What we learnt

• Stand or sit and take a few breaths with the place you are in
• Bring to mind your intention for stopping and introduce yourself to the place
• Listen with all of your outer and inner senses, welcoming what you notice as well as yourself
• Find something to pay closer attention to, play with, touch, sniff or follow
• Thank that something for sharing themselves with you
• Share your experience with another

• Before making art, take some time to allow nature to reveal itself to you by using all of your senses.
• Focus on being curious and the process of drawing and creating, rather than being focused on the end product.
• Be open to letting go to the process. We are all learning, there is no ‘right way’ to draw, only right intention.
• Draw what you see by looking more often at your subject than at your page.
• Begin by drawing large overall shapes and rechecking these before adding detail.
• Include writing into your work to note down what you’re curious about.
• Approach drawing, creating and writing in nature as a form of note-taking.
• Play and experiment with different media.
• Art making in nature is a gathering process, without leaving a footprint or harming what we are drawing.
• Return often to noticing your breathing, posture, senses, and thoughts while you are drawing to be present to your experience.