by Paula Peeters | Oct 8, 2026 | Ausbirdtober, Cartoons, drawing, Nature journaling, Wildlife illustration
Here’s the first 8 days of my responses to the Ausbirdtober prompts. Ausbirdtober is a fun way to celebrate Australia’s birds. On each day, start with the prompt (see list below), and think of an Australian bird. Then either create a drawing, painting or...
by Paula Peeters | Sep 28, 2026 | Ausbirdtober, drawing, Nature journaling
This is an excerpt from my book Take this Book for a Walk: A step-by-step guide to nature journaling. I’m republishing it here, in the lead up to Ausbirdtober, as drawing with ink not only improved my drawing skills…. it also helped me regain the carefree...
by Paula Peeters | Sep 25, 2026 | Ausbirdtober, drawing, Nature journaling, Wildlife illustration
In the lead up to Ausbirdtober, here’s a few different ways to draw. It’s good to try a range of approaches – they stretch you in different ways, and teach you new ways of seeing and doing. There are many more ways to draw – these are just a...
by Paula Peeters | Sep 9, 2026 | Nature journaling, Writing
Please join me this October for a fun way to celebrate Australia’s birds. On each day, start with the prompt for that day (see above), and think of an Australian bird.Then either create a drawing, painting or print;Or write a Haiku (a short poem of 3 lines; the...
by Paula Peeters | Aug 21, 2026 | Beechmont Nature Journal, Nature journaling, Writing
Do you want to try nature journaling but don’t know where to start? Not many spare moments in your day? Here’s a simple, brief, but beautiful way to respond to nature: a Haiku. A haiku is a type of Japanese poetry. There are many different forms of haiku,...
by Paula Peeters | Feb 19, 2026 | Beechmont Nature Journal, Cartoons, Letter from Beechmont, Nature journaling
A few recent nature journal pages, from Beechmont and beyond....
