I started journaling not knowing what I was doing but wanting to draw the things around me that I loved. There are a growing number of books about journaling but the one that tops my list as the most amazing inspiration is Hannah Hinchman’s A Trail through Leaves; The Journal as a Path to Place.
Other wonderful books
| A Life in Hand | Hannah Hinchman |
| Nature Drawing: A tool for learning | Claire Walker Leslie |
| The Sierra Club Guide to Sketching in Nature | Cathy Johnson |
| In Season: A natural history of the New England Year | Nona Estrin and Charles Johnson |
| The Last Island: A Naturalist’s Sojourn on Triangle Island | Allison Watt |