Getting Started with Nature Journaling - the WHY and the HOW step by step (it can change your life!)
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- William Wordsworth, famous for his daffodils poem, said “Come forth into the light of things. Let nature be your teacher.”
He believed that love of the natural environment-parents and home, work and play, animals and his fellow men-is the foundation of all true happiness in a person.
Nature journaling is a wonderful way of experiencing and deepening the connection with nature and bringing peace and joy into our lives.
Come with me as I share with you my own nature journaling journey.
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Chapters:
00:00 Why is nature journaling so important?
02:41 Do you need to go to special places?
03:43 Getting ready and making it yours
05:15 Creating a simple page in my journal
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Nancy at My Nature Diaries • The Basics of Starting...
Alex Boon at Alex Boon Art • How Nature Journaling ...
Ellary Rosewood • Creating a Nature Journal
John Muir Laws The Nature Journal Connection • The Nature Journal Con...
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Diane, I loved your intro!! I so grateful that I can be a part of your world. You have given so much to all of us that follow you and I have enjoyed your stories of life, family and travels and all the beautiful inspirations to paint.
Thanks so much and I’m so glad you are with us!
Hi Diane, I almost cried I was so touch by your intro. The words you spoke are so true here in the US too. The younger generation is so oblivious to the world we grew up in and the current world that we now live in. They are destroying everything. Thanks for sharing & much love to you!
I agree and would go so far as to say we in the US are suffering from this illness vastly more than Europe. I see respect and preservation of nature being cultural in most of Europe, but in the US, the drive is development ($$$) at the cost of natural lands. I so envy our European friends who seem to appreciate and respect the sanctity of natural lands. And, Diane, I so envy your home and lands. To me, it looks like heaven.
Oblivious is the right word Debra, and there is something very creepy about watching streams of teenagers walking head down, shoulders hunched, along the pavement looking at their phones…
I’m not sure we can generalise about Europe being more conscious than the US. Although my “little corner of paradise” looks idyllic the local farmers are NOT taking care of the environment, there is thoughtless development EVERYwhere, even in our tiny village, and people are almost invisible as they spend all their time indoors doing goodness knows what online. My heart is breaking for the planet.
I felt so happy after watching this video, really wanting to paint. But then I read your comment and to be honest it really upset me. Please remember that there are people of all ages all around the world and age and generations are not actually very distinct categories. You cannot blame everything on a certain generation. Everything has been a progression of events and changes. While I do agree we should be nicer to the environment, I do not agree that the young people are destroying everything. They're living in the world they were born into which isn't the world you were born into.
Where I live in Tennessee in US we are surrounded by farm fields. We used to have more woods but everything is planted in crops now .
I’m sick and sad about how the US is acting with many things and I live here .
Bring on more of these Nature videos Diane - absolutely love them on top of all your free flowing relaxed tutorials! 🙏🏻
Yes, we will do that, for sure!
Oh my goodness. I love this video, with your amazing property, gardens, animals, etc. you live in such a beautiful place. Thank you for sharing, and I’d love to see some more videos of you and where you live. Thank you!!!
So nice of you to say, and we will be doing more of that going forward xxx
I agree Diane...being close to nature and God is so important to giving us the peace and strength our souls desire....as well as foods, herbs, creativity, love....so much. I look forward to joining you on this new challenge when I can. Lots of love and thanks to you!
Thanks Julie, let’s do it!
It looks so real when you paint not so perfect. That’s what I like.
Very good point, thanks for saying!
Fabulous tutorial Diane! You can bring as many of these as you like, I don't think anyone could ever get bored with them. Incredible and so lovely. Thank you. ~ Cobs. (UK)
Thanks so much 😊 I might do that!
Oh I LOVE this video!!! I loved seeing you walk to your studio and all your sweet animals and the beautiful farm. I really love what you said about our need to preserve nature and save our planet and the life that exists on it. Your painting of the nature you have growing in your garden is beautiful and relaxing to watch! Thank you Diane!
