Carolina wrens
Shoot, swoop into my garage
Blue birds are housing.
There is a lot going on right in my backyard! I love to sit out on my tiny stool and just take it all in.
Backyard Sketching
sketchbook
Spring Like
It’s spring-like weather
Flocks of birds sing high in pines
Nature marches on.
Sketchbook
I’ll take a lake at dawn, silent and sleeping but for you, a mug in your hand.
Hiked Tobacco Trail. Bird watching and sketching.
Woodland Walk
Winter woodland walk
Her dog barked, bounded forward
Catch up with a friend.
Art Prescription: After tending to Finn, I went to walk with a friend along her woodland path.
Content
Cozy purr buddy
Contentment at my bedtime
Keeps me company.
Art Prescription: Anyone with a fur baby knows the satisfaction of having them by your side.
Simple pleasures.
Pen and ink sketch:
Day Hike
A drive, rural roads
Barns and pastures, fall color
Woodland hike to damn.
Art Prescription: We set out this morning on a day hike. Just a 50 minute drive outside of Chapel Hill and you land in Alamance County, Saxipahaw, and great hiking!
Yes, we did pass the brewery going and coming home. Next time maybe we will have a cold brew!
This park appeals to a lot of people: hikers, disc golf enthusiast, historians, and equestrians.
We stopped to rest at the damn. Diva got to stretch and I got to sketch.
Blur Between Lines
Like summer to fall
There is a blur between lines
Where it’s not either.
Art Prescription: Looking so forward to heading out to ride Finn in a sweatshirt! But hold on cowgirl, not yet, it’s still in the 90’s.
Maybe this is a good life lesson. Things are not always all or none, but somewhere in the middle.
I started this very loose watercolor and may add much or a little detail. Depends on the blur of my mood.
Sketchbook April 10, 2017
Just sit and listen
And you will hear the world move
Forward with spirit.
Art Prescription: Sketching in backyard:
Favorite Things March 24, 2017
Nestled in the leaves
One stem at a time, then bloom
Fiddleheads salute.
Art Prescription: With my sketchbook and a box of colored pencils, I headed off to the North Carolina Botanical Garden in search of the ephemeral wildflowers.
Art Journal with pen and ink and colored pencil:
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:
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