Steady in saddle
We meander along fields
Taking in country.
Art Prescription: Long trail ride on Finn this morning. So beautiful to explore the land from the back of a horse.
8 1/2 x 11 acrylic on paper
art journal
Vacation August 20, 2016
Doers and dreamers
Plan for a trip by the sea
Destination, peace.
Art Prescription: A quick little sketch on an index card.
Summer Color August 19, 2016
Oh summer…don’t go
Leave us pretty butterflies
And please, the flowers.
Art Prescription: As much as I want the weather to cool down, I realize how much summer offers each day. My garden is a-buzz with bees, and 3-4 different butterfly species. Hummingbirds drop in for some nectar as well.
I went to sketch at the North Carolina Botanical Garden today to prepare a piece for my adult coloring class offered August 27, 2 – 4.
Now I get to color!!
Hello Nicker August 17, 2016
As soon as he heard
My voice and saw me walking
At fence and nickers.
Art Prescription: It’s so sweet and rewarding when my horse Finn meets me at the gate nickering. He is saying hello and glad to see me!
A nicker is commonly described as a companionable greeting or solicitous type of vocalization. This makes intuitive sense both because of its nature as a quiet sound, but also in the close-contact social situations in which it is typically heard: Between two friendly herdmates, between a mare and her foal, and between a stallion and a mare.
I’m so honored!
Index card graphite sketch:
Simple August 14, 2016
Roses in the bud
Fill a mason jar with joy
A simple pleasure.
Art Prescription: When it comes right down to pleasure, simple is perfect! Not that “perfect” matters at all when it comes to the heart. More that you experience a moment or two of joy…this is living.
Watercolor 8 1/2 x 11
Dog Days August 12, 2016
Energy, chaos
Collide, lack of direction
Listen to your heart.
Art Prescription: Seems a lot of people have trouble mid-season. It’s not the start or the end of anything, it’s just in the middle, and for those of us in the south, hot! What if each day was the start of something! Your life! What are you waiting for?
Index card with pen and ink and colored pencil:
August Leaves August 11, 2016
Through the August leaves
Families of birds fly on
Successful season.
Art Prescription: Parents and their offspring are frequenting my feeder. Fledglings sit twittering, waiting for the parent to feed them. Parents shuffle in the seed, trying to teach their young to eat on their own. Successful parenting is huge.
8 1/2 x 11 watercolor
Frustration August 9, 2016
When the cows come home
August turns to September
Who is keeping count?
Art Prescription: So I worked on a cow and calf painting for hours today…and it was just not happening! The muse out to lunch? So with abandon I painted a sunflower, and the colorful chaos suits my mood.
Mixed media on watercolor paper:
Corn Harvest (paint a bird) August 8, 2016
Crows watch from above
As one by one rows of corn
Disappear, harvest.
Art Prescription: And so the tall leafy corn once again returns to the soil, the precious seed harvested.
Index card with watercolor and my chop that says “hope”
Huddle August 5, 2016
Big white clouds billow
Grey line of thunder showers
Cows low and huddle.
Art Prescription: Watercolor sketch 5 x 7
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