Thanks Jeanie and thanks for all your support for the channel!
Just beautiful this place of nature you live, a wealth of inspiration for your art and for all of us to do what we can to stop killing our earth.
Thanks Maude for your kind words. Let’s do our best!
Thank you so much for sharing your wonderful world with us. It is so relaxing to see all the nature. I live in an apartment building and much of what I see daily is cars and trucks. But there are a few trees and the birds love them. I love waking in the very early morning to listen to them sing, before any of the people are out and about making all the noise. I know that a big part of the reason I don't feel well most of the time is because I don't get out in nature. I have no excuse really other than not feeling well, but I must drum up the energy and force myself to go out, I know I will be much better off for it. Since my circumstances aren't looking to change, I must change my attitude about my circumstances and make the most of every day. Thank you again Diane, always love watching your videos. Blessings always.
It’s very hard to make that effort, I know. There have been times when I’ve lived in places where access to any kind of nature was very difficult. Those were the times when I felt I was going to go mad. Literally. Do you have plants and animals inside your apartment? If I ever have to live full-time in an apartment again (which might happen, and it might be in Cairo) I would create an indoor garden somehow. It’s not always possible with imperfect health to go outside. I do much less now than I used to - I’m prone to allergies and stress disorders so I have to be careful and pace myself. I’m lucky I can see everything through Tamsin’s eyes as well. She is so observant…
I enjoyed this wonderful video so much that I am going to watch it over again! I love your idea of making a nature journal, and also your thoughts about God and nature! I am not good at drawing, but will give it a try! Thank you ever so much!😊
Thank you so much for being here. I am pretty much , due to health, house & yard bound……we have been planting flowers that attract bees and I’m happy to say it’s working. That not only helps the environment but also gives me things to paint. Journaling has never been my strong suit but maybe an art journal might be the ticket. We’ll see.
Drawing the negative spaces is pretty neat. I have done that.
Hi Gail, sorry to hear you have limited outside possibilities, but what a great idea to bring the insects and birds to you instead of going to them! I’m sure you’ll get a lot out of a nature journal and I hope you give it a try!! Sending love xxx
I too, due to health are home bound. Journaling has helped me a great deal. It has opened many windows for me. And my eyes too😃
I liked this video. You remind people about nature and just go out side and smell the roses 🌹. Lololol 😊. Thank you JK FLORIDA USA 🇺🇸🇺🇲.
So glad! You’re so welcome!
I really loved this vlog, it was lovely to see where you live and to see your animals, that we often hear in your vlogs. You live in a fabulous place, I think I’ll start a nature journal. Thanks for your gorgeous vlogs. X
Thanks so much Shirley, and I hope you do join me on this journey!
Thank you for sharing your farm, it’s very lovely and I love all your animals! I totally agree with you that being in nature is vital for health and well-being! 👏❤️👍
It certainly is!
Thanks Diane! Love the journalling idea with nature. I do live with nature ☺️
Wonderful!
This was so fun to get a peek at your farm. I had no idea rural France was so beautiful! Looks a lot like Kentucky, in the USA.
Love the nature journal theme. Looking forward to lots of gorgeous paintings! 😊
Yes, it used to be very beautiful.
You truly are an inspiration.. Love you opening comments …touched my heart…
Thank you Julie, I’m so glad you’re with me!
So lovely to see you Diane in your environment. We had a glorious family holiday at the beginning of the year. We were up in the high country isolated from the nearest town by dreadful roads. We spent lovely silent and sunny days amongst birds, bees, flowers, wallabies and kookaburras calling across the valley. No television or internet connection. We also had torrential rain with fog and mist. We left all the doors open and the children loved being up in the clouds. Thank you for sharing this important message.
That sounds like a kind of paradise! I had a holiday in Spain a bit like that one year, more or less cut off from civilisation and it was very refreshing!
