Creating Your Own Field Guide to Cape Cod
This immersive three-session workshop teaches you to observe as a naturalist.
Cape Cod provides a bounty of sensory experiences for those who slow down and look closely.
This immersive three-session workshop teaches you to observe as a naturalist - coastal plants bending in the breeze, shorebirds fluttering across the flats, or light shifting over the marshes - and to capture those observations in a personalized field guide. Each session stands alone, or take all three to build something lasting.
Through nature journaling, sketching, and identification techniques, you'll leave with a guide that's genuinely yours, a companion to your time on Cape Cod: part record, part artwork, and part story of how you came to see the world more deeply.
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Mark Kesling
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Highlights
- In person
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Location
Brewster Book Store
2648 Main Street
Brewster, MA 02631
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Agenda
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Mon. June 8- Seeing Like a Naturalist (Session 1)
Shift from passive looking to active seeing through the creation of a personal field guide. Explore what a field guide can be - from traditional scientific references to expressive, artist-created journals. Discover digital companion tools that deepen understanding, and begin curiosity-driven, observation-based nature journaling as the foundation of building your own guide.
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Mon. June 15- From Observation to Expression (Session 2)
Transform raw observations into intentionally designed field guide entries. Explore the range of ways to document the same subject - scientific, poetic, illustrative, story-driven - and discover which approach fits you. Experiment with watercolor, pencil, ink, and photography as tools for expression.
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Mon. June 22- Crafting a Personal Guide (Session 3)
Gather your work and shape it into a cohesive, functional field guide - an evolving document that grows with continued exploration. Explore different ways to organize entries - location, season, subject, or your own system. Celebrate your perspective, what draws your attention, the questions you ask, and your interpretation of what you encounter.