Last Inktober piece

 

 

On Samhain he stepped into the woods to visit the tall cup fungi. 

Low and behold, a tiny fairy was there, tossing spores into the air.
 

 

 

 

It was fun to let Inktober inspire art.

I hope I am in a rhythm now and will continue creating. 

 

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I hope you all enjoyed Halloween 

and 

are embracing the shorter days 

colder weather

and lovely autumn light

 

I am 

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Bird Tales

She listened

as the wee bird told stories from the forest

stories of the fawn that pranced through

and where the mushrooms grew

the bird told about the squirrel that stole the swallows eggs

and

about the snail eggs that were growing along the waters edge

It sang from dawn to dusk

about the life its lived and things its seen

I have been drawing birds on hands for years

I wonder if doing so is what inspired this

interaction to actually happen?!

It is a sweet sharing, makes my heart sing.

I take it quite seriously, like caring for a pet.

I do not walk out the door without a pouch of seed on me.

It is not a good feeling when the little feathered friends land on a branch next to me

making their teeny sound which mean:

seed please

Then patiently waits for me to pull seed out of the pouch and it then descends to my finger tips

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wishing you magic in your days and in your dreams

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Something has her attention

something has her attention

maybe a wild orchid?:

 So lovely to have flowers blooming!

This is a calypso orchid

commonly called a fairy slipper

quite similar to a lady slipper but about half the size 

and different coloring.

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Whimsical World

sitting on his favored rock

present to the breath of all life

happy in his whimsical world

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Nature as Kin

Living with nature as kin is the only life she knows

A life of vitality and beauty

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Ink for October

Sweet little elf

Loves his mushrooms

In the crystal realm

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For Inktober

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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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Healing what is Out of Balance, One Energy Sphere at a Time

here is half of this piece

still working on the rest

Tempted to paint it

what do you think the elf is doing with his hands?

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for:

InkTober

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Scribble Picnic: black and white

I drew the white bits with a masking liquid pen

and let it dry

then wet the sky with water and dropped black ink into it

(I learned this technique from Stephanie Law's

youtube video, thank you Stephanie!) 

the landscape was painted with pure black ink

when dry I rubbed the masking away revealing the white

It was a fun thing to do and I think I would enjoy trying it again

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visit:

Scribble Picnic 

to enjoy art by others for our theme.

Thank you Michael

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Blue Haired Elf

a little 

blue haired elf

with magical orbs

 

showed up in my tiny sketchbook

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Lollipop

this little guy showed up the other night while doing my evening sketch

I think he is content with a lollipop in hand

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I have been photographing teeny tiny snowflakes in my forest
so easy to be smitten with them!

 

lovely day to you

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Solstice Elf

tis the season

for magical elves

to add delight 

to those of our world

ink sketch or watercolor

so often a question that rises for me

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we are in a snowy realm

cold days and nights

a different sort of winter for us

I think the high for today is 11F = -11C

burrrr

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29 Faces #5

with her inner hearing and eyes

symbols

rose to the surface of life

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visit 29 Faces to visit people around the world drawing 

one face a day

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Dreaming

she wanted to be an elf

she heard rumors that there was elf blood in her lineage

most certainly elf spirit

drawn to the colors of the forest 

she dressed like a tree

and 

autumn colors

even though it is spring

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Spirals and Swirls

She is a lady of peace

a watcher

a holder of sacred space

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My palette had left over watercolors from the last painting.

I wanted to play,

sprayed water on the colors to bring them to live, ready to use.

Painted the above swirly spiraling lines letting colors blend into one another. 

After it dried i noticed a subtle face:

Much texture appears in the paper of this photograph, more than the scanner picks up in the first photo.

That is how she came to life, 

I found her in the swirls of color. 

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Daily Art

 she, an elf

with a lovely spirit

appeared in my tiny art journal

watercolors and pencil

this will be the cover of a small sketch book 

or note book for a friend

 fun putting watercolor to paper 

in shapes and lines

quite meditative

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DC: Aqua & face 14

it is her aqua aura 

that supported her chosen path

energy of a healers stance

breath of alpine waters

presence of serenity
wisdom of the ancients

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long ago i took a thin sheet of wax

carved these heart-full pieces

cast them in sterling silver

i had strung them in pearls

but tired of that

and this weeks aqua inspired a new expression:

blue quartz, chalcedony, aqua marine and chrysophase

this is how it was for the first 20 years:

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thank you Veronica for hosting DC!

her inspiration for us: 
aqua

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thank you Alaya for inspiring a month of faces:
 29 faces

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Breathing with Summer

though i would love to share poetic words

with this piece

moreso

may it inspire each of you uniquely

inspired by summer grasses

 

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sharing with Rose's:

August heART

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Summer of Color, week 4

he stepped from the trees

to offer her berries stepped in the magic of sunlight

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i've been finding flowers in these colors too:

this weeks 

Summer of Colors

are:

Pink & Apple Green

with a Smudge, Splash or Pop of Dark Green

Thank you for being our lovely host Kristin!

lovely summery week to you all!

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Elf and Plaid

playing with movement in fabric

and watercolors

mostly used three colors

red, yellow and blue

all the colors below came from them

i might have used a couple more in the elf painting above

Spring is still unfolding here

i found flowers yesterday:

flowers are like a beautiful heart smile

to me

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sweet weekend to you!