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.

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?

Today’s Drop-in Session at Queens Hall Arts Centre was the second in a series of FREE taster sessions of my Nature Journal workshops. The format is really organic and is largely based on what the attendees want to do. Today it was all about me offering some tips, trick and suggestions as to how I approach my own nature journal work.

Look out for new pop-up workshops at the Queens Hall Arts Centre in Hexham. These will be based in the foyer and take place between 10-12, 1-4 during the day. I will be drawing my nature journals and welcome anyone to sit with me and learn new skills and see how you can develop your own nature journal practice.

Nature Journalling Workshop at the Natural History Society of Northumbria took place today. This was all about me sharing how I create my own journals. So lots of tips and cheats. If you like these little fold-outs, I have them available in my shop as part of a kit which shows you how I achieve them and comes with two pens, a blank, an example and a notebook.

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It was great to attend the launch of the Drawn to Water event at the Wetlands Trust at Washington recently. This is inspired the amazing Quentin Blake whose love for nature can be seen in his illustration work. The event includes wetland adventures of imagination, inspiration and illustration.