Light spring breeze rustles
New greenery waves, frolics
Columbine blooms nod.
Art Prescription: “My” owl has an owlet…so much to tell!! For now my Columbine blooms pretty!!
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Haiku April 13, 2013 Spring Leaves
Like a champagne burst
Trees have exploded with leaves.
A curtain of green.
Art Prescription: Amazing what a bit of warm weather and some rain does to the forest! In a weeks time things have at least doubled.
Haiku April 11, 2013 Big Fat Orange
Big, round, lush orange
Sits with company, blue bowl.
Dose, vitamin C!
Art Prescription: Sometimes art is right in front of your eyes in the many still-life’s in your home. Colored pencils are wonderfully uncomplicated and portable. You simply draw with them, wet with a brush, and the colors blend and come to life. You can also actually dip the pencil into water to make really vibrant marks. Get some and play…play is good!
Haiku April 10, 2013 Bird Bath
Fresh water they splash
Hop up to nearest branch, preen.
The local bird bath.
Art Prescription: Bird watching is a cure-all. Dress-code not required.
Haiku April 7, 2013 Art Journal
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!
Haiku April 6, 2013 Mason Farm Trees
Cathedral of trees
Arches path, Purple Nettle
Covers ground. Bees buzz!
Art Prescription: At Mason Farm, “My” owl is still sitting in her stag (a “lively” dead tree). She nests in her hole by the creek as the sun crosses during the day. At night she hunts. My imagination thinks this would be a cool start to a nature book….just so magical to see!
Haiku April 1, 2013 Twilight
Twilight, forest wakes
Frogs rib-it, birds lullabye
Owls begin to prowl.
Art Prescription: Watching the sun go down and listening to the night-time creatures awaken is musical!
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.
Haiku March 30, 2013 North Carolina Botanical Gardens
Faint from spring beauty
I grasp to take it all in
This one human life.
Art Prescription: Sometimes nature’s beauty overwhelms me. We hiked our favorite place Mason Farm Biological Preserve, and I went to the North Carolina Botanical Gardens to sketch!!
Haiku March 27, 2013 Sketch 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.
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