High above cactus

Ravens call and lizards slip

Across craggy rocks.

Art Prescription: I added more to my southwest scene. Is she done?

Spring, you are a tease

Thirty-three degrees, really

Had to get my coat.

Art Prescription: And had to get my hat! Brrrrrr…

Birds carry on and blooms, bloom.

For some reason I started this loose illusion of a desert.

Having a bit of fun with paint swatches. Here I’ve mixed color for another project on an index card:

Quite playfully I started imagining cats in the shapes.

In expanse of browns

Bright green young leaves glow in the

End of a March sun.

Art Prescription:

Watercolor on index card:

Howdy! Hope you are having a nice Saturday.

I really liked the recent watercolor I did of birch trees, so I decided today to start a similar painting with acrylic.

I’m a watercolorist at heart, and sometimes like to branch out.

Here’s my background and sketch with paint. Many layers to go… hope you will follow along.

Wilted in the rain

The bud gave up hope for sun

Until a March day!

Art Prescription: What if nature gave up in the bleak of winter?

Oh the power of hope and joy!!

Get busy living! Get out in the sun!

Watercolor sketch on a green index card:

Solace in the woods

Time fades as you gaze into

Life all around now.

Art Prescription: Woods sketching ephemeral wildflowers!

Pen and ink and watercolor wash:

Six by thirty-two

A tall order of birch trees

For lodge decorum.

Art Prescription: This was fun to paint! An unusual size forced me to consider composition and scale.

Rise up beside fence

Purple Nettle, field pansies

Color the pasture.

Art Prescription: How did I ever see these as weeds? They are magnificent!

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