Meditational
A needle, thread, slow stitching
Embroidery rose.
Art Prescription: Today while it was cool and rainy, I stitched the rose.
I’m putting together a kit idea. A kit would come with everything to stitch this mini piece of art.
It could be framed or made into a pin-cushion or lavender sachet.
I did not go mad
Gathering moss, the blue shade
Of the tall bamboo.
Art Prescription: Look for what is good and soothing and calm…
Index card with watercolor, collaged quote, and chop that says “hope”
The closing walls and
The ticking clocks gonna come
Back and take you home.
–Cold Play
Index card with collage and watercolor:
News takes breath away
Wide awake at four a. m.
Life is so fragile.
Art Prescription: Live in the moment of each day.
8 x 11 watercolor
Dried by sun and breeze
Clothes and towels hang on line
Load of fresh laundry.
Art Prescription: My grandmother’s towels smelled like fresh air and sunshine. I can see her right now with an apron on, clothespins in the pocket, reaching up to the clothesline to hang a fresh load of laundry.
8 1/2 x 11 mixed media sketch
Old fashion lilac
Delicate pearly purple
Scents up whole garden.
Art Prescription: Reminds me of my grandmother’s garden.
Index card with watercolor and my chop that says “hope”
Bullfrogs croak, fish swirl
Great blue heron struts the shore
Water reflects sky.
Art Prescription: I spent my afternoon gathering supplies for art journaling kits. I love my art journal…a place to play with mixed media, a place to experience art versus “making” art. Creativity is so important to a balanced life. I’ve listed a few of my kits in my Etsy shop. Take a look and be inspired! I’d love to see what you do!
Here is my journal for today. I collaged vintage papers all over page. Then I sketched some pansies from my garden onto the page and colored them with a light wash of watercolor.
Cuddle, laugh, repeat
Go on long hikes in the woods
Make morning coffee.
Art Prescription: Love is simple…love is kind…
Art journal 8 x 8 with watercolor and collage:
Suddenly it’s spring
A shift in the wind, a tease
Winter is not done.
Art Prescription: Very spring-like day here in North Carolina. I have a feeling that winter has another round of frigid. Right now…I turned my AC on…in February?
Index card with pen and ink and colored pencil:
It won’t be long now
Before drapes of purple blooms
Curtain the roadside.
Art Prescription: I know he saw his shadow…but one can wish.
Watercolor work in progress…
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