A sunflower park
Five acres with goldfinches
View city skyline.
Art Prescription: Today we drove over to Raleigh to the Dorothea Dix Park.
Once a huge mental hospital facility, the city has turned some of the green space into a park.
One attraction is five acres of sunflowers!
Lots of birds and bees.
Watercolor:
A random art drop
Tiny affirmations hang
Twirl in the soft breeze
Art Prescription: So even though I have lots of projects, I found myself waffling around this afternoon without focus.
Time for an Art Drop!
I made some index card art with old card catalog pieces:
Then went on a walk-about to hang them in various places.
At one point a dragonfly landed right on the card!
Eighty-four degrees
July, you speak now of fall
Yet, flowers do bloom.
Art Prescription: A tiny break in the weather reminds me that change is coming.
Tiny art journal with watercolor:
Warm and humid air
Gives way to a front, cool air
And it feels like fall.
Art Prescription: So many days of 90 plus temperatures, so this cold front that came in is a hint of fall.
I’m still working on this graphite drawing. So difficult to get it right!
Heat index one-ten
Sweat rolls down my face and back
Potted flowers wilt.
Art Prescription: Keeping flowers alive and well through a heat wave is a challenge,
Art Journal:
Caught, sudden downpour
Deep in the woods in the rain
Steam rises from ground.
Art Prescription: When Sam And I started off this morning to go see Finn the Mercury was rising quickly.
A quick groom and walk and I was dripping.
Off to the Hillsborough River Walk we went.
We traded sweat for rain!
Home to work in my 36 x 36 painting:
What does it need?
Slink past your legs, purr
Beg for food and lots of pets
Think they own the bed.
Art Prescription: Ode to the house cat…
Sketchbook:
So, as you have seen, I’m trying to draw horses. My goal is to capture minimal lines that say a lot about horse movement.
They flit, fly, and crawl
Bite, sting, burrow, draw fresh blood
The summertime bugs!
Art Prescription: So while probably texting, deep admission, I looked down and found my pink clogs, without socks, covered in fire-ants. Holy Batman watch where you walk!
Three days later I’m still applying cortisone cream.
I’m really interested in capturing the essence of horses for my big, 36 x 36, painting.
With a heat index of 104, I ventured out to farm to field-sketch, literally.
Graphite on paper:
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