* Recommended books and DVDs on nature, nature journaling, botanical illustration, field sketching, field guides and more
This has become a category all its own...a wonderful discipline and the best way to learn about nature that I know. I've kept a nature journal for upwards of 25 years; here are some of my best companions along the way. (Those that don't have prices are only available from aftermarket sellers--click on the image to find how to purchase them.)
Beginning Watercolor JournalingThe Wild Mammals of MissouriA Trail Through Leaves: The Journal as a Path to Place
Beginning Watercolor Journaling
$29.95
Gay Kraeger and Christina Lopp make journaling EASY...Gay's a correspondent on the popular Sketching in Nature blog, and it's ...
The Wild Mammals of Missouri
by Charles Walsh Schwartz
$44.95
This book has been one of the treasures of my personal library since I was a kid...who knew there was a new edition!
A Trail Through Leaves: The Journal as a Pa...
by Hannah Hinchman
$13.46
My friend Hannah Hinchman wrote and illustrated this elegant, beautiful book...it's a must-have on my bookshelf.
Little Things in a Big Country: An Artist and Her Dog on the Rocky Mountain FrontMuriel Foster's Fishing DiaryKeeping a Nature Journal: Discover a Whole New Way of Seeing the World Around You
Little Things in a Big Country: An Artist a...
by Hannah Hinchman
$13.46
What a wonderful book--and I would say that if it were NOT written by a friend. Beautifully illustrated, beautifully observed...
Muriel Foster's Fishing Diary
by Muriel Foster

This is one of my all-time favorite books in this category--I have an older edition, but it's a pleasure to look at the sketch...
Keeping a Nature Journal: Discover a Whole ...
by Clare Walker Leslie
$12.89
A how-to book that inspires and enlightens at the same time...Clare Walker Leslie's got the eye for nature.
The Art of Field SketchingIllustrating Nature: Right-Brain Art in a Left-Brain WorldThe Nature Notes of an Edwardian Lady
The Art of Field Sketching
by Clare Walker Leslie
$30.90
This is Clare Walker Leslie's 2nd book, and an inspiration still. She makes the subject compelling and yet approachable...
Illustrating Nature: Right-Brain Art in a L...
by Irene Brady
$25.95
A wonderful book by an excellent teacher of nature journaling. (If you get the chance, take one of her workshops--her website...
The Nature Notes of an Edwardian Lady
by Edith Holden

Naturally, if you have the other Holden book, you need this one as well...or at least I did! I could never get enough of her ...
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