Episode 88: Alex Boon – The Daily Nature Journal

Episode 88: Alex Boon – The Daily Nature Journal

Alex Boon is a nature artist and writer from East Devon, UK. He creates regular nature journal vlogs and tutorials through his YouTube channel The Daily Nature Journal. Alex also shares about British nature, botanical ink making, and flower and leaf pressing and preservation.

Listen to hear more about:

  • What nature looks like where Alex lives in East Devon, UK.
  • How Alex’s workspace has changed since we last spoke on the podcast.
  • Life as a ‘professional noticer of nature’.
  • Alex’s new project The Daily Nature Journal.
  • Learning to make and use natural botanical inks.
  • Alex’s collaboration with Louise from Bohemian Raspberry Art in creating the Botanical Ink Challenge.
  • Tracking the weather and mood to see how closely these two variables are correlated.
  • Alex’s Patreon community and the extra content and benefits reserved for Patrons.
  • How online nature journaling and YouTube can make nature accessible to more people.
  • Alex’s plans for the future.

Find out more about Alex and his work on his website (alexboonart.com) and on Instagram (@alexboonart and @the_daily_nature_journal).

For regular videos on nature journaling and creating botanical ink, visit The Daily Nature Journal on YouTube.

To support Alex’s work consider joining his community on Patreon.

To learn more about Bohemian Raspberry Art, visit Louise on Instagram (@bohemianraspberryart).

You can listen to my previous interview with Alex by clicking this link: Epsiode 16: Alex Boon – ‘What else is here?’

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