Drawable Edibles! Online Nature Journaling Class on Skillshare (Link Below)

It's spring! Grab your sketchbook and join me outside (virtually, we are social distancing of course!) as we find and identify garlic mustard, chickweed, deadnettle, and dandelion in this online nature journaling class!

We'll practice timed gesture drawing and blind contour drawing to push right past any fears you might have about drawing. And hey, it doesn't have to be perfect or even good, this isn't botanical illustration after all! It's just a fun way to really get to the know the plants.

This link gives you two months of Skillshare for free, no obligation. Then you will be able not only to take my class, but any of the thousands of classes on there!

Join the class today!

~ Melissa

First Day of Spring!

Happy Spring! I hope everyone is safe and well, and hunkered away at home, social distancing! When you want to get out, instead of heading to a crowded supermarket, our greens are finally coming up out of the ground. Here is just a sample of some of the wild edibles I found on a walk around my neighborhood this evening:

Onion Grass (Wild Chives) Allium vineale

 Stinging Nettles, Urtica dioica:

Garlic Mustard, Alliaria petiolata:

Broad Leaved Dock, Rumex obtusifolius:

Cleavers, Galium aparine:

Purple deadnettles, Lamium purpureum:

Dandelion greens, Taraxacum officinale:

I hope you prepare some delicious meals with our new spring bounty!

Stay home, stay well!

Love,

Melissa