Recipe for joy
Take paper, color, and line
Mix, add spice. Enjoy!
Art Prescription: Spent time in my studio art journaling, and in the woods nature sketching. Sweet!! Sat in one place and sketched about four different wildflowers (stay tuned). In the studio I worked on a piece inspired by 21 Secrets, an art journaling workshop I’m participating in…this was fun!
A pen and paper
Expressive sketch, just capture
The essence of cat.
Art Prescription: Part of the Art Prescription philosophy is to encourage creativity any where, any time. Nothing has to be perfect, just play and have fun.
Freshly laid hen eggs
A box of pastel colors
From my friends backyard!
Art Prescription: A friend gave me a dozen eggs fresh from her hens. They are so pretty! This is just a very quick watercolor sketch…would love to spend some time capturing these pearly gems!
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!
Where ever you go
There you most certainly are
Key is to fit in.
Art Prescription: I guess the theme this week is uniqueness. A key to life, however, seems to be to be able to fit in where you are. To blend, be a good listener, and hope people around you feel heard, acknowledged, and at ease.
Big, fluffy snowflakes
Drift down like a heavy rain
Each design unique!
Art Prescription: The natural world reminds me often that we are all unique! There is not another person or thing like us, which is what makes our individuality extra special!!
Capture pure essence
With a simple line, gesture
Sketch a piece of life.
Art Prescription: I love drawing quick pen and ink sketches of my cats! Keep a sketchbook handy and try capturing some moments of your day…a piece of fruit, a pet, birds at feeder, just keep your hand moving across the page! You can capture a lot with a few lines!
Below the surface
Spring networks, organizes
New cotyledons!
Art Prescriptions: A cotyledon is the first leaves of a seedling…first up for many spring wildflowers. While working on a multi-layered painting, I did a pen and ink doodle and colored it in.
A place of your own
Space to spread your wings and fly
Private universe!
Art Prescription: As much as we humans need relationships, social media, love, and companionship, we also need space and time to be quite with ourselves.
“The artist only needs the willingness to paint.”
“There’s always a clean white canvas.”
Taught an Art Prescription Workshop today with friends. My goal in mentoring is to help the individual bring out their artistic voice. To move away from expectations and to respond to what happens in the moment that paint and brush come together.
One man’s junk is another’s treasure…look at this fantastic ink work! I then colored it in…
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