Best on cloudy day

Saturated fall color

Seems to come alive.

Art Prescription: Driving to farm the trees seemed to be glowing.

Watercolor:

Ripe on the grapevine

Sun and soil create the wine

Perfect Cabernet.

Art Prescription: A bit of a stressful day. Nice to sit on porch and play with watercolor pencils on index card.

Fall color parade

Tree show before taking rest

A woodland wonder.

Art Prescription: I taught a class on watercolor leaves at the NC Botanical Garden yesterday. Such fun!

Sam and I collected leaves in the garden before the class. Learned some new trees.

Here’s my demo sheet:

When barns are haunted

And pumpkins wait to be carved

Spirits roam freely.

Art Prescription: What a lot of work to throw an awesome party!!

My good friends went all out at their barn.

All along the path

Trees drop their precious leaves

I return to school.

Art Prescription: Such a simple exercise, and then I realize I’m not sure which leaf belongs to which tree.

Time to study.

I labeled my guesses. Any right answers?

Fall Chrysanthemums

Dressed in warm shades of yellow

Return to my yard.

Art Prescription: I’ve been watching these buds and wondering what color they will bloom. Yellow!

Adds a bright spot to my yard.

Pen and ink with watercolor:

Your bright white sepals

Salt North Carolina Woods

And now red berries.

Art Prescription: Our state flower, the Dogwood.

iPhoto:

Footsteps on Orange

A path that follows a pond

Final wildflowers.

Art Prescription: We hiked Brumley Forest today. What a treat!

Found ourselves on a pond with a birding blind.

Mixed-media painting: