It’s rodeo day

Obstacle course, barrel race

Dust rises with hooves.

Art Prescription: What fun to do rodeo games. I rode Carson, since my horse Finn has a sore back.

Carson did great! What a good boy!

Home to ponder on my embroidery idea. Tried stitching various bases. Watercolor paper too hard, index card works but buckles, tissue paper too soft.

Ended up with a couple of embroidered leaves into my tiny journal…

Ahhhh…. just right:

That looks so easy

Why I could do that myself

Just need the supplies.

Art Prescription: So I set out today to get some embroidery needles. A friend of mine found some hoops and floss at a thrift shop and bought them for me.

I’ve been thinking I would create some embroidery kits with my watercolor designs.

Every art form takes skill! I fought with tangled floss, my knots went through the fabric, my needle became unthreaded, and after an hour here is my tiny improvisational embroidery. It was kind- of fun!

Kits?

Started with a brush

Then added colored pencil

Finally black ink.

Art Prescription: Yesterday I snipped a few flowers for my class. I was teaching simple brush painted flowers.

This evening while sitting on my back porch listening to the birds, I added some colored pencil and pen and ink.

Cool early morning

Breeze rattles Columbine, Phlox

Nature’s color-wheel.

Art Prescription: I had a lovely group this morning in my brush painting class at the North Carolina Botanical Garden.

We practiced painting flower forms, capturing the essence of each flower. I will go back into these pages to add detail or repurpose them into journals!

I came home inspired!

I’m experimenting with different techniques of print making using natural objects.

Cheers,

Bev

Waiting in the brown

Spring comes on like a gallop

Over buttercups!

Art Prescription: Watercolor sketch:

Did a lesson with Zoe today. She knows horses! Here she is riding Jaeger!

Backyard comes to life

Big pink azaleas bloom

Wear spring apparel.

art Prescription: How much trendier can you get? Pink Azaleas are sporting the most recent, to die for color!

Meanwhile I’m working on more journals.

Morning shadows, leaves

The trees are full now with green

And spring marches on.

Art Prescription:

The smell of fresh grass

Lingers soft between rainstorms

Bees rest under leaves.

Art Prescription: April is living up to her name. Rain is soaking all the new spring growth.

The pasture is full of bright yellow buttercups that glow even on a rainy day.

I’m still entranced with making mini-journals:

Little Birdie Journal 10 pages: