Wednesday, January 7, 2015

Nature Journal and Art Notebook

Therapy comes in many ways.  For me, this is mine right now.  Dark days lend themselves to dark thoughts, but with this, everything is a little less dark.  For Christmas, I got an incredible huge set of watercolor pencils that I have played with hours each day.

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I also got a new multi-media notebook.  One that can handle water better than the regular sketchbooks I normally get.  I couldn’t be happier with it! 

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I can get tons of color on the page and it doesn’t bleed into the next pages of the notebook.  Magic, I tell you!

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The sky and the trees have been my muse lately.  A clear winter day is a whole different creature than a clear summer day.  The wind is cutting and the sky is so clear you can see both mountain ranges that are usually obscured by clouds or fog or pollen (in the spring, you really cant see through the pollen.  We live in a very fertile space.).   The sky was so clear for the transition from 2014 to 2015 that the cutting 22* weather was worth the view (from a car with heated seats, of course).  Not enough words to describe how incredible I find the simple lines and yet complicated textures of our world.

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A few other artsy moments from this last couple weeks:

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And my one actual nature journal entry:

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We saw this incredible duck in a pond as we drove to the dog park.  I glanced over at a huge pond and in a pond filled with mallards and dully colored female ducks was this striking black and white guy.  In his full tailed tuxedo, this gentleman watched over his flock.  I was struck as I drove by, and although I wasn’t able to sit there and watch him, I got a good enough look to draw him later that afternoon.  What a beautiful creature!

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Friday, January 2, 2015

Happy New Year!!

My nature notebook has turned into an art notebook.  I turn to it all the time.  It is a confidant that knows my deepest thoughts, and also somewhere that I share my new techniques and newest artsy toys (like a pen that holds water for my watercolors!).  It’s become therapy of sorts.  Where I am able to focus my energy onto something fruitful during the darkest moments of the year.  I am very grateful for this outlet. 

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My art for tonight focused on everything that has happened this year and all of the dreams for the New Year.  A lot is happening this year!  2015 is filled with promise. 

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Our New Year’s celebration was simple.  Smores, apple cider, fire side board games and a movie.  We toasted with the East Coast live at 9pm and then everyone went to bed. 

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Don had to work a double shift, so I didn’t get to see him until the next morning:

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The first day of this New Year was a vision of this year… sunlight coming through the windows and setting the tone for the day, and for the year.  Lets hope it’s a really good one for all!

Happy New Year, all!

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