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Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine into trees. ~ John Muir (Father of the National Parks, patron saint of the American wilderness)

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Single digit weather calls for spring blooms to bring in the warmth ☀️ I look forward to lily of the valleys every spring… these popped up end of April/early May🤍
Seed pod studies continuing this morning. When you have little time grab two things, a charcoal pencil and a sketchbook. And just make a line, then another and keep it going for 15 minutes. Today I focused on the shapes with lines and values. It&rsqu
Wild rose hips… I love them in all their thorny glory. Their withered tendrils shaped like the wind just danced with them. Mother nature’s food for the wildlife that lives here. Swipe to see a photo of this coastal plant in its environme
Doodling is thinking. I’ve been wanting to do a colored-filled heart series every time January comes around. So here I’m thinking through the possibilities of painted color fields versus drawing versus collage or all 3 together. These are
Seed pods have such interesting shapes as they twist and turn around their resident branches. Birds flit in and out feeding on the pods as I watch. Sometimes a curious squirrel will come around seeking what is available for food. #happydrawing #botan
Warm up sketches get the creative memory muscles jump started. It gets your eye/hand coordination in tune. These 5 minute drawings are fast fun and very spontaneous. I love the marks, putting them down and leave it, and move to the next area. Very fu
Grab a 4’x3’ sheet of brown Kraft paper and a piece of charcoal and draw, draw, draw!! This was a wonderfully fun slow morning☕️☕️☕️ Happy New Years Eve✨✨✨
Concertina sketchbooks!! I love them for how free you can be to explore ideas. They are perfect for experimenting with materials and marks, textures, colors, composition and layering collage. They fill me up and delight the artist within. . I had eve
My top nine for 2024-2021. This was fun to look back on to see my evolution as an artist. Seeing what was popular versus what I love doing. From pretty skies and landscapes to mixed media and collage work it has definitely been an extraordinary journ
Playing with marks and layering different materials is how I get going. Some days that’s all I’ll do because that’s where discoveries and the magic happens. And who doesn’t like magical moments.✨✨✨ . I adore this time of year.
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