{"id":9962,"date":"2017-10-18T14:39:17","date_gmt":"2017-10-18T18:39:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/?p=9962"},"modified":"2017-10-18T16:25:29","modified_gmt":"2017-10-18T20:25:29","slug":"drawing-inspiration-from-nature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/drawing-inspiration-from-nature\/","title":{"rendered":"Drawing Inspiration from Nature"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How do you <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/inspiring-generations-of-nature-heroes\/\">inspire generations of nature heroes<\/a>, especially those who have yet to make a deep connection with the outdoors?<\/p>\n<p>To answer this question,\u00a0we literally went back to the drawing board. We know that in an increasingly visual world, a captivating graphic can stimulate the imagination. To that end, our talented designer has been hard at work, creating bright, playful illustrations to represent our wildlife sanctuaries as well as all the work we do.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9965 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2017\/10\/IMG_1096-e1508166951160.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"725\" height=\"449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2017\/10\/IMG_1096-e1508166951160.jpg 725w, https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2017\/10\/IMG_1096-e1508166951160-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2017\/10\/IMG_1096-e1508166951160-624x386.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 725px) 100vw, 725px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>These new designs find inspiration in specific species and spark a sense of wonder for people of all ages.\u00a0Keep an eye out for these new illustrations on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.massaudubon.org\/get-outdoors\/wildlife-sanctuaries\/connect-with-us\">Facebook<\/a>, in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.massaudubon.org\/news-events\/signup-for-an-e-newsletter\">emails<\/a>, on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.massaudubon.org\">website<\/a>, and in print.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9971 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2017\/10\/MA_sanctuaryart-01-004.png\" alt=\"New icons\" width=\"725\" height=\"379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2017\/10\/MA_sanctuaryart-01-004.png 725w, https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2017\/10\/MA_sanctuaryart-01-004-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2017\/10\/MA_sanctuaryart-01-004-624x326.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 725px) 100vw, 725px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do you inspire generations of nature heroes, especially those who have yet to make a deep connection with the outdoors? To answer this question,\u00a0we literally went back to the drawing board. We know that in an increasingly visual world, a captivating graphic can stimulate the imagination. To that end, our talented designer has been [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":9978,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2017\/10\/IMG_1096_600.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3t87A-2AG","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11224,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/qa-with-rosemary-mosco-of-bird-and-moon-comics\/","url_meta":{"origin":9962,"position":0},"title":"Q&#038;A With Rosemary Mosco of Bird and Moon Comics","author":"Ryan D.","date":"June 20, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Rosemary Mosco is a naturalist, science communicator, and the brilliant cartoonist behind Bird and Moon science and nature cartoons. 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