The cute critters, the whimsical world where landscapes have their own rules and birds can have ridiculously long legs and flowers can float without stems or leaves. ![]() I absolutely love drawing Doodleworlds style colouring pages/colouring templates. Memories to treasure in words and images. The wandering may not be far in distance, but in observation and enjoyment of the natural world, the wandering will be great, bringing inspiration and joy, wonderment and magic of its own. I’m trusting the autumn will bring a sense of wanderlust to me. That can be hard to remember when I’m having one of my wobbly days. Then, for a while at least, we can put aside our worries and troubles and enjoy something full of beauty and awe. They’re there if we just take the time to pay attention to them. It is these small moments of wonder that raise one’s spirits constantly. I feel it, and contentment and wonder follow. Then there are the cool, refreshing nights where sleep is so easy compared to the heat of summer. The warm enough days to wander, though at the moment it is just way too hot in the valleys of South Wales. I’m reminded of Bilbo and Frodo in Lord of the Rings who love walking in autumn. I feel excited as I think about autumn’s incipient arrival. It’s a threshold of the year, a point of change. There’s a feeling of liminality about the world – it’s neither one season nor the other. The quality of the light is changing as the seasons change. ![]() I’m eager for the colour of the world to start to change and for nature to be at her most glorious! I know I have a little time to wait, but it’s getting closer. There’s a late summer / early autumn kind of feel to the colours I’ve used. In this case, I knew I wanted to start with a sunflower motif. Well, part of it! The full design fits an A4 page with margins. A nice morning spent drawing a mandala and adding colour to it.
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