Fall in the garden
Hummers dip among last blooms
Purple wildflowers.
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En Plein Air
en plein air
En Plein Air
This morning I headed out to the barn to sketch en plein Air!
I set up in the shade. Horses are difficult to draw. Lots of proportions and shading to get right.
When sketching, I’m mostly interested in capturing a gesture.
I worked with oil pastels and sumi ink:
Home Sweet Home
Hi guys!!
I’m home from the beach and our house had spotty reception. Not a bad thing for vacation I suppose.
I did post daily on Instagram.
This morning I did a grandson and grandmother (social distancing) art class in my backyard. What fun!
Hope you all are staying healthy and creative as our changed world moves forward.
Cheers,
Bev
Everything I Need
Just outside my door
Is everything I need
Backyard paradise.
Art Prescription: I know some of you have really suffered with Covid. I feel so fortunate to be such a home-body.
En Plein Air watercolor: Bee Balm:
Time for Class August 26, 2016
Adult coloring
A garden on paper for
Colored pencil fun.
Art Prescription: Tomorrow I’m teaching an adult coloring class at the NC Botanical Garden. “Teaching” coloring doesn’t really represent what I do. What I will really be doing is giving adults permission to play. To allow themselves the freedom to put color to paper while their blood pressure, heart rate, and breathing all slow down to a meditative state.
Here is my colored version of the pen and ink:
Still Life January 14, 2016
A huddle of leaves
A January still life
Together we fall.
Art Prescription: Perfect temperature for a nature walk. Lots of birds singing, robins, nuthatches, cedar waxwings, chickadees, cardinals. I was looking to see what might be coming out of the ground, but instead found this bunch of leaves an interesting subject.
Pen and Ink Sketch en plein air in my art journal and colored pencil once home:
Pregnant with Possibility August 26, 2013
He holds her steady
She carries eight months in front
Soon will be strolling!
Art Prescription: Ah, the life cycle…went to the North Carolina Botanical Gardens today to sketch. This time of year the flowers are starting to go to seed, preparation for a new spring, new plants. The shapes and textures of pods are interesting. At some point I shall do a study of pods. For now the flowers are still in bloom, and the butterflies, moths, and hummingbirds are abundant…heaven.
Haiku July 14, 2013 Sunday Worship
Sunday worship time
All rise for the choir to sing
July’s symphony!!
Art Prescription: Painted en plein air today on Yes canvas. Different from my usual paper. Not finished…maybe tomorrow. Isn’t my studio cute!!!
Haiku May 4, 2013 Spring Trees
Wind rolls through the trees
Branches wave about with grace
Leaves whisper and stir.
Art Prescription: Spent much of my day at Mason Farm Biological Preserve! Heard “my” owls, but they were hiding. The beautiful lush green trees are like emeralds in the sky.
Haiku February 25, 2013 Watercolor Pencils
Colored sketchbook fun
Watercolor pencils, draw
Then paint with water!!
Art Prescription: Watercolor pencils are a great tool for sketch-booking outside. Simply take your pencils and sketchbook, draw and color en plein air. Then back in the studio add water for a surprise mixing of color. Sketchbook graffiti!
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