, tortoises, harvest mice, puffins and a host of other creatures, plants and stories inspired by the archives.

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December 30, 2025
Boundless Nature
September 30, 2025
Boundless Nature
September 30, 2025

The latest course at the Natural History of Northumbria’s nature reserve in Gosforth saw us create our own nature journals through a guided and accessible drawing session. The resulting journals will now be accessioned into the archives held at the The Great North Museum at the Hancock.

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September 30, 2025
North Shields Library Nature Journal Session
June 26, 2025
North Shields Library Nature Journal Session
June 26, 2025

This was a lovely nature journal session at North Shields Library and this little message from one of the artists was so touching. The session involved my little chat about chapbooks, Enid Blyton and how eggs get their patterns. Basically me blethering on for a bit! then a nature walk and straight back into the library to draw.

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June 26, 2025
Highlights Tour - Gilsland
June 23, 2025
Highlights Tour - Gilsland
June 23, 2025

The last of the workshops for the Highlights Tour took place on the Threshing Barn in Greencroft this week and was a wonderful way to finish off this season. the artworks created were so lovely and offered such variety too.

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June 23, 2025
Highlights tour Stanhope
May 30, 2025
Highlights tour Stanhope
May 30, 2025

Highlights Tour continues with some fantastic nature journals created by the attendees. Why does everyone say to me they can’t draw and then proceed to create brilliant illustrations?

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May 30, 2025
Exploring Urban Ecology through Art & Architecture
May 17, 2025
Exploring Urban Ecology through Art & Architecture
May 17, 2025

Under the Rivets is the title I gave to my Chapbook and is a homage to Nathaniel Collins who was the only person to have died in the making of the Tyne Bridge. My thoughts were around the notion of Nathaniel rescuing a fallen kittiwake - don’t ask me why it just sort of came out!

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May 17, 2025
Highlights tour - Newbrough
May 13, 2025
Highlights tour - Newbrough
May 13, 2025

Exploring the nature of Newbrough and creating beautiful nature journals. The town hall was the perfect venue for us to base ourselves and with the nearby woodland providing inspiration and resources we were all able to create wonderful little journals.

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May 13, 2025
Isle of Wight revisited
May 13, 2025
Isle of Wight revisited
May 13, 2025

This May I spent two days Nature Journalling on the Isle of Wight centred around Newtown Nature reserve with the National Trust and some lovely artists who created wonderful pieces of art and are now on their way creating their own nature journals.

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May 13, 2025
The Highlights Tour - Allendale
April 22, 2025
The Highlights Tour - Allendale
April 22, 2025

Allendale Village Hall hosted the latest Highlights tour this weekend and I was joined by some fantastic artists who created some lovely nature journals.

Who are these workshops for?

Well it varies so much and includes confident artists as well as people who “say they aren’t artists”! But they walk away with beautiful little journals and the confidence to continue with their nature journal journey. One lady was a really confident artist this weekend but had a little block about adding colour. I was able to help here through this so that she could continue creating her lovely sketches but with the addition of colour on them.

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April 22, 2025
Quirky Workshops revisited
April 22, 2025
Quirky Workshops revisited
April 22, 2025

The two sessions of nature journalling at Quirky Workshops took place on Wednesday and as usual I was surrounded by very talented artists who put their own spin on the day. The sessions are really about me passing on my tips and secrets as well as my stories about the wildlife around us. I love to share my own special observations of everything I see from a tangle of worms to sexton beetles falling in love.

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April 22, 2025
A journey to the Isle of Wight
April 14, 2025
A journey to the Isle of Wight
April 14, 2025

Creating a nature journal is not a difficult thing to do and is so rewarding. For many people the fear of “spoiling” the sketch book is a barrier to them starting their journey. My workshops are designed to take the fear away and remove all barriers to creating your own nature journal. you do not need to be an artist to observe and record nature and may people come to me saying they “aren’t artists” but go away with beautiful little nature journals and a new found confidence and belief in themselves.

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April 14, 2025
Exploring the Archives
April 3, 2025
Exploring the Archives
April 3, 2025

The first session of the exploration of the archives took place this week and we used the Chapbook format that I have developed for nature journalling - this allows us to create a lovely little concertina piece of art.

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April 3, 2025
Barningham Workshop Day
March 18, 2025
Barningham Workshop Day
March 18, 2025

The first of our Highlights Tour workshops saw us in the lovely village of Barningham for a Shortcut to Nature Journalling. We had a wonderful group of artists who created some lovely nature journals full of colour and joy.

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March 18, 2025
Forest Hall Family Day
February 27, 2025
Forest Hall Family Day
February 27, 2025

It was Family Day at Forest Hall Library today and we all had a lovely time drawing the simplest of things. I provided my unique little concertina nature journals which I have made just for this purpose. These little journals are a great way to get started in nature journalling.

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February 27, 2025
Forest hall revisited
February 12, 2025
Forest hall revisited
February 12, 2025

Another lovely nature day with some fantastic artists and lovely people. We enjoyed a half day of doing something really simple and nourishing - drawing nature and loving nature.

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February 12, 2025
Love Nature at Forest Hall Library
January 16, 2025
Love Nature at Forest Hall Library
January 16, 2025

Another shortcut to nature journalling at Forest Hall Library. Despite being a cold January start we all managed to find something beautiful to draw.

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January 16, 2025
LOVE.NATURE 
November 27, 2024
LOVE.NATURE 
November 27, 2024

The new season of Nature Journalling is upon us with the first of the love.nature series of nature journalling sessions.

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November 27, 2024
Threads through Creation
November 4, 2024
Threads through Creation
November 4, 2024

When the Stars through down their Spears by William Blake was the starting point for my Chapbook. This seemed to be an appropriate cover page for my creation story.

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November 4, 2024
Ovington Trees nature workshop
November 4, 2024
Ovington Trees nature workshop
November 4, 2024

Ovington Trees Project invited us to host two workshops in Ovington Village in Northumberland. This was attended by adults and children from the local community. the whole day was so lovely and thanks to the homemade cakes and pastries was a pleasure to be a part of.

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November 4, 2024
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November 4, 2024
New Season of Nature Journalling
November 4, 2024
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November 4, 2024
The Birds of Wayside and Woodland
September 8, 2024
The Birds of Wayside and Woodland
September 8, 2024

The Birds of Wayside and Woodland is a fantastic bird book from a great series of books. You can often pick these up in charity shops such as Oxfam but also from World of Books (WOB).

There is a great introduction by Enid Blyton who also edited the book too.

Read more →
September 8, 2024
Nature Journaling Resources
August 31, 2024
Nature Journaling Resources
August 31, 2024

Read this for a good starting point for starting your own journal. This is just my little list and once you get started you will have your own way of doing things. The important thing is to make a start - even if it is just making a list of the things you see.

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August 31, 2024
Nature Journal Drop in sessions
August 31, 2024
Nature Journal Drop in sessions
August 31, 2024

Queens Hall Arts Centre Drop-in nature journal sessions finished the season today - and in grand style with a great turnout and some lovely illustrations and journals.

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August 31, 2024
Love and Slugs
August 31, 2024
Love and Slugs
August 31, 2024

The latest workshop at Queens Hall Arts Centre continued with the slug theme but with the additional element of “Love”. Now, everyone who has attended one of my workshops should know by now that I have only one strict rule …. and that is - when drawing a slug you must include a heart next to it. Who doesn’t love a slug?

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August 31, 2024

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