Past Events
Presentations, workshops, and field trips.
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| Oct 25 2025 | Language of Shadows (virtual) Wild Wonder Foundation Recording available here |
| Oct 11 2025 | Nature Journal Fire in an Oak Woodland (in person) California Oak Discovery Day UC Hopland Research & Extension Center |
| Aug 3-8 2025 | Sierra Nevada Nature Journaling Retreat with John Muir Laws, Robin Lee Carlson, and Mark Simmons (in person) San Francisco State University Sierra Nevada Field Campus |
| Jul 28 2025 | Vertebrate Pollinators: Birds and Mammals (virtual) Hosted by The DaVinci Pursuit |
| Jun 30 2025 | Ancient Pollinators: Beetles and Flies (virtual) Hosted by The DaVinci Pursuit |
| May 31 2025 | Pollinators in Ink: Explore Contrast and Color in Nature with Robin Lee Carlson (virtual) Hosted by Art Toolkit Register for the recorded workshop |
| Apr 12 2025 | Marine Naturalist Training Program (virtual) Journaling Salmon and Their Habitat The Whale Museum |
| Mar 24 2025 | Field Sketching Galls, Part 2: Galls in Willow, Manzanita, Alder, and Rose (virtual) Hosted by The DaVinci Pursuit |
| Feb 24 2025 | Field Sketching Galls, Part 1: Oak Galls (virtual) Hosted by The DaVinci Pursuit |
| Dec 9 2024 | A Guide to Sketching in the Field: Examples from a Study of Wildfire (virtual) Part 3: Continuing Exploring After the Field Trip |
| Nov 18 2024 | A Guide to Sketching in the Field: Examples from a Study of Wildfire (virtual) Part 2: Virtual Field Trip, Sketchbook in Hand |
| Nov 9 2024 | The Cold Canyon Fire Journals (in person) Robin Lee Carlson in Conversation with Michelle Fullner, host of The Golden State Naturalist Podcast Beers Books, 712 R St., Sacramento, CA |
| Oct 28 2024 | A Guide to Sketching in the Field: Examples from a Study of Wildfire (virtual) Part 1: Preparing for Field Sketching |
| Sep 18 2024 | Wild Wonder Nature Journaling Conference 2024 (virtual) Painting Textures, Fast and Slow |
| Jul 12 2024 | Marine Naturalist Training Program (virtual) Journaling Salmon and Their Habitat The Whale Museum |
| Jun 13 2024 | Orcas Island Library & Friends of the San Juans (in person) Nature Sketching Read the Art Toolkit Blog Post |
| Apr 12 2024 | Marine Naturalist Training Program (virtual) Journaling Salmon and Their Habitat The Whale Museum |
| Apr 2 2024 | Audubon Society of Northern Virginia (virtual) Nature Journaling and Bird Sketching |
| Mar 23 2024 | Tuleyome Spring Thing (in person) Nature Walk and Sketching Woodland Regional Park Preserve |
| Feb 10 2024 | Art Toolkit Winter Workshop Series (virtual) Nature Journaling: Illustrate Stories of the Dynamic World Around You |
| Sep 17 2023 | Wild Wonder Nature Journaling Conference 2023 (virtual) A Celebration of Scavengers and Decomposers Register to watch recorded programs here. |
| Aug 2 2023 | Clarksburg Branch Library (in person) Nature Journaling: Wildflowers and Pollinators |
| Jul 27 2023 | Yolo Branch Library (in person) Nature Journaling: Wildflowers and Pollinators |
| Jul 26 2023 | Esparto Regional Library (in person) Nature Journaling: Wildflowers and Pollinators |
| Jul 20 2023 | Winters Community Library (in person) Nature Journaling: Wildflowers and Pollinators |
| Jul 19 2023 | Mary L. Stephens Branch Davis Library (in person) Nature Journaling: Wildflowers and Pollinators |
| Jun 14-15 2023 | Orcas Island Library (in person) Book Talk and Nature Hike Eastsound, WA |
| May 18 2023 | Putah Creek Council Creekspeak (virtual) Author Talk |
| May 5-6 2023 | Willits Environmental Center (in person) Book Talk and Nature Hike Willits, CA |
| Apr 19 2023 | Art Toolkit Live Demo (virtual) Field Sketching and Observation Watch the recording here. |
| Mar 18 2023 | Tuleyome Spring Thing (in person) Nature Walk & Sketching (plus book signing) Woodland Regional Park Preserve |
| Feb 11 2023 | Sierra Writers Conference (in person) Author Talk and Writing Workshop |
| Jan 31 2023 | UC Berkeley Botanical Garden (virtual) The Cold Canyon Fire Journals: Using Art to Document Environmental Change |
| Jan 26 2023 | Tuleyome: Nature & You (virtual) The Cold Canyon Fire Journals |
| Jan 21 2023 | Mary L. Stephens – Davis Branch Library (in person) Book Talk and Nature Journaling Workshop Davis, CA |
| Nov 7 2022 | Winters Friends of the Library (in person) Winters, CA |
| Oct 6 2022 | Avid Reader Bookstore (in person) The Cold Canyon Fire Journals Davis, CA |
| Sep 14 2022 | Wild Wonder Nature Journaling Conference 2022 (virtual) Where the Light Isn’t: Telling Stories with Shadows |
| Sep 10 2022 | Botanical Artists Guild of Southern California The Cold Canyon Fire Journals |
| Aug 25 2022 | John Muir Laws’ Nature Journal Workshop (virtual) Find a video of the workshop here. |
| Aug 19 2022 | The Land Conservancy of San Luis Obispo County (in person) The Cold Canyon Fire Journals Kathleen’s Canyon Overlook, Arroyo Grande, CA |
| Aug 17 2022 | Alta Live (virtual) The Cold Canyon Fire Journals Find a recording of the interview here. |
| Aug 14 2022 | Henry Miller Memorial Library (in person) The Cold Canyon Fire Journals Big Sur, CA Find my interview with Magnus Toren on the Big Sur Podcast here. |
| Aug 11 2022 | The Whale Museum (virtual) The Cold Canyon Fire Journals: Documenting Environmental Change through Nature Journaling and Close Nature Study |
| Aug 9 2022 | Heyday (virtual) The Cold Canyon Fire Journals Nature Journaling with Robin Lee Carlson and John Muir Laws |
| Aug 9 2022 | Enthusiasms with Chris Desser (KWMR) The Cold Canyon Fire Journals Find a recording of our conversation here. |
| Jun 27 2021 | Wild Wonder Nature Journaling Conference 2021 (virtual) Lively and Expressive Field Sketching in Brush Pen and Watercolor |
| Oct 11 2020 | Wild Wonder Nature Journaling Conference 2020 (virtual) Ecoreportage: Fire Ecology and How to Draw a Changing Landscape |
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