Nature Journaling August
Daily Nature Journaling Prompts
Let's celebrate nature and put in some “pencil miles”!* Each day this year, create a page in your nature journal based on that day’s prompt. Scroll down for links to more resources for this month’s prompts.
BONUS: Join this month’s host, artist, nature lover, and teacher Nina Veteto, for a FREE recorded class Botany for Beginners with Nina Veteto. Registration required—sign up here!
We can’t wait to see your work! Share it with us by tagging us @wildwonderfoundation using #naturejournalingaugust and we’ll share with the community! Tag a friend in your post to invite them to join in the fun!
PS: Looking for prompts from a prior month? Pop to the ARCHIVE at the bottom of this page!
* “Drawing is not a gift—it is a skill. You can learn to draw. You just have to put in the pencil miles.”
—John Muir Laws
Nature Journaling August Prompts
Click on each prompt for additional free resources and/or tutorials. Special thanks to this month’s host teacher Nina Veteto.
Be sure to sign up for the special recorded free class, Botany for Beginners with Nina Veteto. Register here!
1. Weed Study
2. Press a Flower
3. Night Sky Haiku
4. Document 3 flowers
5. Bark Rubbing
6. Imagine an Underground Scene
7. Make Ink from Flowers
8. Draw with a Twig
9. Moongazing
10. Sound Map of Your Yard
11. Document 3 Leaves
12. Leaf Tracing
13. Seed, Bud, Flower
14. Discover Your Watershed
15. Parts of a Flower
16. Plant Family Study
17. Contour Drawing Only
18. Hammered Flower Prints
19. Tree Map of Your Yard
20. Shadow Drawings
21. Document 3 Grasses
22. Life Cycle of a Tree
23. Botany for Beginners RECORDED Class — Register here!
24. Look with a Loupe
25. Leaf Vein Patterns
26. Document a Lichen
27. Find Fungi
28. Landscape in 5 Lines
29. Color Swatch a Scene
30. Document a Daytime Pollinator
31. Document a Nighttime Pollinator
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ARCHIVE: Nature Journaling Prompts
Click each month to explore the prompts and link to additional resources.