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Journal 11.14.17 words from Wendell Berry's poem A Poem of Hope, image from one of my hikes in the mountains of North Carolina.
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In my bird book: the Northern Cardinal. Male and female here. I think because most people notice the cardinal's startling red against the white of winter that it has come to symbolize a call to energy when we are feeling low. The female also has a song an
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I've been working on an abstracted painting inspired by the Northern Flicker and feeling stumped. Then yesterday a Northern Flicker was hanging out in my backyard!! I've never seen one before. Decided to paint him in my bird book and do a little bird rese
The Laughing Gull. Always thought this black capped gull was different from the gray and white gulls....turns out they're the same, the black cap is the summer uniform of this breeding adult #gouache #bird #birdnotes #gull #visualjournal #journal #fieldn
In my plant journal: sunflower, Helianthus. Always seeking the light.
American Goldfinch study in my bird book while the kids have their piano lesson. Apparently this bird appears often in Renaissance paintings. Internet is spotty here, looking forward to learning more.
Learned more about that little crab I almost stepped on yesterday.
American Crow. In my bird book. I know crows are everywhere but I always link them to my life in Seattle.
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Today's plant: Rudbeckia, "Rudbeckia hirta", Black eyed Susan, considered the quintessential American flower. An abundance of these growing in a rangeland indicates good health. A good word to associate with this sunny flower is "determination" and "encou
Started working in a book that will house drawings, paintings of plant life and my notes about said plant- history, old medicinal uses folklore, symbolism, and interesting facts. For example corms of the Jack in the Pulpit sense their environmental condit
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Sending this note to a person dear to me. "So great is the power of honest simplicity" and "life preserve"
After just one day with Shannon, I started to think about the handling of certain materials in a different way. I brought one of my books to work in separately from our other activities.
Aftermath of breakfast. Day 17 of #30drawingdays #drawing #sketch #journal
Yesterday's quick pen sketch. Day 26 of #30drawingdays #drawing #dailydrawing #sketch
Day 25 of #30drawingdays. View from the top of 1,000 Steps Trail near Huntingdon, PA. Beautiful mountains and lovely valleys. #landscape #dailydrawing #drawing #coloredpencils #sketch #artjournal
Day 13 and Day 14 of #30drawingdays in my journal. Added a filter only to blur the writing a bit. I missed yesterday, but no matter. Caught up now.
Pretty please, with a cherry on top? Day 8 of #30drawingdays. #coloredpencils #prismacolorpencil #drawing #cherry #fooddrawing #artjournal
Yesterday's #dailydrawing of my dog. Day 11 of #30drawingdays. #sketch #drawing #pencil #artjournal #petportrait
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Day 6 of #30drawingdays Colored pencil drawing of a cabbage leaf. #drawing #sketch #cabbage #fooddrawing #coloredpencils
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From my journal. Writing out my vision for 2014. #artjournal #visualjournal #mixedmedia
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A journal entry from earlier this year. Plant drawings by Danny Mansmith. #journals #visualjournaling #artjournal
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