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Private Room Details
Private Room – room layout varies - includes 3 daily meals – convenient parking – Check-in Sunday, Check out Friday.
All rooms include the following amenities:
- Daily maid service
- Individually Controlled HVAC
- Wi-Fi
- Internet Radio
- Mini fridge
- Coffee maker
- Hair Dryer
- Iron & ironing board
- Convenient Parking
Shared Room (with another student) Details
Two queen beds – shared with another student - room layout varies - includes 3 daily meals – convenient parking – Check-in Sunday, Check out Friday.
All rooms include the following amenities:
- Daily maid service
- Individually Controlled HVAC
- Wi-Fi
- Internet Radio
- Mini fridge
- Coffee maker
- Hair Dryer
- Iron & ironing board
- Convenient Parking
Day Student Details
Includes daily lunch, onsite parking, studio access, and MISA staff.
*Day Student is only available for certain workshops at MISA's Tucson Campus*
Meal Plan Details
Three exquisite meals are prepared daily by a master chef and served in the stately Ranch dining room with sweeping views of the Rincon Mountains. In the morning you can indulge in fruit and yogurt, crisp bacon with eggs, or the Ranch’s signature pancakes.
The gourmet buffet lunch with salads, seasonal vegetables and a daily variety of entrees will keep you energized for the rest of your workshop day.
In the evening, the southwest dinner cuisine will delight you and the Ranch barbeque at their Cottonwood Grove is always a highlight for the week.
During the week, several indoor and outdoor specialty dining events are held. These special events include the Cottonwood Grove Ranch Barbeque with live entertainment.
Genre: Urban Sketching
Creative Nature Journaling
Availability: Spaces Available
Instructor:
Workshop Description:
Capture the beauty, wonder, and diversity of nature with fresh, creative approaches to nature journaling. This workshop focuses on multiple ways to sketch and paint nature-related subjects with an eye toward deepening your understanding, appreciation, and personal connection to the places you live or visit.
Tanque Verde Ranch presents a perfect setting to explore and sketch the Sonoran desert’s vibrant community of plants, birds and wildlife. From tiny cyanobacterial soil crusts to towering Saguaros, we’ll explore a landscape shaped by sun, wind, drought, and time.
Working primarily in ink and watercolor – the most portable and versatile mediums for field sketching – you’ll build artistic skills while experimenting with page layouts, ways to incorporate text, and techniques for capturing a wide range of subjects in your nature journal. We’ll focus on four main approaches:
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Explorer’s Sketch – Learn to capture a sense of discovery with multiple subjects connected by a theme. This technique is ideal for journaling while walking along a trail, roadside, or beach, sketchbook in hand.
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Field Notes –Take a deeper dive into natural history through simple sketches and watercolor washes, paired with observations, research notes, and questions about plants and wildlife.
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Poetry of Nature Sketch – A nature journal is not just about recording what you see – it’s also about you. It’s about what you see, what fascinates you, and what you want to express. We’ll practice conveying the essence of your subject paired with a quote, poem, or short personal reflection.
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Sense of Place Sketch – Learn to use a flexible grid format to capture key elements of a particular place. This technique is especially useful when traveling or anytime you want to convey a sense of place with multiple small sketches, such as landscapes, maps, plants, wildlife, simple color swatches, and words.
Our group will work together in a supportive, encouraging environment and people at all levels of experience are welcome. Jean will work with you to expand and refine your skills and leave you feeling inspired to continue your nature journaling practice.
Workshop Schedule:
Sunday Night: Welcome Reception at 6pm
Monday – Friday: 9am – 4pm
*Subject to change*
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