Lovely Summer and Solstice to You!

while awaiting my van being serviced

sitting in the grass and sketching

a tiny leafhopper 

hopped on and we had a wee visit

believe it or not

these two sketches are part of the same piece

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Lovly Solstice and Summer to you all!

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Bathing in Lovely Energy

under the full moon

and 

planets

sharing the light

of their spirits

they sit

bathing in the breath of life 

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Ah, it feel so good to paint

after a very long break. 

Looking at this piece, offers me, the actual feeling

as though I were sharing energy with a spirit friend. 

I hope you experience a feel good feeling also from this. 

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Freckles

it is still knit hat weather

17F this morning

ponds had fresh ice on them 

now it is a beautiful sunny day 

and 

the ice is melting away

feels good to sketch and paint

seems I have done so little art this past year

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Lovely Easter to you!

wishing you a lovely Easter Sunday and beyond

some of our first wildflowers

Pasque

so beautiful

they had me on my knees ;-)

!

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Sharing Light

crossing the threshold from winter to spring

they honored the moment by sitting.... 

heart to heart

forehead to forehead

in a silent sharing of energy

Equinox blessings to you! 

(Dragons have my attention these days)

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New Paper

recently Lynne Hoppe shared a watercolor paper

made in Italy

100% cotton

that is new to me

it is Amalfi Amatruda paper

I like it

soft and feels very cottony

took the paint wonderfully

(but roughs up if one needs to erase pencil lines,

so I will attempt to not need to erase ;-))

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(I am not sure what I think of this little landscape)

 a glimpse of how I organized my paint samples

in coin sleeves

so handy

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She paints Her world beautiful ~

she paints her world beautiful

her paintbrush much like a witch's broom

and 

a fairie's wand

breathes magic into the stones 

mushrooms and home of her life

as she births them

with 

color

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A while ago I bought a mini palette from Stephanie Law

I found it hard choosing the 37 colors

finally I took all my colors

made swatches

which I could lay out and ponder which one's I use/like most

(a project I wanted to do for choosing colors for paintings)

 I have since placed these color squares in plastic coin sleeves

blues on one page, browns the next and so on

so nice and orderly ;-)

amazing how even doing these squares satisfied my art craving

the palette is shy of 3" across

tiny 

tiny

tiny

I used it on this painting

and 

I was delighted that it worked quite well

it will be wonderful for hikes and traveling

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Foraging

a peaceful quiet life

~

most years I do a little bear painting

often of a bear

wandering the land

eating flowers

 (because they do eat flowers, so do I)

I think also there is something about:

life in balance in these scenes

because nature seems to know "life in balance" naturally

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wishing you a day that feels 'in balance' 

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