Nature Journaling at Nolde Forest EE Center
Ancient Greek Philosophers thought that quartz was "Petrified Ice".
Children's art: Quartz Crystals.
Sparkles by Stickles
Wednesday, January 3, 2018
Hog Island: Tidal Pool Exploration
Nature Journaling at Audubon Camp on Hog Island, Maine. June 2017 Watercolors in Strathmore 500 Series Mixed Media Journal.
Horseshoe Crabs are arthropods!
Seaweed or common Atlantic Rockweed is a brown algae.
Campers enjoy a session of making watercolor sketches of specimens brought back from tidal pool explorations.
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Tuesday, January 2, 2018
A Journaling Journey to Audubon Camp, Hog Island, Maine
Nature Journaling at Audubon Camp, Hog Island, Maine.
Hog Island: Loon met on a sunset cruise
Hog Island, Maine
Audubon Camp
Nature Journaling
June 2017
Saw a Loon during a sunset cruise around Hog Island.
Loony close up!
Watercolor in Strathmore 500 Series Mixed Media Journal.
Hog Island, Maine info at
http://hogisland.audubon.org/
or click on the sunset!
Sunday, December 31, 2017
Friday, December 29, 2017
Art and Oatmeal: A Friend's Freesia
Sketching in the kitchen with Kay. She had a lovely Freesia! Watercolors in a Strathmore 500 Series Mixed Media Journal.
During Art and Oatmeal the next day, I decided I wanted to sketch the Freesia again trying a different color and composition.
I thought I wanted lighter pink flowers but in the end, I liked the original darker purple flowers better! I painted fewer leaves in this version, and I like the "airier" feel to the composition. So it's the flowers from the first picture and the leaves from the second one! Always find something you love about your art, even if it is just one square inch!
Speaking of one square inch, there was an oops - a dark green blob. And in the spirit of Carolyn Dube, I took it as an "Outstanding Opportunity Presenting Suddenly" to add a lively insect to the sketch.
Friday, December 22, 2017
A Disaster turned into "A Summer Garden Journal Page"
juillet 2017 jardin
I was just happily engaged with gesso and acrylics and other art supplies too numerous to even remember, when I decided to dry the page with a heat tool.....
... everything started to crack and buckle and peel off. You can just see a touch of it in the page gutter.
I didn't take any pictures at the time... I was too busy trying to figure out what to do to save the page!
I scraped and painted and scraped and tried more paint and just kept going until eventually things started to stick to the page.
There's still a few spots that want to peel away... but I am happy with the quality of the black ink lines!
Gesso, acrylic paint, and "too many different products that probably shouldn't be used together" in my Strathmore 500 Series Mixed Media Journal.
Thursday, December 21, 2017
A Winter's Night Blessing
Blessed be the rays of the shortest days
of the coldest time of the year,
When in days of old, great fires leapt
to allay the people's fear
That the sun would traverse afar
Never again to be near.
As they danced away the longest night,
And drank great draughts of beer,
Their voices rang through out the land
With this ancient cheer...
"Come back, Sun, come back!"
Tuesday, December 19, 2017
Art Journal Flip #9
Narrated art journal flip through my Strathmore 500 Series Mixed Media Journal #9.
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