Out the door, yoga

Corner of my eye spots wings

Of new butterflies.

Art Prescription: Three of my four chrysalises opened to butterflies this morning. This process has me mesmerized.

Pass by dairy farm

Cows graze on rolling green hills

Stand and stare at me.

Art Prescription: what are they thinking? Sweet faces all in a row.

Watercolor with pencil, ink, watercolor pencil:

Searching for true life

Leaves begin to float in air

Life cycle goes on.

Art Prescription: Still hot, but the hope of fall and cooler weather is in the air.

Art journal:

Front porch roses sketch

Thunder storms move in from west

Adirondack chairs.

Art Prescription: Lovely day, hiked Mason Farm this morning. Quiet, except for the cicadas and mosquitos!!

Home to sit on our front porch.

Watercolor pencil sketch then brushed with a water-brush! Fun!

Signs of fall are here

Seed pods, rose hips, faded blooms

We move, new season.

Art Prescription: On my afternoon walk I set out to find signs of fall. I did not have to go far. I find much beauty in the curled, dried leaves and petals. Their work is done and now they can rest.

Nature Collage:

Scrap Exchange treasures

A place to find what you need

Inspiration hunt.

Art Prescription: The Scrap Exchange in Durham, NC is a warehouse full of everything you can imagine. Art and sewing supplies galore, wood working, leather, old windows, reams of fabric… the list goes on.

It’s a fun place to browse with no agenda. Today I found a set of Chinese porcelain painting bowls!

Lots of other goodies:

Colored index card with card catalog, stamps, papers, colored pencil:

Wisdom comes with years

Life brings many chances to

Soar above challenge.

Art journal with acrylic and pen and ink:

Humming birds buzz by

Over red Cardinal blooms

Strength for their travel.

Art Prescription: I went to the NC Botanical Garden to sketch this afternoon. The garden is lush with growth.

Settled on a stand of Cardinal Flowers where the hummingbirds were feeding.

Pen and ink sketch:

And then I added some watercolor:

Makes me so happy!

Cheers,

Bev

Flowers have the urge

To bloom forth and see the light

And beauty evolves.

Art Prescription: index card with watercolor

Flit, flitter, and dip

Iridescent, glassy wings

The dragon of flies.

Art Prescription: this time of year dragon flies are plentiful. If you sit and watch them they give quite the show of flight tactics. They eat mosquitos!

Art journal sketch w color: