Paperbark Writer
Australian nature meets science and art
By Paula Peeters
Latest blog posts
Five ways to draw a duck
In the lead up to Ausbirdtober, here’s a few different ways to draw. It’s good to try a range of approaches – they stretch you in different ways, and teach you new ways of seeing and doing.
Countdown to Ausbirdtober
Ausbirdtober is about taking a few moments each day to reflect on an Australian bird, and to respond by creating an image and/or some words.
But you don’t need to do it each day if that’s too much. Please dip in and out of the prompts if you like!
I’ll be posting more tips & examples as we count down to October 1st.
No AI allowed!
The first ever Paperbark Writer Calendar
For the first time I’ve taken the leap and created a calendar!
Brighten up a nature-lover’s year with drawings that are both recognizable to species, and also make you smile.
The Ausbirdtober challenge
Please join me this October for a fun way to celebrate Australia’s birds. And you don’t *have* to draw! You can also take part by writing a few lines about a bird each day…
The simple joy of haiku
Do you want to try nature journaling but don’t know where to start?
Not many spare moments in your day?
Here’s a simple, brief, but beautiful way to respond to nature: a Haiku.
New Australian Magpie tea towels, and two new greeting cards
Wise (but silly) magpies, plus the Bettong of Happiness.
The next ‘Tree hollows are animal homes’ design is here!
#3 Eucalypt Woodlands of south-eastern Australia
‘Tree hollows are animal homes’ is a series of designs inspired by the relationship between the many Australian animal species that use hollows and the trees that provide them.
This design is available on posters, art prints and other goodies from my Redbubble store.
Bulk orders of the detailed poster design can be arranged by emailing paula.peeters@paperbarkwriter.com Click here for wholesale prices.
A simplified version of this design is also available as a Organic Cotton Tea Towel.
Thanks to Prof Don Butler for providing the vegetation map and data.
Read more about this design here.
Previous designs in the series: ‘Tree hollows are animal homes’
#1 Eucalypt Open Forests, south-eastern Australia
#2 Eucalypt Tall Open Forests, south-eastern Australia
Click here for wholesale prices for educational poster ‘Tree hollows are animal homes #1 and #2’.
These designs are available on posters, prints and other goodies via my Redbubble store.
A walk in the mountain forests
My nature journal of Binna Burra, Beechmont and beyond
Discover the richness of the mountain forests through the playful, diverse and beautiful pages of Paula’s nature journal.
Paperback, 17 x 22.3 cm, 206 pages, full colour throughout with over 196 original illustrations. Printed in Australia on recycled paper.
Download a sample
Organic cotton tea towels
Greeting cards
Magnets
Books
Redbubble store
Here you can purchase clothing, prints, posters and other goods with my designs. They’re printed on demand and shipped straight to you from Redbubble.
Buy selected garments through my Redbubble store and 25 % of the retail price will be donated to environmental and animal welfare charities
Go to Redbubble store
Nature journaling workshop at Binna Burra; Photos by Renata Buziak
Escape…
Into the Wildworld, and discover The Kinship of All. Read Stories of the Wildworld.
Read a sample
Buy Stories of the Wildworld
