Nature Journaling July
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, gardener, nature lover, and teacher Bethan Burton, for a FREE live online class on 7/27 at 3-4:30pm Pacific: Garden Visitors with Bethan Burton. Registration required—sign up here!
We can’t wait to see your work! Share it with us by tagging us @wildwonderfoundation using #naturejournalingjuly 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 July Prompts
Click on each prompt for additional free resources and/or tutorials. Special thanks to this month’s host teacher Bethan Burton.
Be sure to sign up for the special live online free class, Garden Visitors with Bethan Burton. Register here!
Explore Layers
Something Not Planted
Record a Moment of Stillness
Create a Garden-Inspired Page Border
Fill a Page with Tiny Details
Note the Garden Colour Palette
Look Closer
Make Marks to Show Movement
Capture a Garden Scent in Words
Create a Bug’s-eye View
Find Something Hiding in Plain Sight
Record Changing Weather
Document Nibble Marks
Observe the Garden Edges
Notice Shifting Sunlight
Draw the View from Ground Level
Sketch Something Climbing
Record the Rhythm of Garden Chores
Sketch a Plant Reaching for Light
Create a Sensory Map of the Garden
Sketch a Place You Return to Often
*Garden Visitors: Free live online Class with Bethan Burton. Register here.
Illustrate a Garden Memory
Notice Something Returning
Celebrate Your Harvest
Create a Vision for Your Garden
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ARCHIVE: Nature Journaling Prompts
Click each month to explore the prompts and link to additional resources.