Through deep shaded woods
And grassy fields by the cows
Spun the breadths of blue!
Art Prescription: My horse under me connects me to the ground, the world, my life. So beautiful to see my dear friends on their horses ahead of me. All baggage left at the barn. Only joy rides along with us now. Blue Skies.
Sketch with watercolor
Two different nests
One for now, one for later
Industrious bird.
Art Prescription: I’ve had bluebirds building a nest inside a box in the yard for a month. Curious about this behavior, I asked the crew at Carolina Birders. Evidently these birds are building an alternate nest. While the pair takes care of sitting on eggs or feeding current fledglings, they spend their mornings building another nest. So if something happens to the first nest they have a new nest to lay eggs in or they may just use it as the next home. Fascinating how nature equips itself with procreation!!
8 x 8 mixed-media on watercolor paper
Blue-Grey Knat Catcher
Builds her spring nest with lichens
So industrial!
Art Prescription: Found a Blue-Grey Knat Catcher’s nest at Mason Farm. What a joy to watch the female sit and the male fly in for occasional relief.
Index card with pen and ink and colored pencil:
Hey, wake up it’s spring
Fast, furious thunder-storms
Birds bathe in run-off.
Art Prescription: Caught in a down-pour today, home wet. And thankful for natures reassuring rhythms.
Index card with collage and colored pencil:
A paper bird’s nest
Nature journal style study
Tear, glue, draw, and paint.
Art Prescription: So fun to work spontaneously with my art buddies! As we talked, our hands moved and art was made.
8 x 8 mixed-media on paper
Patio garden
Herbs, flowers, and tomato
Smell of potting soil.
Art Prescription: Nothing better than getting my hands into dirt and planting something to grow and flourish!
Art journal with plants tags, pen and ink, and colored pencil:
The smell of spring rain
When it first hits warm asphalt
Or oregano.
Art Prescription: Rain stirs up scents from the ground. How absolutely wonderful!
Art journal with collage, pen and ink, colored pencil:
Fresh wildflower wreaths
With pansies, bluets, roses
Bountiful circle.
Art Prescription: Anything in a circle is so pleasing. I think it taps into something deep and symmetrical in our DNA. It’s fun to make a real nature mandala. These are made with models from my garden and watercolor.
Watercolor 8 x 8 work in progress studio shot…
Underneath the new
Fresh green canopy, there still
Lies the cool blue shade.
Art Prescription: As the days warm up, I look for spots under the shade for a respite from the sun.
Watercolor 8 1/2 x 11
Just trying too hard
Uses so much energy
Life is about flow.
Art Prescription: Seems this lesson has presented itself multiple times for me this week.
8 1/2 x 11 Watercolor with pen and ink and colored pencil:
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