Thank you for the tour of your property. I really enjoyed it, especially the sheep looking at the camera! I have been noticing plants in a whole new way since I began watercolor painting four months ago. Even riding in the car, I am gazing out the window looking at the shapes of the trees and the colors. Thanks for encouraging us to get out into nature, it really does make a difference. I'm so thankful that my grandchildren have a huge backyard to play in with a view of the river and mountains. Marvelous!
Glad you enjoyed it Darcy and wishing you much joy on the journey into the journal!
Diane, thank you so much for doing this. The more I look in my garden, the more I see--especially the tiniest creatures. I find, observe, photograph with the intention to draw/paint but lack the discipline to follow through. I have set my intention to begin an actual journal.
It’s so easy to get distracted away from these ideals. Let’s do it together!
This is really inspiring! You live in a beautiful area. It’s autumn in the south but since the Cape has a Mediterranean climate, it’s our green season and there are still plenty of flowers. I realised that nature journaling is what I’ve been doing but in a haphazard way. Time to get more organised! I don’t know what God has planned for our world but I’m going to enjoy the beauty He provides until it’s time for me to go!
Hi Deidre, you’re on the same page as me! I’ve been somewhat haphazard about it too. I will probably continue to be haphazard some of the time (my nature!) but I’m going to return to journaling as I used to do with words only for many years, but now plan to do with drawings and paintings as well as the occasional word!
Diane I loved your video. You are spreading the words of peace and love. That is what the world needs. Thanks for speaking out. I love painting flowers too. I paint bookmarks for the library as a volunteer. I enjoy seeing how happy the people are when they receive one.
Thanks so much for sharing your beautiful nature journal and thoughts ❤ Also, thank you for recommending my channel on nature art! Appreciate you watching and love your vision to inspire creativity of the beautiful created world around us❤
You are so welcome! Your channel content is lovely and I am going to keep on watching it - you’ve got a lot of information on there that is completely new to me! I had discovered John Muir Laws but I didn’t realise that he had a book or two and I hadn’t heard of
Claire Walker Leslie and her books which I now know about! wishing you all the best with your channel!
Thanks so much 😊❤️
I love your new idea of nature journaling- I have 16 journals full already - my greatest treasures. They're so fun because no big deal if not "good" pages. no huge commitment and when you close the door - "cover" no one needs to know. I look at my last one and before and remember every moment- and at 84 a memory jog. I just found a new store close by with same ideas! And I found supplies I don't have!
What a joy. I want to become a patreon and will soon but today going to symphony rendition of "Brahams Requiem with 100 singers - my other love. 💕 I live in a forest on the edge of part of ocean so no problem finding subjects.
You’re absolutely right Rosemary, they can be kept as a personal thing, no need to share everything is there! Sounds like you’re living in a lovely place, hope you enjoyed the music, sorry for the late reply xxx
Thanks for your concern and speaking to the heart Diane. Love sitting with you and enjoy your work and talks ❤
There is nothing like being outside seeing nature! I'd rather have a bouquet of Queen Anne's Lace than roses any time! Thank you!❤
Couldn't agree more!
Thank you for sharing your lovely garden and those sweet animals with everyone. I don't live in the country or near a farm. However, the local parks are close by and so many neighbors have flower gardens in their front yards. The little pollinators are nice to see up close! I know you love to sketch bees in your paintings so keep up the good work! Blessings and peace to you and your family.
Thanks so much Valerie for your kind words and support. Glad you are able to get close to nature when you can get out and about ❤️
Just love the beginning of your video Diane, seeing you and the animals walking in nature and feeling so passionate about it all. I am looking forward to getting started with my journal . . . . something I've not tried before but I am keen to now 🙂 We are hoping to do some gardening this weekend because it's spring bank holiday here in England so an extra day for painting too!!! Thanks Diane for always being so inspirational X
Hi Wendy and thanks so much for your kind message! Have a happy holiday weekend - hope the rain holds off and you get to go outside!
