Two by two they build

Twigs, lichen, moss, and feathers

Pairs of nesting birds.

Art Prescription: Bird’s nests amaze me.

Forest awakens

Redbuds bloom pink and dark red

Dogwoods glow with white.

Art Prescription: I “coached” a class at the North Carolina Botanical Garden today on spring trees. I say coached because I’m coaching individual muses. We had fun!

Here is my demo piece where I was showing different techniques:

And here is my worked piece where I went back into the painting and added some depth. Is she done? Fun to be spontaneous!

Sweet Doc enjoying the spring grass!

Flower to flower

Pollinators begin dance

Across meadow blooms.

Art Prescription: Calling all pollinators: ants, bees, beetles, moths, and butterflies! Now is your season!

Caught in the crossfire

You stand like a sitting duck

Cut as low as grass.

Art Prescription: We have all experienced being on the firing end of someone else’s anger. It feels horrible, self-esteem sinks, and leaves us wondering, what was that all about?

We slink home, wallow in self-doubt, go for a walk….

A few steps into

The garden reveals a mass

Of native flowers.

Art Prescription: Sketched at the North Carolina Botanical Garden today on index cards with pen and ink and colored pencil.

Hummer, the subject

So many lines and flowers

Planning a painting.

Art Prescription: This is a mock up design on newsprint to see if I like the composition. The hummingbird should be the focal point.

Sit with me a while

In the sun and fresh spring air

Know what this is, be.

Art Prescription: Life is a complex journey. How would you feel to sit in a field of wildflowers in the sun? Inhale…exhale…

Watercolor:

Cold front, April snow?

Pink petals spiral on street

As trees bend to wind.

Art Prescription: In my quest to find balance and happiness in this one precious life, I truly believe what we focus on is what we get. That being said, I’ve been awake since about 2 am because I chose to eat not one, but two ice-cream sandwiches after dinner last night.

Art journal with mixed-media:

I’m so grateful for the friends I’ve made in the blogosphere. I appreciate your every like and comment.

Rode my boy Finn today and then he got a grassy treat. We have to let them out slow on this rich spring grass which is full of sugar.

He dove into the ripe green taking big mouthfuls.