Nourishing Awareness

Required Book:

“Morning Altars: A 7-Step Practice to Nourish Your Spirit through Nature, Art, and Ritual”; Day Schildkret; Countryman Press; ISBN 978-1682682517

 

(All Books Can be purchased at Brewster Book Store)

Suggested Books:

  1. “The Wild Remedy: How Nature Mends Us – A Diary”; Emma Mitchell; Michael O’Mara; ISBN 978-1789292909
  2. “Foraged Flora: A Year of Gathering and Arranging Wild Plants and Flowers”; Louesa Roebuck; Ten Speed Press; ISBN 978-1607748601
  3. “Cabinet of Curiosities”; Patrick Mauries; Thames & Hudson; ISBN 978-0500510919
  4. “Mandala Book: Patterns of the Universe”; Lori Bailey Cunningham; Union Square & Co; ISBN 978-1454941798
  5. “Mandalas: Mapping the Buddhist Art of Tibet”; Kurt A, Behrendt; Metropolitan Museum of Art; ISBN 978-1588397829
  6. “Passage”; Andy Goldsworthy; Harry N. Abrams; ISBN 978-0810955868
  7. “Andy Goldsworthy: A Collaboration with Nature”; Andy Goldsworthy; Harry N. Abrams, ISBN 978-0810933514
  8. “Appalachian Wilderness: The great Smoky Mountains”; Eliot Porter; Ballantine Books; ISBN 978-0345234988

Recommended Supplies:

Highly Recommended:

  1. Smartphone camera
  2. Journal with watercolor paper (cold press)
  3. Soft pencil (HB, H, or #2) 
  4. Pencil sharpener
  5. Technical drawing pen
  6. Refillable brush pen
  7. Colored pencils (watercolor pencils work well)
  8. Watercolor set (Art Toolkit)

Optional:

  1. Backpack or shoulder bag
  2. Binder clips
  3. Small ruler
  4. Small mixing palette
  5. Small sponge 
  6. Small rag 
  7. Small water bottle 
  8. Small water spray bottle
  9. Small syringe (no needle)
  10. White gel pen 
  11. Color wheel
  12. Small hand lens or magnifier

April 20, 2026 – 10:00 - 12:00 am – Nourishing Awareness – Brewster Book Store

Description: In this session, we slow down. Participants select natural objects—shells, stones, feathers, plants—and create detailed watercolor studies framed within circle drawings, echoing the mandala form.

Topics Covered:

  1. Botanical and ecological observation techniques
  2. Color mixing inspired by natural hues
  3. Pattern recognition in leaves, shells, and stones
  4. The calming neuroscience of focused drawing