Pages

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Spring Fever Remedy: Nature Walks

Last week, we decided to go outside and sketch the first signs of spring. We took our pencils, sketchbooks and art pastels.

Photobucket Photobucket
Photobucket Photobucket
Photobucket

Daniel's pencil sketch of a bird flying overhead.
Photobucket

Tera trying to pick just the right colors for her daffodil.
Photobucket
There are all kinds of nature walk ideas out there. Here are a few:
19 Can-Do Nature Walk Variations
Nature Walk Ideas and Projects
Handbook of Nature Study: Spring
Go Explore Nature
A friend wrote this post recently that I really enjoyed about the Nature of Winter, with ideas that could easily be adapted to any season.