A reverse image
Bold look in the mirror to
See the real spirit.
Art Prescription: Looking at the truth is hard, and like the eclipse sometimes we block out what is really important. The bright glow that makes your life whole.
Solar Eclipse August 21, 2017
Hot and humid air
Ethereal light, quiet
Moon passes the sun.
Art Prescription: I watched the eclipse out at the farm today. Here we got 93% so there was still a lot of light. It did get dim though and the natural world took notice. I made field notes and then entered my sketches into my journal.
New Stencil August 20, 2017
A romp through Michaels
Got this really cool stencil
To try in journal.
Art Prescription: Art journal. A place to put feelings and color. Miss my Mocha cat!
Spread Hope August 19, 2017
#hope #artprescription
Let’s start a campaign of hope! There is so much good being done, but the news only covers the dark and hopeless.
What do you do within arms-reach? Hope is built one act at a time.
We the blogosphere can spread hope and love. We are artists. It’s what we do.
Color Therapy August 18, 2017
A brief distraction
A moment of peace, prayer
A wish of good-will.
Art Prescription: In these turbulent times my wish for peace and good-will goes out to the many. So many hurt and angry souls. Many of us don’t know where to turn. We can only heal within an arm’s reach.
Colored pencil and watercolor:
Hot August August 17, 2017
Farrier, dentist
And a new horse to the farm
Sweat rolls down my back.
Art Prescription: A wonderfully busy day at Blue Skies today! I drove out early hoping to get their before Bodie, the new horse, arrived on a trailer. It was shaping up to be an exciting morning around the barn. Of course Max, the barn cat, was asleep with his legs dangling in the back room.
Bodie arrived and even with all the activity, he got off the trailer cool, calm, and collected. The fact that horses live in the moment is demonstrated over and over again.
So I thought we all might need an ice-cream cone:
8 1/2 x 11 paper painting with watercolor and pen and ink:
Prickly August 17, 2017
A prickly defense
Mixed messages, confusion
Try a little love.
Art Prescription: Tough times in the US. Beyond the thorny anger is flesh…we are all flesh. Love as far as you can reach.
Canna Lily August 15, 2017
Red Canna Lily
A bold focal point, backyard
To hummer’s delight.
Art Prescription: It’s so amazing to find inspiration in your own back-yard!
Index card with colored pencil:
Bird-house Batch August 14, 2017
Carolina wrens
Are busy at the feeder
With their new fledglings.
Art Prescription: We’ve had blue-birds, chickadees, and wrens nest in our bird house this season. I enjoy the distinctive personality of each bird. Now, after the nesting is done, the families come to the feeder together.
Art journal with hand-made journal background and colored pencil sketch:
Back to School August 13, 2017
Braving the big world
Junior wanders on his own
As elders look on.
Art Prescription: I have lots of friends who are sending their young adults off to college. Not an easy time launching your biddies into the big world. We have to trust that we have instilled in them our good ethics and decision making skills. And somehow when least expected, they will return to say “Thank You.”
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