The click-click of sleet
No bread or milk to be found
Snow storm in the south.
Art Prescription: It was the perfect evening for art journaling!
art journaling
Prediction January 5, 2017
A winter snow storm
Makes her approach, and spring buds
Greet the arrival.
Art Prescription: Even in the stark of winter, the signs of spring are there.
Watercolor and pen and ink on watercolor paper with my chop:
Winter Green January 2, 2017
Winter, green bamboo
Graceful leaves nod at bare trees
Secret hiding place.
Art Prescription: Have you ever come upon a tall bamboo forest in winter? A canopy of green in the midst of naked trees. A secret hiding place. Thick and tall. Sunshine rays slip in. Smells like vetiver.
Index card with watercolor and my chop that says, “hope.”
New Years Eve Walk December 31, 2016
Leaves shiver in breeze
Cool, grey, wintry, cloudy, sky
Fluffy birds huddle.
Art Prescription: I can’t think of a better way to end the year than a nature walk with my sketchbook and my love. Just us and our footsteps together for a 25th New Years Eve. Our lives are blessed and happy, and my wish for everyone is to find the simple beauty of each and every day. Oh yea, and make some art! Here’s to 2017!
Sketchbook with pen and graphite:
Countdown December 30, 2016
Creek, river, ocean
Life is running to its source
The end of the year.
Art Prescription: We all do it…the end of the year tabulation. The time between Christmas and New Years is always a time of retrospection. We add and subtract and divide and try and figure out what this new year will bring.
Put it out there, your hopes and dreams. Visualize it happening. Toast to your new year!
Index card with colored pencil:
Puzzle December 29, 2016
Life is a puzzle
Each year a new piece to add
Makes a whole picture.
Art Prescription: And it’s always a work of art…each new day…each new year.
Index card collage with pen and ink:
Soft Landing December 28, 2016
All you can hear is
The soft patter as snow lands
Sea of frozen white.
Art Prescription: We did not have a white Christmas. In fact it has been around 70 degrees. Cool nights, warm days…kind-of North Carolina!
Index card with watercolor:
Right Now December 27, 2016
Could be anywhere
Bright lights, crowds, music, and yet
Right now I’m so here!
Art Prescription: Know what you need. Now…honor that. Simple.
Iphone photo Mapleview Farm, North Carolina
Winter Birding December 26, 2016
Ruby-Crowned Kinglet
Hops about in bare branches
Shows off scarlet head.
Art Prescription: Went to hike at Mason Farm today. North Carolina beautiful winter day…partly sunny, in the 50’s. Saw lots of birds, among them this adorable Ruby-Crowned Kinglet.
Index card with colored pencil:
Holiday Stamps December 25, 2016
Miniature art
Holiday greeting decor
Stamps on envelopes.
Art Prescription: There is so much wonderful holiday art on everything you see. I’m especially fond of stamps.
Hope you all had a wonderful day whatever you are celebrating!
Index card with collage and colored pencil:
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