Howdy! I missed posting yesterday because I worked an hour on an improvisational embroidery and didn’t have much to show!

Okay, so this evening after a long day with the horses, I went back into this sweet little blue-bird.

A new horse arrived at farm today!

Jaeger, Space, And Bodee are the welcome committee!

Around each corner

Sweet wafts of flowers scent air

Visual delight.

Art Prescription: I enjoyed a full studio day yesterday. Doors open, slight breeze, garden alive with birds and bees.

On a roll I listed 7 new watercolors in my Etsy shop! Wondering which ones you like for cards?

Daily now I hear

The sound of mower engines

Smell of fresh cut grass.

Art Prescription: Suddenly the grass grows inches per day! Every day a different neighbor is mowing. And Edging. And leaf blowing! Hope they wear ear protection!

Here’s my demo brush painting from my class at NC Botanical Garden last Saturday. I worked on it to pull it into unity. Does it work?

It’s rodeo day

Obstacle course, barrel race

Dust rises with hooves.

Art Prescription: What fun to do rodeo games. I rode Carson, since my horse Finn has a sore back.

Carson did great! What a good boy!

Home to ponder on my embroidery idea. Tried stitching various bases. Watercolor paper too hard, index card works but buckles, tissue paper too soft.

Ended up with a couple of embroidered leaves into my tiny journal…

Ahhhh…. just right:

That looks so easy

Why I could do that myself

Just need the supplies.

Art Prescription: So I set out today to get some embroidery needles. A friend of mine found some hoops and floss at a thrift shop and bought them for me.

I’ve been thinking I would create some embroidery kits with my watercolor designs.

Every art form takes skill! I fought with tangled floss, my knots went through the fabric, my needle became unthreaded, and after an hour here is my tiny improvisational embroidery. It was kind- of fun!

Kits?

Started with a brush

Then added colored pencil

Finally black ink.

Art Prescription: Yesterday I snipped a few flowers for my class. I was teaching simple brush painted flowers.

This evening while sitting on my back porch listening to the birds, I added some colored pencil and pen and ink.

Cool early morning

Breeze rattles Columbine, Phlox

Nature’s color-wheel.

Art Prescription: I had a lovely group this morning in my brush painting class at the North Carolina Botanical Garden.

We practiced painting flower forms, capturing the essence of each flower. I will go back into these pages to add detail or repurpose them into journals!

I came home inspired!

I’m experimenting with different techniques of print making using natural objects.

Cheers,

Bev

Waiting in the brown

Spring comes on like a gallop

Over buttercups!

Art Prescription: Watercolor sketch: