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Hiking & Painting in Nature – Chicago
Month: May 2021
Winsome Weevil – Watercolor
I know weevils can be troublesome. They eat plants and can even infest homes…but that snout…it’s so darn cute! This rhubarb weevil (Lixus concavus) appears to be yellow, however that’s just a powdery coat which can be rubbed off. Underneath is a brown beetle.… Continue Reading “Winsome Weevil – Watercolor”
That Pine Smell Though – watercolor
Saturated. The air was so.Soaked with a thick and glorious pine aroma. I swam in it. Soft was the carpet of pine needles.I settled on it. Serene was the light filtering through…Shadows dancing.I was swooned by it. Scrub pine. I was very excited to… Continue Reading “That Pine Smell Though – watercolor”
Spring Sketch at Willoway Brook -watercolor and video
I would say that springtime in the Chicagoland area has been phenomenal this year. Around here, we usually go from winter directly into summer. Or spring teases us with a few nice days, then we’re bombarded with humid, hot weather. Not so for 2021.… Continue Reading “Spring Sketch at Willoway Brook -watercolor and video”
Daily Verse
- Philippians 2:3-4“Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.”
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