Gorgeous video and such an important message! I find that the closer we get to the election of our President in the US, the more I watch your current and old videos! Thanks so much for the view of your farm too.
Wonderful!
Thank you for sharing your little piece of heaven. Your animals are delightful and your botanicals beautiful.
I think I will take a walk in the nature of my back yard and find somethings to paint.
Please do! There’s always something to see xxx
I watched the intro twice, Diane! I have always wanted to see your farm. I am amazed at your beautiful surroundings! Heaven!
Thank you so much! Yes, it’s lovely, although sometimes a bit of a burden to take care of!
I’m going to pick some wild flowers when I take my little dog for a walk and have a go at painting them. I’ve been a bit slack lately but am inspired. Thank you Diane.
Wow!! Such a great video Diane! And great to see you in your world. You are one Blessed Woman❣️
Thanks, yes I’m lucky to have such a great space in which to live. Really appreciate your support xxxx
This was such a delightful video! Your home looks like paradise to me. Thank you for sharing and inspiration to start a nature journal!
Thanks Patty, I m so glad to be able to share it with you all.
I've always wanted to do a nature journal. This is very inspiring. Thank you for sharing your talents. I love being outdoors and am very fortunate to have lived in the woods most of my life. Here in northern MI usa, spring is just starting. It's lovely to walk in the morning, hearing the birds singing and seeing the trees starting to bud.
Thanks so much for your comment Michel, I’m so glad you are interested in the idea of nature journallng. I’m certain we will all get a great deal of pleasure and connectivity out of this process and I’m looking forward to it greatly!
Soooooo beautiful. I love those flowers & so did my husband.
Wonderful! So glad to hear that!!
I just love you Diane. Your so down to earth and I love listening to you speak on your tutorials. Wether I am painting along or not. I think you are a blessing to many people including me. I believe that you are doing what your doing to help others learn to paint and help them in their own ways. Myself, I listen to you for courage not to give up cause I was going to at one point. I’m going on a year now and I can see some progression in my painting. I found out that I’m going blind a little while ago. I’m not happy about it cause I want to paint all the time. But that’s not relevant to what I am saying. Please keep doing what your doing cause you’re a blessing to others in many ways. Thanks for being you.
So sorry to hear about your vision problems, and sending you prayers and love and wishing you much joy from your painting xxx
I’m a bit late to this one. I love the opening showing your garden. Beautiful. But one doesn’t have to go outside to know you’re surrounded by nature. We can hear the cockerel crowing, birds singing, the rain on your studio roof etc. It makes for a lovely experience coupled with your art and narration. Thank you. 🌺👍😃🌹🦋🌦
Ti's the season for this. Thank you ❣️
Yes it is! Let’s go!
So glad you are encouraging nature journaling. Such a wonderful way to spend time and you have so much to offer in this realm. So many species on the coast of California were near extinction ,but now are back or making their way back. Pelicans now thrive, whales, peregrine falcons and even bald eagles. Never thought I would see bald eagles on my commute to town, but lo and behold they are here on the central coast of California again. If we try we can make the necessary changes to enhance and revitalize nature , I see proof of this every day. Make good choices, notices , and vote for the future. Our time here is waning so make choices for the next generation and the future of the natural world. Every choice matters. 🦅 Thank you Diane!! I am hopeful and excited for you , your future works and the natural world.
Thanks Linda, I agree and hope along with you that we can still turn the tide. It will all depend on the youngest generation and it is up to our generation to inspire them with love of the planet instead of love of social media!
I have a new watercolour sketchbook and only this afternoon was thinking that I’d like to start nature journaling but didn’t know where to begin. I found your channel this evening, it was meant to be! Thank you
Wow Diane, this intro is Amazing! I loved every minute of it and I agree with your statements 100%. I thoroughly enjoy whenever you paint flowers.
Thanks Tammy, so glad you are part of this!
All so true, its a sad thing that generations of children are living their Lives on device screens. I love nature, wildlife any thing to do with life out side.
