This class takes students out into a variety of Provincetown landscapes to create, in a sketchbook format, an experiential record through drawing, painting, and journaling. Exercises will include ways of observing the environment, both objectively and emotionally, and exploring techniques to aid in this process, including experiments with materials and practices conducive to working in the field.  Developing both a point of view and enhanced powers of observation will be key components of the class. By week's end the sketchbook can be thought of as a discreet art object, or as a tool to inform and fuel future art making projects. Ways to continue working after the class is completed will also be discussed. Students should be dressed comfortably for walking in a range of weathers, as most of the class will take place outside.

Activities may include: drawing on the fly; pen, ink and brush exercises; juxtaposing image and text; creating simple folded/stitched books; reading the landscape (some basic landscape ecology); using nature field guides; and following clues to the cultural/natural history of Outer Cape Cod. Class is open to beginning and experienced artists, writers, and anyone with travel or natural history interests. Drawing skill is not as important as observation; experience is not as important as a willingness to try new things.