Japanese garment
Kimono means “thing to wear”
Sash tied at the back.
Art Prescription: Fun to learn…colored pencil and pen and ink.
brush painting
Botanical June 25, 2015
My favorite curves
That of plants and blooms galore
Botanical gifts!
Art Prescription: Working off ICAD prompt botanic/organic. Inspired by mixed media with sewing!!
Index card with pen and ink, fabric, and sewing…
Wabi-Sabi June 17, 2015
Ninety-six degrees
At the barn, my horse shimmers
Breathe, wabi-sabi.
Art Prescription: Sumi-ink and chop!
Blueberry and Plum June 13, 2015
Blueberry horses
In a plum colored meadow
Imagination.
Art Prescription: Working off a prompt for an index card a day challenge. Blueberry and plum.
Index card with colored pencil:
Childhood Memory June 8, 2015
Outside my window
At twelve-o-five Kingwood Drive
Stood a cherry tree.
Art Prescription: Funny the memories that pop into your head.
Index card with pen and ink and colored pencil:
Two Mares May 31, 2015
Side by side they share
A flake of freshly baled hay
Sunday at the farm.
Art Prescription: Beautiful morning to be out feeding the herd. It fills my senses. Back to studio to work with Sumi-ink.
Oreo Cow May 12, 2015
Cookie on the farm
She provides the dipping milk
Chocolate and cream.
Art Prescription: Fearrington Village, not far from Chapel Hill, has a herd of these Belted Galloway cows. They also have goats with the same coloring.
8 1/2 x 11 watercolor
Watercolor Trees: Expressive Painting May 3, 2015
Student, you teach me
Trust me to a blank paper
Then your muse responds.
Art Prescription: I taught a great class today at the North Carolina Botanical Gardens. It is a wonderful thing to encourage people to be expressive. To give adults permission to play and respond to the paint and not their brain can be a challenge. It always amazes me to see each person tap into their voice…
Here are my finished demonstration pieces:
Blown trees with sumi-ink and watercolor.
Loose wet into wet watercolor trees.
Backyard May 1, 2015
Squirreling away seed
Little “hands” work to gather
Sunflower seed pet.
Art Prescription: It’s hard to feed the birds and not the squirrels. They are master-minds at breaking bird feeders. So I enjoy watching their acrobatic antics.
8 1/2 x 8 1/2 watercolor and chop that says “hope”
Daybreak March 22, 2015
Birds sing at daybreak
The dark recedes, a new day
Long weekend mornings.
Art Prescription: Waking to my own rhythm is bliss.
Watercolor and pen and ink
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