I spent my entire life outside x sadly can't do so anymore.
The scent x smells of nature is another thing that so many children x young adults will miss out on.
This is so relaxing, I love it so much ☺☺
I'm so glad!
I so enjoyed your intro. I too am inspired by nature and am fortunate enough to live in a place that is alive! Even when I look in the grass there seems to be a city down there full of tiny creatures that scurry about in their busy day. I find bunches of bald eagle feathers and one day had 7 of those amazing birds sitting in a tree outside. They are continuously flying over head. Its too bad if people don't get to see nature. I hope people will go outside and look at what is all around them. God's creation is indeed beautiful! I enjoyed your flower paintings too. And you can't beat the chat! Thanks Diane. You are the best!
Thanks so much for sharing that - seven bald eagles in your tree?? Wow! You must live in a very wonderful place. Thanks so much for supporting the channel and me!
Loved the intro, watched it twice, and wishing I was there. One of my sisters has a sheep farm and chickens, veggie garden, but I live on the west coast of the US and she lives clear across the country in VA. Our country is huge so don't' get to actually visit often. Love your sweet painting of the little flower bouquet and your choice of colors. Thanks much for sharing.
Thanks so much Kathy, so glad you are part of this journey and wishing you much joy from nature xx
Yes! I’ve had that cataract surgery and so has my Husband. Just as well you don’t need it!
Thank you so much for the beautiful walk around your farm and gardens and your talk about nature! That was so refreshing!
I hope I never do but I probably will eventually! Glad you enjoyed the garden tour while it wasn’t raining!!!!
I agree with you about connecting to nature & appreciating all we receive from it. Thanks Diane
Absolutely! So glad you are enjoying the message!
thank you Diane for putting into words these important concepts that I deeply hold about the importance of nature for the health of the human soul and the caution needed for our dying planet! unfortunately many people in the US live in tract homes or apartments and have limited resources to enjoy plants and flowers and all the wildlife herein.
Thanks Susan for your support and thoughts. I’ve lived in places like that too in the past, but do also believe that there is always a way to support nature even if you live in a concrete jungle. I lived in Cairo for a while - doesn’t get more concrete than that - but bird life and plants abound if you look hard enough! Let’s hope people’s eyes are opened a little, and soon!
Oops! you addressed the apartment dwellers after I wrote this comment. You make everything look so easy even I can do it!
Thank you for sharing your lovely and unique world with us!
I love your painting!
I've loved nature journaling for years and taught my children to nature journal and identify plants, birds, trees, and etc. They are all grown adults now, and it's funny because some of their friends think they are so smart when they can rattle off names of flowers and trees and plants without any effort. I appreciate your nature journal and I'm going to get my going now too. Where i live, in the north of the USA, it's still quite cold and things are just waking up. Thank you for sharing with us.
That’s wonderful to hear Jody. I did the same with my kids but it only stuck with Tamsin, my son has gone the way of the iPhone generation - you can’t win ‘em all - Tamsin is so observant and sees things I would never notice and she’s a blessing to have around with her eye for nature (although she doesn’t know many of the names, she recognises beauty!) I’m trying to encourage her painting so she can take over from me twenty years from now when I have to stop (LOL!)
Diane, your celebration of nature in your art is what brought me to your channel three years ago - your heron was my very first foray into art and still delights me:) I’m so pleased with this new project! My garden and neighborhood creek and trails bring me so much joy and tranquility. I’m off to create a watercolour sketchbook to follow along as you journal. Thank you for all your encouragement and inspiration!
Thanks so much for sharing your thoughts Cathy and I’m so glad you enjoy the channel. I know you’ve been there commenting and sharing since the start as have many others and that’s such a blessing to us to know that we have reached so many people who are benefiting from art as a hobby. I’m looking forward to this very much!
What a lovely video! I love seeing your garden and animals. Wish I could be somewhere so green and lush! But we do have natural beauty even here. I’m now inspired to seek it out every day and practice painting.
