The Queen spreads her seed
Across hill and dale she reigns
With a crown of thorns.
Art Prescription: My Queen Anne’s Lace has gone to seed…fascinating. Ever look this close? I used my 10x magnifying glass.
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Art Tools June 13, 2014
Bouquet of pencils
Fresh sharp points for delicate
An eye for details.
Art Prescription: As I survey my blooming garden, I’m amazed at nature’s patterns and details. Time to sharpen my colored pencils for some field sketching!!
Field Sketching April 3, 2014
Blue barn on the hill
Watches over the horses
Redbuds bloom purple.
Art Prescription: I spent the whole day field sketching! Started at the NC Botanical Gardens and then to Blue Skies Farm in the afternoon. Bliss!
Spring Fireworks March 31, 2014
Bright yellow fireworks
Dot the edge of the forest
Spring celebration!
March Lion March 17, 2014
March lion spits ice
Daffodils hang their heads low
With disappointment.
Art Prescription: Seems March’s lion is having a final roar!! Snow and sleet. And still I walk and look at what nature has to offer. Nodding daffodils…
Haiku September 2, 2013 Sounds of Home
Hum of the dryer
Washer gyrates clothes, morning
Cats stretched-out in sun.
Art Prescription: Sounds of a home…daily chores…gratitude.
Haiku September 1, 2013 Art Gift
Garden art fairy
Sketches and paints for shear bliss
A gift to stranger.
Art Prescription: I went to the North Carolina Botanical Gardens today to field sketch. Using pen and ink and watercolor pencils, I worked on 3 x 5 index cards. And as I finished one I gave it to the first person who came by.
Haiku July 5, 2013 Sexy Nature
Virginia creeps
Wraps her young tendrils around
Lazy summer stretch.
Art Prescription: Go out into the garden and see what story is waiting for you there.
Haiku March 31, 2013 Trout-lily
If Trout-lilys played
A musical instrument.
They’d be violins.
Art Prescription: One of the main reasons I like sketching live is to feel the personality of a plant. As a certified botanical illustrator, we were taught to tell the plant’s story. Get your sketchbook and go out and draw…think you can’t draw? Just let your hand follow your eye. Get your brain, and what you think you see out of the way….just follow the contours of the subject.
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