Immerse yourself in the nature journaling with Dr Tabatha Forbes. For those familiar with personal journaling or keeping sketchbooks, this creative workshop is a gentle way to combine creativity with a love of nature.
The workshop includes a ‘mindful walk’ and guided instruction from Tabatha to find your own style and voice.
“As children we are encouraged to be curious about our world. Most of us remember the joy of discovering things in nature for the first time, like seeing a bird or insect up close, finding a shell or bone in the sand, picking wild flowers or remembering the scent left on your skin after lying in the grass. For centuries before our phones documented the minutiae of our lives in mere seconds, nature sketchbooks were used to record what we were seeing and feeling when out in nature.”
This workshop is an opportunity to slow down, to observe, to reflect, collect and record what we see
- alongside our thoughts. It’s not completely introspective, but rather an opportunity to look at the brilliance of the living world around us and find our place within it.
About Dr Tabatha Forbes
Tabatha has a Doctorate in Fine Arts from the University of Auckland, New Zealand. As a multi-disciplinary practicing artist, she has devoted her arts career to working as an artist, arts administrator, writer and tutor. Her studies and practice focus on connecting creativity with her love of nature. She has lived and worked in New Zealand and the South Pacific. In Taranaki, New Zealand she owned a gallery and studio and has been teaching Beginners Botanical and Nature Journaling workshops for over twenty years. She moved to Adelaide in January this year with a focus on adding Australia’s vibrant flora, fauna and botanical history to her studies.