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A super-easy mini-book for exploring nature

A super-easy mini-book for exploring nature

by Paula Peeters | Mar 12, 2024 | Beechmont Nature Journal, Books, Nature journaling

Even though I’m an artist, I don’t create many pictures to hang on a wall. For some reason I’m always drawn back to books. Perhaps it’s something about their intimacy, the way you need to hold a book in your hands and support its weight. The smell and texture of...
Recent journal pages, and why a fountain pen is my new best friend

Recent journal pages, and why a fountain pen is my new best friend

by Paula Peeters | May 5, 2021 | Beechmont Nature Journal, Nature journaling

Ink sketch created with TWSBI eco pens I love drawing with ink for many reasons (see note below for more details). But the disposable nature of many ink pens has never felt good to me. I enjoy drawing with dip pens, but their nibs have to be cleaned and replaced...
A sublime scarp in a country of coal

A sublime scarp in a country of coal

by Paula Peeters | Oct 25, 2016 | Nature journaling, Writing

The Blackdown Tablelands lie between Rockhampton and Emerald, in central Queensland. We stopped there on the way up to Bimblebox Nature Refuge last month, and this is what I wrote. The coal trains wind their way across the land like black chains, heavy....
The scribbly gum woodland at Freshwater

The scribbly gum woodland at Freshwater

by Paula Peeters | Jan 26, 2016 | Forest portraits, Wildlife illustration

Freshwater National Park smells burnt, but it looks lush green. I can hear the sleepy chortles of lorikeets, somewhere up in the bloodwoods. It’s late afternoon, on a hot January day. Maybe they’ve had too much sun, or too much nectar, or both. Scribbly gums rise like...
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