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Guides, Maps, & Dreams

The ANFT Guide Training is such a rewarding experience, especially in these challenging times! We focus on connections and relationships — with each other, with ourselves, and with the More than Human World. Our motto is: “The Forest is the Therapist. The Guide Opens the Doors.”

Curious about what happens on a Forest Therapy walk? Why not sign up for a virtual one here, and see for yourself: https://www.natureandforesttherapy.org/virtual-forest-therapy-walks

And to give you a glimpse of the training process, I’m sharing my “Sit Spot” map below. It was fun trying to decide what to include and how to simplify it! Since wildflowers dominate this area in the spring, I wanted to include the time of year.

Capturing the feeling of a dream can be a challenge! The Dream piece I shared in a Sneak Peek last month keeps on resisting the idea of being finished. You can see what I mean here; the darker piece at the top used to look more like the little piece on the right:

Now I need to finish repainting everything else to go with it; hopefully this will be the final set of revisions! In the meantime, Happy Halloween!

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Sneak Preview & More!

Here’s the layer you saw as an underpainting last month! It’s on top of what will be the background for this watercolor sculpture, which is part of a series based on dreams. You can see the completed piece next month!

I had fun teaching my first virtual workshop! This rubber band journal is one of the books we made. I decided to paint the stick that’s part of the binding to go with the cover. It was great to transform invasive honeysuckle into part of a book!

I’m very excited to be starting my Forest Therapy Guide Training in October! My cohort is Alpine Ibex, which is full; but you can read about the Program here and check out the ones that still have space available:

https://www.natureandforesttherapy.org/guide-training/training

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Underpaintings, Emperors, & Understories


Here’s one of my latest underpainting experiments! It looks different cut into tree shapes:

This closeup shows part of the next layer in progress; working in sections makes it easier to suggest overlapping forms:

I love the subtle ways underpaintings alter what’s painted on top; you can see the finished results next month!

I’ve been visited by Emperors! This one even posed on the screen! There were 6 Hackberry and Tawny Emperors at once yesterday, basking on the patio and the house. If you’d like to learn more about these and other butterflies in the Nashville region, Rita Venable is an excellent guide! You can see how many pages I’ve marked in her book:

https://cheekwood.org/learn/adult/wellness-programs/

Experience the understory of Cheekwood’s Carell Trail in a new way as part of a Shinrin-Yoku (Forest Bathing) workshop with Georgia Bromehead! The 2 August workshops I attended were wonderful and so relaxing! You can find out more on Georgia’s website: https://foresttherapynashville.com/