June Cheers the Heart!

It is 5:15 am on June 1st and the frogs are taking a rest from the songs in the night. The birds are talking excitedly of the day ahead and I am meditating on my pillow about the bright day that is beginning to spring out from behind the mountain peaks. The alarm will go off in about fifteen minutes and then begins the paced frenzy to get out of the house to begin a new month of adventures. My body is charged from the splash of sunlight that has permeated every cell with renewed energy from the weekend. The day ahead brings fresh experiences ridding the cold gray days of winter behind.

Sketches of beach balls and sea shells in Prisma colored pencils and palm trees swaying in the breeze of an ocean sunset (done in the same medium) come quickly as the day brings hope of warmth and outdoor activities. The class I am helping in has about thirty middle school students. They are finishing their self portraits in colored pencils after the first sketches done in graphite pencil. It is near the end of the school year and the energy is popping and shows in the splendid works of art. The sample drawings of the beach scenes help to show the steps to building up the color.

The countdown is on until the last day of school. That day will pour me into my own portrait work in my own studio! From sun up to sun down, I will be focused on what I have been planning in my mind's eye. It is not about if I can draw my face, but what I will say with the design that tells you about me. If I can capture the feeling of my life in a picture, it will say enough.

With hopes of tomorrows and long days of sunlight, the month of June cheers the heart!