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It’s a new year with a new sketchbook to work with! It’s a comfort to know that the seasons continue on even when the world seems like it’s losing control. There is beauty to be found even in the depths of winter, but then one day, you hear the birds starting to sing, and hope is born anew!
Even as the weather seesaws back and forth between seasons, signs of spring continue to arrive. The unmistakable sounds of sandhill cranes bugling over the prairie…and the melodic trill of the meadowlark, newly arrived from warmer climes fills the air.
In March and even in to April, prescribed fires fill the air with smoke, preparing the prairie for the new growth of spring. Fuzzy, pale pasque flowers send up their blooms, reaching for the sun. What will I find next week? It’s always an adventure…
Hope you can get out and experience with all your senses the changes this new season brings upon us. Enjoy!
Karen's Nature Art 
So loving these sketches again, Karen, plus your very upbeat message about the positive influence of nature on our everyday lives. And I agree!!
Thanks so much, Marilyn! It’s been a while since I posted and I’ve missed it. Thanks for taking the time to read and comment!
I love your remark: “It’s a comfort to know that the seasons continue on even when the world seems like it’s losing control.” Indeed! I enjoy seeing your work throughout the seasons. 🙂
Thanks so much, Emily! I feel like a kind of weight is slowly being lifted this spring-I feel more hopeful lately…
Beautiful, Karen! Love your sketchbooks. Thank you. Especially liked your rendering of stalks bent in snow, with their shadows.
Thanks so much, Barbara! There were a lot of opportunities to practice snow this winter-lol
Welcome back, Karen! Your sketches tell a fine story of your winter. We all feel the relief this Spring brings! Blessings on you and yours as the sun rises higher!
Thank you so much- it’s good to be back!
Lovely Karen.
Thanks, Ann- good to hear from you!
Thank you for this post and reminders to enjoy the beauty of the moment! I especially enjoyed your delicate painting of the pasque flowers.
Thanks, Brenda! The pasque flowers were so lovely… and so hard to paint, between the fuzziness and that pale color!
I love your scetches, they are so inspiring.
Thank you so much, Gwennie! I appreciate you taking the time to read and comment- it’s so encouraging!
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It’s a delight to see your sketches again
Thanks, Vivienne! What a sweet thing to say- I’m happy to be back!
Wonderful spring drawings, Karen!
Hope you are well!
Thanks, Resa! I am well and hope you are too!
I am!!! Thank you!
So good to see a post from you, Karen! I love Pasque flowers!
They are wonderful, aren’t they? So pale and fuzzy…
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I love your sketches and wish I could do the same. I am lazy and photograph!
Photographing isn’t lazy! I do photographs a lot too…it just gets results more quickly. Sketching allows me to slow down and really see what I’m looking at which is cool.
Yes, that’s true. I enjoy photography too.
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