Wonderful Karen, we are all blessed!
Such a beautiful message for all of us to care for the earth. Love your journal and looking forward to seeing more beautiful art. Thank you!❤
Thanks so much, let’s try our best!
Diane, I couldn’t agree with you more. Creativity and nature art is soothing and a brilliant way to share nature. I love it! Your property and gardens are gorgeous!
Thank you so much! I’m very lucky to have this space to live in, and I really like to share it with you.
@@DianeAntoneStudio truly wonderful place. I miss living out in the countryside. We are in suburbs in Texas, and I’d love to get back to rural life!
I love your intro …. It brings so much peace. Your tutorials are so relaxing and at a pace where I can easily paint or sketch with you. My heart feels for all people that have been raised in home where there was much too much negativity and criticism. My mom was so disapproving of me but as a psychotherapist I’ve come to accept her mental illness…. Learning to love what I love like watercoloring and sketching… growing flower gardens and being in nature. Your property and home is so very lovely ❤❤❤❤
That’s interesting Kathleen, I’ve spent my own life trying to overcome the legacy of having sad, damaged parents (ill-health and poverty) and it does take a lot out of you! Painting is a healing process that’s for sure x
❤Hi Diane, this is one of my most favourite video with you sharing your heart…it was SO profound what you shared! I enjoyed watching you wander around your incredible yard and gardens and with the sheep too! You live in an awesome place….SO beautiful!
Yes, Almighty God created this all for us to enjoy and to live our life! You are totally blessed!
II SO enjoyed this beautiful painting tonight! You truly are a gifted artist…and I deeply thank you for sharing like you do! Almighty God bless you…immeasurably! I love ❤and appreciate you… Katherine from Western Canada…❤
Hi Katherine and thank you for that lovely message. It is so appreciated, and I thank you also for all your support over the past years while we’ve been here together on CZcams. Sending you love and prayers for happiness and health xxx
Oh, this was wonderful! I enjoyed it so much! You said you weren’t changing to a nature journal channel but I was thinking how much I would love it if you did! I love nature so much! You are really very blessed to live where you do with such beautiful flowers and nature around you! This was very enjoyable. Thank you!
We’ll definitely be making the journaling part of the channel, perhaps even the major part!
Hello Diane thank you so much for your inspiring paintings. So I love art but thought I could not do this as it was something people are gifted with. But there was this desire in me to paint. So at 68 I came across your videos and started painting with you. I love nature as I see Gods beauty in nature and sky. I have done most of your paintings. Mine are not as good as yours but it has brought me so much joy especially the whimsical paintings. It is so peaceful as I sit and just get lost in painting a picture. Thank you for giving your time I throughly enjoyed painting with you.
Hi Sherry, your story is so moving, thanks so much for sharing it, I’m so glad you are getting joy from painting along with us. No need to compare your work negatively with mine, believe me I’m not in any way “better” than anyone else!
Thank you so much for your relaxing tutorials. I enjoy them so much. I will be starting a nature journal very soon.
Wonderful! Very glad to hear it!
What an inspiring video looking forward to starting
Thanks Brenda, so glad!
I am here in the United States 🇺🇸 I am so blessed to live very rural and own my own Home 🏡 and I’ve been gardening 🧑🌾 for over 45 years now my sounding backyard hiking 🥾 paths is a state park ….Very Grateful for beautiful surroundings
Sounds great! The country life has everything to recommend it, doesn’t it!
Thank you Diane. That was a beautiful inspiring video. How lovely to walk with you for a few moments, sharing your lovely garden! The nature journal is a wonderful idea! Just imagine how uplifting it will be to leaf through those pages during dark days next winter and relive those sunny moments and aromas of flowers, grass and earth! I shall definitely try rhis 😊
So glad you enjoyed it Hilary and yes, that’s a very beautiful thought to hold as we create our journals.
