art journaling

Naked November 8, 2016

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Paper patient gown

I disrobe for a napkin?

You in your white coat.

Art Prescription:  I know it’s election day…hard to top that, but I’ve been taking my clothes off all over town, lol! Don’t worry, just my wellness visits. I never noticed all that much before how cold and uncomfortable paper patient gowns were until I recently saw a new physician who uses the real thing. Soft gown and a real blanket, how comforting. When you already feel exposed and vulnerable, it’s amazing how small things matter. Kept my socks on!!!

Index card sketch:

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Thistle November 5, 2016

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Flower department

The blue-grey thistle seems so

Exotic, simple.

Art Prescription:  I did an art demo today at my favorite local store, Southern Season, a gourmet food and specialty item store here in Chapel Hill, NC. I was launching my Art Prescription Deck: A dose of coloring inspiration! The store looked beautiful and festive putting me in a pre-holiday mood. My table was in the stationery and flower department…perfect! I did live painting and gave away miniature works. The thistle was my favorite.

Index card with watercolor:

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Enter Winter November 1, 2016

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Cozy cloudy day

Made for comforters and cats

And hot chocolate.

Art Prescription:  Not how I spent my day…well maybe the comforter and cat bit for a while. Went for a morning swim, worked on my Open Studio post card, and then Finn had a chiropractor appointment.

8 1/2 x 11 watercolor

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Nature Journal: Birds October 29, 2016

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Number two pencil

A notebook ready to fill

With observation.

Art Prescription:  Thank you Jane, https://www.facebook.com/jane.eckenrode, for a lovely class today at the North Carolina Botanical Garden on keeping a nature journal. My regular blog readers know I’m a total bird geek, and learning how to observe and draw birds in their natural habitat is a skill I aspire to.

I’m excited to go out into the field, or to my back-yard feeder, and practice.

Art journal with #2 pencil:

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Ecstasy October 27, 2016

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Can the rose define

Flowers, well if anyone

She can say it all.

Art Prescription:  I adore everything about roses…their smell, their soft, velvet petals, their slight attitude with thorns…and the simple fact that a bunch of roses says love.

8 x 8 watercolor

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Balancing Act October 26, 2016

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Each whole day offers

An opportunity to

Strive for true balance.

Art Prescription:  Despite his very own water bucket being full of fresh water, Max the barn cat chooses to balance precariously to drink from the horse trough.

He knows balance is involved in knowing what you want, asking for what you need.

Well done Max!

Watercolor sketch:

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