Hannah Hinchman

A TRAIL offers many intriguing drawings and loving descriptions of nature, wildlife, animals, and cats.

Unfortunately, they are often interwoven with some pretty negative self introspection and observations.

Readers may be inspired to take up pens and blank books and wander outside to draw, then move deeper
into creating art.

LITTLE THINGS IN A BIG COUNTRY would have rated the Full Five if not for the support for cruel rodeos.

Watercolors are evocative, intriguing, and more advanced than previous books.

Many favorites range from Sisu and Eagle Bend to Cottonwoods, pronghorns, ducks, cattle, more Sisu,
swans, Sun River, and Curlews!

Larger, clearer writing was welcome!

Can I give a book more than five stars? This sweet book is like having a sister without all the teasing. If you love nature and art and chats by the fire you will love this book. Hinchman shares techniques on observing and recording nature while sharing a bit of her soul. Wish I lived out west so I could take a class from her.

#33, 2006

I received this book in a BookCrossing trade, and it wasn’t quite what I was expecting. I expected it to be more exercises on ways to enhance personal journaling. It did cover this subject, but the author spent a lot of time detailing her own experiences with journaling. She also discussed drawing (she illustrates her journals), and that’s not something I’m interested in at this time. I don’t want to sound negative about the book, because I think it might be something that show more others would really like. But I just didn’t “connect” with the author, so I ended up skimming a lot of what she’d written. If this sounds like a book you'd like to read, though, let me know - I'd be happy to send it out to anyone who is interested in reading it, and I have a feeling there are a few of my fellow journaleers who might find it really enjoyable.

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