Cathy Johnson
Stories in the Snow
It's easy to read the stories in the snow...tracks and signs stand out as if written on a white page. I know that a raccoon visited my back deck,…
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Cathy Johnson
Nodding Onions...or Garlic
I get in more trouble with these plants...I painted them years ago because I was so taken by their graceful, nodding heads. Then later, I decided to…
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Cathy Johnson
To our blog authors...HELP!!!
Hi all, just a quick note to all our authors! I've asked this on our Yahoo group, but not everyone is subscribed, there... For now, PLEASE put y…
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Cathy Johnson
Nature heals, nature destroys
Life's been busy and stressful for me lately, and getting out in the openness and quiet of nature is my best healer. I found this old barn recen…
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Cathy Johnson
Frozen Lake
Gorgeous yesterday at the lake...finally sunny, and deceptively warm in the sun. Until I sat long enough to sketch the whole sweep of frozen water! …
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Cooley Lake Wildlife Area and the Orcs
5 bald eagles, both mature and young, thousands of geese, and one bunch of Orcs. I thought about painting all the bright colors--Cheetos orange and r…
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Cathy Johnson
Short video of the Sketching & Painting in Nature presentation for Sierra Club
I did a presentation for the Sierra Club's first international gathering in 2005, in San Francisco. I was quite an experience, and I was scared …
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Cathy Johnson
Waterfall...sketchcrawl...
Yesterday was a glorious day for a sketchcrawl, cool and overcast and marvelous to be with a few like-minded individuals. Painting moving water is a…
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Cathy Johnson
Magic time! Fireflies...
Whether you call them fireflies or lightning bugs or something else entirely, these little creatures with lanterns in their tails populate many parts…
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Cathy Johnson
Trapped in the Shed by a Gray Squirrel
(OK, not really trapped, but I didn't want to leave such a wonderful sketching opportunity...) He came cautiously down the tree, then peered aro…
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Cathy Johnson
Mountain Lion
Mountain Lion , originally uploaded by Cathy (Kate) Johnson . ...not 3 miles from where I sit typing, according to one source. We share our environm…
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Yard Mushrooms
I didn't have time to get to the park to paint more wildflowers yesterday, so I just plunked myself down in the front yard and sketched the mushr…
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Cathy Johnson
Sketching Nature...outdoors and in!
I'd always heard that gray squirrels and fox squirrels wouldn't share territory...ours sort of do, but not necessarily happily! What did sur…
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Cathy Johnson
Birdwatching from my Studio Window
This was the quick sketch, just the basic shapes of this goldfinch in winter attire...my favorite HB mechanical pencil works great for these sketches…
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Cathy Johnson
Deck Decor
The squirrels and birds have been decorating my deck with bits and pieces of what they're feeding on--lots of tree buds and hackberry fruits, it …
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Cathy Johnson
STINKHORN!
Order Phallades Oh, gag. By the time I finished these rough sketches I was ready to hurl. After they've lost their gelatinous outer cover, they…
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Cathy Johnson
Summer and Insects
They just seem to go together. Here, a paper wasp has chosen a clever place for nest-building, in my terracotta birdfeeder. It's not really big…
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Nature's oddities
I get fascinated by the oddest things...a couple of these misshapen bits of wood surfaced when we built my little shed/studio . I have no idea why t…
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Cooley Lake, late winter
Cooley Lake , originally uploaded by Cathy (Kate) Johnson . I really love this time of year, and having a relationship with a place like Cooley Lake,…
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