This is a breath of fresh air Diane~ I absolutely loved this video~ blessed! ❤️✝️🙏🏻
Thanks so much!
My momma watch you she told me that I need to watch you because you are such a beautiful painter.
Welcome to the channel, and I’m so glad you found us! Have fun learning to paint xxx
A beautiful intro, such heartfelt words, thank you x Your flowers are so pretty, it's going to be an amazing journal.
Thank you, Diane, for the tour of your paradise. Watching the video calmed me, which was needed today. I sympathize with your floaters. They are annoying. I have had the cataract surgery done. My vision is much better now except for those floaters. The 70s are challenging, but thankfully, we are here to experience them.
Absolutely, as they say, getting old is hard but the alternative is worse!
I love your Nature Journaling, Diane! You’ve inspired me to get out one that I started a couple of years ago❤😊🥀🌺
Brilliant Constance, really glad to hear that!! Have oodles of fun!
So very touching, Diane! I applaud you for starting the discussion! I really do think we’re allowing the natural balance from becoming recoverable…and I’m forever learning about species of plants & animals barreling towards distinction. This was so well done, Thank you for sharing! 💜🌻 Lovely artwork, from a lovely lady (that I wish was my neighbor😊). Have a sublime Friday!
Thanks so much Jules, I appreciate that very much. We can but try!!!
Love all of this…the nature that you shared with us and the beautiful paintings
Thanks so much Sherrill, glad you enjoyed it!
Really enjoying yr videos. Your conversation is my company for the day. Thank you
Thanks so much Robyn!
Thank you Diane ! I started years ago following Lara G and John Muir ( have his book) but I love any thing botanical, it has,and DID change my life, with all of you for help!
Oh that’s so good to hear! Thank goodness my thumbnail wasn’t click-bait!!! John Muir is very interesting isn’t he!
@@DianeAntoneStudio yes he is but everyone has their own wonderful style and that’s what I love about this medium you’ll never get bored watching others!😀
By the way you know I’m in CT right? I’ve been to France, in high school. Loved it 😍
Thanks for video of farm and gardens. Lovely.
Thanks Gloria, glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you, so good, I have followed you for a year now, and have learnt so much. Love this video. 😊
You live in what would be my dream home. I love it ❤
Thk u so much for sharing.. Learnt a lot from your videos. So true.. Nature is so calming.. Heals us. 🌺
Diane, I thoroughly enjoyed this video from start to finish. I grew up on a farm and miss noticing the tiny details in nature. There's so much to see.
So glad to hear that Martha, you’re so right x
Thank you for sharing your thoughts on journaling Diane, it really resonated with me and I have a little book which I think will be just right. I’ve seen quite a few of those pretty little orange tip butterflies this last week so I’ll make one of those my first butterfly. Much empathy regarding eyesight problems . I’m 72 now and am finding I can’t see that well in low light. I do have a small cataracts forming …..😬 Better start saving for the op ! Loved your flowers , particularly the broom . Best wishes
Thanks so much for your kind thoughts,Peony. I think you might be right, I might have the beginnings of cataracts but at the beginning you can’t tell and there’s nothing to do. Age catches up with us all in the end doesn’t it! Low light is a killer and high intense light is equally unpleasant. I keep saying to my husband I want to live in a darkened room!
This is a wonderful, inspiring video Diane - thank you so much for sharing with us these amazing ways to keep our connection with nature alive! It is so important for our well-being to remember the sheer joy of looking at the natural world around us! :))
Yes, it’s easy to forget the little things that matter.
Hi Diane, I love this video! The flowers, both painted and real, are wonderful. and your sheep, love them!! I’m going to start a journal this weekend! You’re such a delight! Thank you for making these videos! 😊🩵💚💛🧡💚💚💚🩷
Wonderful! I’m so glad you’re going to start a journal. I think it’s going to be wonderful.
