Forest Lad

 

Immersed in the forest

he knelt to visit with the boletes

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I was so immersed in this painting that I forgot I was doing a lesson

and

didn't follow the lesson. 

Makes me smile, as I love getting immersed in basically anything!

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Forest Mushroom

 Inspired by a wee woodland mushroom. 

 

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Sanctuary

sanctuary

beneath

a hearty mushroom

resting

yet alert

to all life

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in progress

step by step 

it came to life

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lovely weekend to you!

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Fungi Fantasy Landscape

it is so nice

how i can count on

a 

fantasy fungi drawing/painting

to be enjoyable

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I have put hours of time into the following piece:

 

I can't find my way to the end of it. 

There is (imitation) gold leaf, texture, layers of shading, work on details in hair and background.

She was enjoyable, but.....

does that ever happen to you? 

in anything you do?

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A Celebration of Mushrooms

a 

celebration of mushrooms

even though it is like this:

I did find one mushroom growng the other day

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Fungi Clan

art meditation

just being with each piece

until

it is complete

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Two

they share one heart

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I always enjoy when I see things in pairs in nature

 

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Boletus

honoring the bolete

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Sentries

they stood true
her sentries
among the wild weaving weedy seeds
 her protectors
fungi who are from the underworld
and the heavens
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snow has arrived

days are cold

nights even colder

pretty sure this snow is here for the season

so pretty under the light of the big moon

 at night

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Fantasy Fungi

so fun to do another fantasy mushroom piece

autumn is the big season for fungi

but so far not many spotted 

it was a drought summer

we have gotten a bit of rain

so they might appear yet

another piece for InkTober:

Scribble Picnic: Watch Out!

it's that time of year

whether 

autumn or spring

rains inspire the fungi 

to rise through the earth

(or this one from dead wood)

 

offering treasures for us to find

so Watch Out

don't step on them

delight in their fairy like character

they come in so many shapes, sizes and colors!

Visit Scribble Picnic to enjoy 

other's art for:

Watch Out!

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Fungi Kin

I really enjoy making these fantasy landscapes

loosely based on fungi that I have photographed

so often mushrooms, lichen and mosses

feel like a magical realm

yet it is our realm

we live in a magical kingdom

 

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Sylvan Fantasy

summer grass is turning golden

fruits ripen every where I look

we are entering the serious harvest season

two days ago

I noticed the days light is getting shorter

it feels good to sit down

sketch

and paint

another fungi floral fantasy piece

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I hope you are enjoying your season

be it summer or winter 

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Sylvan Charm

a wee glimpse

into 

the intimate world

of 

fungi

and 

flora

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Scribble Picnic: Rabbit

his heart told him

to wait

and 

trust 

that soon the rabbit 

would nibble the carrot

and

they would be fast friends

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Sharing with my art friends at Scribble Picnic

 

Michael's theme: Rabbit

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AC: Tropics

in the midst of winter

she dreamed of drumming

to the rhythms of the tropics

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first came the ink drawing:

dear Ariane. Rose

is our host this week for Art Challenge

her theme: Tropics

visit her blog to enjoy posts inspired by Tropic

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Fungi

this autumn it has rained

and 

poured

and sprinked

at the moment it is pouring rain!

such a great environment for mushrooms to fruit up 

through the crust of our earth

I adore finding them, seeing them, learning about them

and 

lately drawing and painting them

tonight it will freeze and that will stop most mushrooms from popping up. 

Mushroom season is coming to an end. 

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I hope you enjoy my little mushrooms

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Art Challenge: Winter Salon

deep in a California forest

land of moss and rain

there was a winter party going on

the fungi gathered 

to dance and chatter

one of them said: can you imagine living in a Montana forest

earth frozen and cloaked in snow

we could not fruit until spring

all the more reason to gather and celebrate life

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winter Salon is our theme this week

offered by our lovely friend Stefanie

I did not know what it meant

I think it is a lovely idea to gather, visit, share and ponder

with one another

Thank you for being our host Stefanie!

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Whimsical Lucy

Lucy is staying with me for a few days

it has been grand wandering with her

we both like to explore who has passed by

i wish i knew what her nose knows!

she is much more regal than my sketch shows

we found our first mushrooms of the year

a true sign of spring

 

Lovely Weekend to you! 

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Good Morning

greeting a new day

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earlier this year, you might remember I created two gnome paintings (see below)

a friend asked if the gnome would be out from under the mushroom soon?

I said I wasn't sure.

he made a suggestion:

He is standing, his back to the viewer in a field of mushrooms, watching a sunrise

I took his suggestion

here are the two previous gnome paintings:

thanks for the inspiration Larry!

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