heatherthebard

Sketches and Thoughts

So much of the world has changed, it seems, in such a short amount of time. Out here in WA, we went from gorgeous spring-like weather where I was setting up a p...

Travel Sketches

I may not get to travel much, but I love that I can “travel” through sketching. This is the dovecot (or dove house) that is part of the ruins of 13th C. Newark ...

Beauty in the Little Moments

We got so, so much water a couple weeks ago. It was startling to see, and the river raged through our property, muddy, fast, and deep. Thankfully, we were above...

Breakfast of Champions

There is so much I am thankful for this year. So, so very much. 💕 And today it is the day after Thanksgiving, and I am counting my blessings: a warm home, fami...

Thankfulness

Winter is practically at my door. After a few scant weeks of cool and damp weather, we have received several hard frosts. All traces of autumn are gone, and my ...

Wandering

I have been composing quite a bit lately. Not as much put down on paper, but on my walks through the wilderness areas of my property, improvised tunes seem to f...

Returning to Roots

Lots of big, landmark changes happened in the last couple months. I came to the decision to close my Etsy shop, to better honor the path God set before me and d...

The Last Days of Summer

I can’t believe Autumn is here already. It seems like just yesterday we were cooking even in the shade, and now the meteorologists are predicting snow by the we...

Sketchbook Rambles

For not having that many farm duties, currently, life has been exceptionally busy. I am enjoying the cooler weather, though, as Autumn creeps ever closer... Ets...

More Snippets of the Journey

I wrote an article today for a Christian artist’s magazine about the Celtic concept of peregrinatio, or journeying for the love of God. Pilgrimage on steroids. ...

The Rider

The gift has been given and now I can share! The owner approached me about a vision he’d had and asked me to put it on paper for him. As soon as I began the ink...

Praying for a Bee

The other day, the boys and I were playing down at our creek, and in the splashing, some bees ended up in the water. Being a tenderhearted sort, I rushed over a...

🎨 Melooo182's Artists Curation Post #75 🎨✅ SBI shares Given

Greetings fellow steemians!!! Another week has passed and with it comes a new curation post, I tried to promote new artists this time or at least artists I have...

Ink Work

I have been very inspired lately by different forms of ink work, although the pen and ink illustrations found in old books from the 1900s have always been a fav...

Winged Summer

As you may have surmised from my previous post, “Wild Blessing,” life around here has been exponentially busy. Between bringing in the hay and getting it stacke...

Wild Blessing

THIS is what blessing looks like, my friends. Unreserved, gracious, abundant blessing. ❤️ Back when the snow was still on the ground, God came to me when I aske...

Summer is Flying By

I am amazed at how fast this summer has gone. I have almost filled up my first sketchbook — a proud accomplishment considering I hadn’t sketched or drawn in so ...

Herbalist Notebook?

This last week was a bit of a blast as I began researching our local flora and their herbal/medicinal uses, and cross-referencing it with emotional healing note...

Sketching my Walk

So I finally settled on a sketchbook kit: my old homemade “midori” traveler’s notebook filled with 3.5x5-inch Daler-Rowney sketchbooks + my fountain pen, water ...

Outdoor Adventures

Here are some pics from this morning’s outdoor adventure. Lots of photos because I couldn’t get the littles to slow down enough to get some sketching in. 🤣 We ...