Thanks so much. I decided this spring to attempt a nature journal and watching you paint keeps me going and enthusiastic about the project. I've always loved this type of journal and am so glad you're doing this for us.
Wonderful! It’s something I’ve always had in the back of my mind too!
Love this video, one of my all-time faves. Thank you for sharing your blooms & critters. Always makes me smile.
Glad you enjoyed it! And thanks so much for your support!
Diane thank you so much for sharing your beautiful surroundings!! I absolutely love your channel, and this video especially resonates with me. I too am inspired by the nature that surrounds me when drawing and painting. Love your journal spread as well! Just lovely. You are an inspiration.
Thanks so much Doreen, I appreciate your support so much.
Love your garden .....always love watching you paint, Very inspiring.
Thanks so much 😊
I'm there with you Diane.........they are called cataracts! I've had the surgery.
I just love this idea thank you for always having the best inspirational subjects, I can’t wait to get started🌸💖 I have Forget Me Nots and a male & female mallard in my garden currently, I bought them a huge plant saucer we fill with water 💦 they love it and have been coming to visit for the last 4 years. I hope I see ducklings this year, but their nest is one street over 😢
You are so welcome! Good luck with your ducks!!!
I love nature and I've been trying for years to start a nature journal. Please do more of these videos, maybe it will inspire me to get moving.. Thanks.
I will definitely be carrying this project on. Please be sure to look out for future episodes!
Love this video! Love ALL your videos! You are a treasure. ❤
Thank you so much! That means so much to me !
I am so glad and happy that I found your channel ❤️
Welcome to the channel and I hope you enjoy it for a long time!
Thank you for introducing me to the idea of a nature journal! I'm going to start my own 😊😊
Just starting the video but have to stop and say how synchronistic this is for me. I just returned from my walk to a great old oak that I visit almost daily and I took some pictures of lupine growing in the meadow...thinking I would paint them in my new viviva journal that is a twin to yours. I have been wanting to do a nature journal for awhile now...and this seems to be the time!
ps....I am dealing with floaters as well!
Hi Candace, thanks so much for sharing those thoughts. I do hope you start a journal along with me, so looking forward to it! We also have oaks that we visit daily! Sending love xxx
My husband passed away a couple of years ago and I really dislike being at home on my own so I recently started a watercolour nature journal. I LOVE it 😁 Each night I sketch what I am going to paint the next day then I really look forward whilst I out and about, to coming home to paint and complete it. Art is extremely therapeutic. 😁
Ps. I like to see the occasional pencil line in any completed artwork.😁👍
I love this whole thing. I love your points of view on nature and AI and life….i agree so much!! Thank you again for being you and staying true to you!! Sending love and good juju!!!
You are so welcome! Thanks so much for your suppport, it means everything.
I will try to pant some flowers from my garden as you did. Love seeing your posts ❤
Thanks so much Rachael, hope you have fun doing it xx
Hi Diane, you were one or the first artist I started watching and liking and are still my favorite. Loved what you said about nature and everything. I'm also very mindful of recycling and being kind to mother. I just copied one of your paintings of three birds on a branch. You are inspirational! ❤
Hi Connie and thanks for sharing - I know you’ve been with us almost since the start and thanks so much for all your support!
Hi Diane--keep up with your eyes please! If your vision gets worse call a doctor immediately please! Love your paintings!
Relaxing and fabulous
Glad you enjoyed it!
Wonderful inspiring video…so nice to see the you in your environment where your inspiration originates….a nature inspired journal is wonderful idea…🙂🇨🇦
Thanks so much Linda, really appreciate your support !
Such beauty surrounds you! You have a lot to be inspired by! I’m going to give this a go. Thanks for the inspiration.
You‘re welcome, we‘re very lucky x
THANK YOU!!
You’re welcome!
Thank you for a very inspiring video and challenge this month. I’ve seen the video four times. There are so much to take in.
You are so welcome! I’m so glad you are enjoying it!
Thank you for labeling everything. I love it!
You are so welcome!